Darren Thomas should not be confused with Darron Thomas.
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Stuart Darren Thomas |
| Nickname: | Ted |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightinch: | 0 |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Wales Minor Counties |
| Year1: | 2011 |
| Club2: | Glamorgan |
| Year2: | 1992 - 2006 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 169 |
| Runs1: | 3,977 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.93 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/18 |
| Top Score1: | 138 |
| Deliveries1: | 26,518 |
| Wickets1: | 504 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.79 |
| Fivefor1: | 18 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/50 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 56/ - |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 140 |
| Runs2: | 1,273 |
| Bat Avg2: | 16.53 |
| 100S/50S2: | - /1 |
| Top Score2: | 71 |
| Deliveries2: | 5,384 |
| Wickets2: | 171 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.29 |
| Fivefor2: | 3 |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | 7/16 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 25/ - |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 14 |
| Runs3: | 169 |
| Bat Avg3: | 16.90 |
| 100S/50S3: | - / - |
| Top Score3: | 43 |
| Deliveries3: | 234 |
| Wickets3: | 11 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 35.81 |
| Fivefor3: | - |
| Tenfor3: | - |
| Best Bowling3: | 3/32 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 2/ - |
| Date: | 13 June |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21521.html Cricinfo |
Stuart Darren Thomas (born 25 January 1975) is a former Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Having first achieved notability taking a five-wicket haul against Derbyshire at the age of 17, Thomas took his chance at a place in the England youth team, and continued to bowl well through to 1995, at which point he suffered a dip in form which lasted until he regained his form in 1998, finishing top of the wicket-taking stakes with 81 wickets at an average of 24. He bowled an innings of 7 for 16, a record for Glamorgan, and was offered a chance to play for England A against South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Thomas was part of the Glamorgan side which won the county's first County Championship in 28 years in 1997, taking 44 wickets at 26.36,[1] including 5 for 38 in the fixture against Somerset which clinched the title.[2]
He became the leading wicket taker in 2000 and recorded his first ten-wicket haul in a match against Durham in 2002.[3]
In 2007, after fifteen years with Glamorgan, he joined Essex County Cricket Club. However, a shoulder injury sustained in February of that year prevented his playing even once for the first team, and in September he announced his retirement.[4]
In April 2024, Thomas was appointed as head coach of the Jersey women's cricket team.[5]