Aldane Thomas

{{short description|Jamaican cricketer}}

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| fullname = Aldane Oraine Thomas

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Albion Mountain, Jamaica

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

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| club1 = Jamaica

| year1 = 2013–present

| date = 29 March

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| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/969/969389/969389.html CricketArchive

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Aldane Oraine Thomas (born 9 December 1994) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the Jamaica national team in West Indian domestic cricket. He plays as a wicket-keeper.

Thomas was born in Albion Mountain, in Jamaica's Saint Mary Parish.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/593974.html West Indies / Players / Aldane Thomas] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015. He made his senior debut for Jamaica at the 2012–13 Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, aged 18, replacing Carlton Baugh as the side's wicket-keeper.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/969/969389/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Aldane Thomas] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2015. Despite playing in all seven of his team's matches at the tournament, Thomas was not selected for Jamaica in any other competitions during the 2012–13 season. He was not again named in a Jamaican squad until the 2015–16 Regional Super50, where he featured in all six of his team's matches.(21 December 2015). [http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20151221/sports/jamaica-leave-samuels-out-of-super50 "Jamaica leave Samuels out of Super50"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224191714/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20151221/sports/jamaica-leave-samuels-out-of-super50 |date=24 December 2015 }} – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 28 December 2015. In February 2016, Thomas was selected to make his first-class debut, playing against the Windward Islands in the 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wicb-regional-4-day-2015-16/engine/match/929365.html WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Windward Islands v Jamaica at Kingstown, Mar 11-14, 2016] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

In October 2019, he was named in Jamaica's squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-star.com/article/sports/20191025/powell-lead-jamaica-scorpions-super-50 |title=Powell to lead Jamaica Scorpions in super 50 |work=The Jamaica Star |accessdate=31 October 2019}} In May 2022, in round four of the 2021–22 West Indies Championship, Thomas scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, with 100 runs against Guyana.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220526/wi-cricket-championship-thomas-gets-maiden-century |title=WI Cricket Championship: Thomas gets maiden century |work=The Jamaica Gleaner |access-date=27 May 2022}}