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Meet Tom Haines, The English Batter Who Terrorised India A With Fantastic 171

Aashay Chopade

Tom Haines scored 171 against India A (Source:@WisdenCricket/X.com)Tom Haines scored 171 against India A (Source:@WisdenCricket/X.com)

India A are up against England Lions in the first unofficial Test at the St. Lawrence Ground in Canterbury. The visitors posted a massive score of 557 in their first innings and in reply, England Lions have also shown good resilience. Tom Haines has led the charge for the home team with a fantastic 171 off 279 deliveries.

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Tom Haines is a left-handed top-order batter born in Crawley, West Sussex, and has been a consistent run-scorer in the English domestic circuit for a long time. He made his first-class debut for Sussex back in 2016. 

He struggled initially in his career, but grabbed limelight in the 2021 season with 1176 runs in 25 innings at an average of 47.04. He followed it up with another strong county season where he scored 941 runs and has been featuring consistently for England Lions since then.

Tom Haines Continues His County Form Against India A

The southpaw has been in great form before the game against India A and in the 2025 county season, he has scored 659 runs in 14 innings at an average of 54.92. He is known for his big hundreds and the century against India A was his 15th in first-class cricket. His previous hundred was also a big one where he scored 174 against Surrey.

Tom Haines has also led Sussex in the past and has a healthy average of 41.08 in the List A cricket. Thus, Haines has been trying to break into the England Test side for a long time, and this recent century against a quality bowling attack of India A is likely to help his cause.