He was a genuine fast bowler, a rare sight in English cricket after the retirement of Bob Willis; apart from the raw pace, he was erratic and often had injury problems.
[1] Highlights of his brief Test career included participating in a last-wicket stand of 72 with Richard Ellison in his second match,[3] and taking 4–70 in his third.
[5] He did at least finish on the winning side in one of his one-day internationals against Pakistan, taking two wickets in his first over and helping in the last-wicket stand with Neil Foster that secured a series-clinching victory.
[7] However he then joined the rebel tour to South Africa 1989–90 as a replacement for Philip DeFreitas, defying the international sporting boycott of the apartheid state.
Although he took a first-class career-best 7 for 75 for Northamptonshire against Glamorgan the following season, Thomas had further injury problems and did not play for England again.