James Tomlinson

[7] The following season, Tomlinson appeared in a single List A match for Wiltshire in the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against the Derbyshire Cricket Board at Hardenhuish Park, Chippenham.

[8] He claimed his maiden one-day wicket in this match when he dismissed opening batsman Andrew Goodwin.

[10] He made his first appearance for Hampshire in that season, against Sussex in a List A match in the 2002 Norwich Union League.

[11] His first-class debut for the county came in that season as well, against the touring Indians at the Rose Bowl,[8] with Tomlinson taking the wickets of Wasim Jaffer and Harbhajan Singh.

[8] Tomlinson made his second and final first-class appearance for the British Universities at the start the 2003 season against the touring Zimbabweans at Edgbaston.

[8] In what was to be Warne's last season as Hampshire captain, Tomlinson featured in just five County Championship matches,[8] taking 30 wickets at an average of 40.61, with best figures of 5/78.

[1] His performances in 2008, coupled with being injury free, cemented his place as a regular for Hampshire in County Championship matches.

In the 2009 County Championship, he featured in twelve of Hampshire's sixteen matches,[8] though with the ball he was less successful than in the previous season, taking 30 wickets at an average of 39.76.

[5] The following season, Tomlinson appeared in fifteen of Hampshire's sixteen County Championship matches,[8] taking 46 wickets at an average of 35.30, with best figures of 7/85 against Somerset.

[13] He ended the season as Hampshire's second highest wicket taker in the County Championship, behind David Balcombe's 59.

Tomlinson took his career best bowling figures of 8/46 against Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton (pictured).