This signed mini bat will be despatched framed and comes complete with photo certificate of authenticity. The signatures were obtained at a private signing session for our authorised supplier..  Please allow 21 days from date of order for UK deliveries.

Jeff Thomson - Thomson enjoyed a rapid rise in the 1972-73 season, when he made his first-class debut for New South Wales (NSW), then his Test debut after five first-class games. Against Pakistan at the MCG, Thomson returned match figures of 0/110. Later, he was diagnosed as having played with a broken bone in his foot, the pain from which he kept concealed from selectors and teammates. Following this, he disappeared from first-class cricket until the final match of the 1973-74 season. A very fast spell for NSW against Queensland impressed the opposition captain Greg Chappell, who encouraged Thomson to move to Queensland for the following season.

When Thomson was selected for the first Test of the 1974-75 Ashes series, the English players had seen him in action only once, during a tour match against Queensland when Thomson bowled well within himself on the instruction of his captain Greg Chappell. He created controversy during a television interview before the Test when he said, "I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch".  In the second innings of the match, he bowled Australia to victory with a spell of 6/46. At Perth, he injured several batsmen and finished off the game with 5/93 in the second innings as Australia recorded another victory. 

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