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County Championship young guns: The breakthrough team of 2026

Jo Harman-McGowan picks a team of breakthrough acts who began the season aged 21 or under with no more than five first-class appearances but emerged as potential stars of the future.
Josh Thomas

1.) Josh Thomas, 21, Somerset
14 matches, 843 runs at 35.12, 3 hundreds, 4 fifties
Opening the batting for Somerset has been something of a poisoned chalice in recent years but the 21-year-old Taunton-born left-hander was ever-present at the top of the order and peeled off three contrasting hundreds, including two in the generally run-dry later weeks of the season. A natural ball-striker who’s not afraid to dig in and get his hands dirty.

THE STARS OF TOMORROW: Josh Thomas, pictured above, is among a number of County Championship young guns included in this team of breakthrough acts.PICTURES:...

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