Thomas showcased his skills in three T20 matches during a two-day carnival held at Orange’s Wade Park on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8. 

Cricketers from communities across the state were selected to represent the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers Aboriginal teams. 

Originally picked to don the green for the Sydney Thunder, it wasn’t meant to be and Thomas instead played for the mighty Sydney Sixes. 

“The competition was all about promoting cricket and showing Aboriginal kids where they can go,” Thomas said. 

“I was one of the oldest ones playing so it was great to be a mentor and give advice to the kids.”

The right arm medium fast bowler has been playing in the NSW indigenous team for the past five years so he had a lot of knowledge to pass down to the up and coming players. 

“The biggest thing to tell young players is that if you are 100 per cent positive you want to play professionally then you need to put in 110 per cent effort.”

The competition was aimed at giving good Aboriginal cricketers as chance to get their name out there and further develop their skills.

“There are some great indigenous cricketers out there but being from the country it is hard to be seen by people from Cricket NSW and the Big Bash clubs.”

The talented 24-year-old said that if players want to be seen they usually have to be playing grade cricket in Sydney. 

“I guess that is still the goal for me. I would love to be playing in Sydney, there’s a lot more opportunity there.”

Thomas played for the Sydney Sixers in all three games throughout the weekend but unfortunately was only able to help guide his team to victory in one of them. 

The Sydney Thunder were crowned the winners after coming back from an unimpressive start to the series.

In the first game, Sixers captain Brett Russell won the toss and sent the Thunder in to bat.

The wickets fell hard and fast and the Thunder were all out for 84 runs.

The runs flowed for the Sixers who were able to steal a relatively easy victory. 

The second game saw the Thunder bat first again this time finishing with 4/129. The Sixers batsmen pushed close to the target, but unfortunately fell 17 runs short finishing the innings at 6/113.

This meant that it all came down to the third and final game. 

However, an incredible opening partnership of 82 runs from Thunder put them on the front foot after which the Sixers were unable to come back. 

Thomas said he wasn’t overly disappointed by the loss as the tournament had done exactly what it set out to do, it shone a light on Aboriginal cricketers.