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Tom Clark Age, Stats, 2,856 FC Runs and 140 Record

Tom Clark is a Sussex left-handed batter who was 25 on 24 August 2026. Sussex's July contract snapshot records 2,856 first-class runs from 64 matches, five centuries and a career-best 140. He began the 2026 Championship with 101 against Leicestershire, made 79 from 29 balls in the Vitality Blast, then missed cricket with a knee injury. Clark returned to Sussex's Championship side in August and is contracted through the end of 2027.

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Left-handedRight-arm medium bowlerBorn 27 February 2001

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Full nameThomas Geoffrey Reeves Clark

Age25As of 2026-08-24

Date of birth27 February 2001Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England

Batting styleLeft-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm medium

Career overview

Tom Clark cricket career

Born on 27 February 2001 in Haywards Heath, Sussex; age 25 on 24 August 2026.

Left-handed top-order batter who also bowls right-arm medium pace.

2,856 first-class runs, five hundreds and a high score of 140 in Sussex's 2 July 2026 snapshot.

Scored 101 against Leicestershire in Sussex's opening 2026 Championship match.

Made a T20-best 79 from 29 balls against Kent in May 2026.

Returned to the Championship side in August after a knee injury and is contracted through 2027.

Career story

Tom Clark career and playing journey

Who is Tom Clark?

Thomas Geoffrey Reeves Clark is an English cricketer who represents Sussex. He was born in Haywards Heath on 27 February 2001, bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. Sussex use him primarily as a top-order batter, although his first-class bowling record gives the county an additional option rather than an empty secondary skill label.

Clark has spent his whole senior county career with Sussex. He entered the club pathway as a child, reached England Under-19 level, made his first-class debut in 2019 and later established himself across first-class, List A and T20 cricket. His current Sussex agreement runs through the end of the 2027 season.

Tom Clark age, birthplace and playing role

Clark was 25 on 24 August 2026. Sussex's current player directory lists his date of birth as 27 February 2001, his birthplace as Haywards Heath, Sussex, his squad number as 27, his batting style as left-handed and his bowling style as right-arm medium. Those details distinguish him from older cricketers with the same name.

That identity check matters because some third-party profile pages show an incorrect 2 July birth date. Sussex's own active-player record and the player's established biographical record support 27 February. The official club source is the stronger evidence for a current Sussex player, so no conflicting date is averaged or repeated as an alternative.

Tom Clark career statistics by format

The first-class snapshot dated 18 July 2026 records 64 matches, 2,856 runs at 26.94, five centuries, fourteen fifties and a high score of 140. It also records 22 wickets at 46.45, best bowling of 3 for 17 and 68 catches. Sussex independently published the same 64-match and 2,856-run figures in its 2 July contract announcement.

The List A row contains 999 runs from 33 matches at 31.21, with two hundreds and a high score of 139. The T20 row contains 860 runs from 39 matches at 26.06, two fifties and a high score of 79. These are separate competition records and should not be added together as if they formed one standard batting average.

How should Tom Clark's dated totals be read?

The 2,856 first-class runs are a July snapshot, not a live total for every match played after that date. Clark returned to Sussex's Championship side in August and scored 30 and 22 against Warwickshire. Those innings confirm his return to match action, but a complete later career aggregate should come from an updated record rather than arithmetic applied to selected reports.

The same rule protects the List A and T20 rows. A high score is already included in the format's run total, and a first-class century cannot be added to a List A record. Each figure retains its match type and cutoff so readers can compare formats without double-counting a milestone or silently mixing seasons.

Tom Clark's Sussex pathway and first contract

Clark joined the Sussex pathway at the age of eight. By 2019 he had represented England Under-19s, made his first-class debut against Worcestershire in September and signed his first professional Sussex contract at 18. The club described him then as the tenth pathway graduate in its current men's squad.

He had also attended Ardingly College and played club cricket for Horsham. Those details show a local development route from youth cricket to the county first team. England Under-19 selection remains a youth achievement; it does not count as senior international cricket or place Test, ODI or T20I statistics in his career table.

The first senior centuries in 2022

Clark's senior batting breakthrough came in the 2022 County Championship. Sussex records his maiden first-class century against Nottinghamshire at Hove in April, followed by another against Leicestershire at Grace Road in May. He finished that Championship season with 765 runs as he secured a regular place near the top of the order.

He also made his first List A century in August 2022, scoring 104 from 106 balls against Surrey. Sussex reached 378, then the county's highest List A total at Hove. The first-class and one-day hundreds belong to different formats, so each marks a separate step in his development rather than a single combined century sequence.

Tom Clark's career-best 140 at Edgbaston

Clark made 140 from 279 balls against Warwickshire on 4 April 2025, his highest first-class score in the July 2026 snapshot. Sussex had slipped to 40 for 3 before Clark and John Simpson added 200 for the fifth wicket. Clark reached his century from 223 balls and helped Sussex close the first day on 386 for 5.

The innings came in Sussex's first match after returning to Division One. Its value was not merely that 140 exceeded his previous best: it repaired an early collapse and built the base for a total of 528. The match later developed into a high-scoring draw, so the innings should not be described as a match-winning hundred.

A second straight opening-round century in 2026

On 3 April 2026, Clark scored 101 against Leicestershire after being dropped on six. Sussex's official report calls it an opening-day century for the second season in a row, following his 140 against Warwickshire in the first round of 2025. Sussex made 361 after being asked to bat first.

The match ended in a 222-run Sussex victory. Clark's first-innings hundred contributed to that result, but the later bowling work also mattered: Sussex dismissed Leicestershire twice to complete the win. The official score should be retained as 101; an unrelated profile result that displays 117 conflicts with Sussex's match report and is not used.

The 93 that saved the Yorkshire match

Clark made 93 in Sussex's second innings against Yorkshire at Headingley on 27 April 2026. Sussex began the final day under pressure and fell to 44 for 3 with a lead of only 35. Clark and James Coles added 108 for the fourth wicket before Clark carried the innings into the afternoon.

Sussex closed on 324 for 8 and secured a draw. This innings answers a different match problem from the 101 at Leicestershire: one helped set up a large win, while the other absorbed final-day pressure and moved the game beyond Yorkshire. Calling both simply early-season runs would miss that tactical difference.

Tom Clark's 29-ball 79 against Kent

Clark struck 79 from 29 balls for Sussex Sharks against Kent on 26 May 2026. He reached fifty from 20 deliveries and hit nine fours and six sixes. Sussex raced to 92 without loss in the powerplay and 122 for 1 after ten overs before slowing to 197 for 6.

Kent chased the target with ten balls remaining, so Clark's T20-best innings came in a defeat. That losing context does not reduce the speed or quality of the knock, but it prevents the innings from being presented as a match-winning performance. It also explains why the team total and final result belong beside the personal high score.

How did the 2026 knee injury affect Tom Clark?

Clark was hurt while fielding against Middlesex at the end of May. Sussex reported that he still batted, using Jack Carson as a runner, but then missed the next match. A later county preview described the problem as a knee injury and gave an expected absence of eight to ten weeks.

The injury ruled him out of the remainder of Sussex's 2026 Vitality Blast campaign. That is a competition-specific consequence, not evidence that his whole season ended. Sussex named him back in its Championship squad for the August trip to Warwickshire, and the official match reports record him batting in both innings. No diagnosis beyond the club's published knee-injury description is inferred.

Tom Clark's August 2026 return

Clark returned to Sussex's County Championship side at Edgbaston on 20 August. He scored 30 from 57 balls in the first innings and shared 69 with Tom Haines for the second wicket. In the second innings he made 22 from 41 balls and added 49 with Haines after Sussex lost a wicket to the first delivery.

Warwickshire eventually won a tense match after the scores were level late in the chase. Clark's appearance is the dependable evidence that he returned to first-team red-ball cricket after the knee injury. It does not prove permanent fitness or availability for every later fixture, which must be checked through subsequent squad and match records.

Tom Clark's List A record and 139 against Lancashire

Clark's List A snapshot stands at 999 runs from 33 matches, with two hundreds, four fifties and a high score of 139. That 139 came against Lancashire at Hove in August 2025 as Sussex chased 339. Clark and Tom Haines added 232 for the second wicket, a county record partnership for that wicket in 50-over cricket at the report date.

Sussex won by one wicket with three balls remaining after a middle-order collapse turned a dominant chase into a tight finish. Clark's 139 supplied the main platform, but the final pair still had to complete the result. The innings is already contained in his 999 List A runs and should not be added again.

What does Tom Clark contribute with the ball?

Clark is a right-arm medium bowler with 22 wickets in the dated first-class record. His best return is 3 for 17, and his bowling average is 46.45 from 1,755 deliveries. The List A row contains three wickets from 222 balls, while the T20 row records only four deliveries and no wicket.

Those figures support a batter who can provide an additional first-class bowling option, not a bowler of equal statistical weight. Sussex head coach Paul Farbrace described him as an all-round cricketer when announcing the 2027 contract, but the public career table should still show the actual balance: 2,856 first-class runs compared with 22 wickets.

What does Tom Clark's Sussex contract establish?

Sussex announced on 2 July 2026 that Clark had signed a one-year extension through the end of the 2027 season. The club described him as an important player across all three formats and highlighted his 64 first-class matches, 2,856 runs, five hundreds and 140 high score.

A contract announcement establishes the agreed term and club relationship at that date. It does not disclose Clark's salary, guarantee selection in every match or prove availability during an injury. The 2027 end date is therefore a stronger and more useful public fact than an unsupported estimate of his earnings or personal wealth.

What is publicly known about Tom Clark's earnings and private life?

Sussex has published Clark's contract duration but not a confirmed salary figure. Without a public contract amount or audited financial record, there is no dependable basis for calculating his take-home pay, endorsement income, assets, liabilities or net worth. Generic estimates from biography sites would add apparent precision without evidence.

Reliable cricket sources also do not provide a sufficiently complete and relevant account of Clark's relationships or private family life. The useful public record is his cricket path: Sussex pathway, England Under-19 selection, senior debut, format records, match performances, injury updates and contract status. Private claims are omitted rather than filled with rumours.

Tom Clark records

Tom Clark career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

First-class career snapshot (18 July 2026)64matches

Batting

Runs: 2,856
High score: 140
Average: 26.94
100s / 50s: 5/14

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 22
Best bowling: 3/17
Average: 46.45
Balls: 1,755
Catches / stumpings: 68 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

List A career snapshot (18 July 2026)33matches

Batting

Runs: 999
High score: 139
Average: 31.21
100s / 50s: 2/4

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 3
Best bowling: 1/7
Average: 68.66
Balls: 222
Catches / stumpings: 18 catches; stumpings not listed
5w / 10w: 0 five-wicket hauls; ten-wicket hauls not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

T20 career snapshot (18 July 2026)39matches

Batting

Runs: 860
High score: 79
Average: 26.06
100s / 50s: 0/2

Bowling & fielding

Wickets: 0
Balls: 4
Catches / stumpings: 23 catches; stumpings not listed

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

Sussex pathway

Debut

Joined the club pathway at age eight

Last listed match

First professional contract in November 2019

First-class

Debut

Sussex v Worcestershire, September 2019

Last listed match

64-match snapshot dated July 2026; later August return reported separately

List A

Debut

Sussex v Lancashire, July 2021

Last listed match

33-match snapshot through 2025

T20

Debut

Sussex Sharks

Last listed match

39-match snapshot including 79 from 29 balls in May 2026

Sussex contract

Debut

Pathway graduate and current player

Last listed match

Contracted through the end of 2027

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Scored a first-class career-best 140 against Warwickshire in April 2025.
Made 101 in Sussex's opening 2026 Championship win over Leicestershire.
Batted for 93 to help Sussex save the 2026 Championship match at Yorkshire.
Hit a T20-best 79 from 29 balls against Kent in May 2026.
Returned to Sussex's Championship side in August after a knee injury.
Signed a Sussex contract extension through the end of 2027.

Reader questions

Tom Clark FAQ

How old is Tom Clark?

Tom Clark was born on 27 February 2001 and was 25 on 24 August 2026.

What is Tom Clark's role?

Clark is a left-handed top-order batter who also bowls right-arm medium pace for Sussex.

What is Tom Clark's highest first-class score?

Clark's first-class high score is 140, made against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in April 2025.

What happened to Tom Clark in the 2026 Vitality Blast?

Clark suffered a knee injury while fielding against Middlesex and was ruled out of the rest of Sussex's Blast campaign. He returned to Championship cricket in August.

How long is Tom Clark contracted to Sussex?

Sussex's July 2026 announcement says Clark is contracted through the end of the 2027 season.

How many first-class runs has Tom Clark scored?

Sussex's 2 July 2026 snapshot records 2,856 runs from 64 first-class matches. Later matches are described separately until a complete updated total is available.

Conclusion

Tom Clark's Sussex record combines 2,856 first-class runs, a career-best 140, consecutive opening-round centuries in 2025 and 2026, and a T20-best 79 from 29 balls.

His 2026 season also needs its full chronology: a strong April and May, a knee injury that ended his Blast campaign, an August Championship return, and a contract through 2027. The dated career rows remain separate from later match reports so no incomplete total is presented as current.