Player Profile

All-rounder Tom Aspinwall signed a rookie professional contract with Lancashire at the end of the 2022 summer and made his first-team debut the following campaign, indicating in his short run in the side that he could be one heck of a cricketer in the years to come.

Aspinwall, a seamer who bats in the lower order, was part of the England Under 19s squad which reached the World Cup final in the Caribbean in early 2022, taking seven wickets in six appearances with a best of 2-18.

He went to Sedbergh School, a cricketing education made famous because of Harry Brook’s stunning exploits on the international scene. Thunder and England women’s star Mahika Gaur has been on the same production line.

Aspinwall - he will be 21 by the time the 2025 season starts - was born in Lancaster. He has played club cricket for Kendal and, at present, Newton-le-Willows.

He impressed in his first six Rothesay County Championship appearances throughout 2024, including taking seven wickets in the match as Lancashire beat Durham at Blackpool in mid-May. He claimed 5-41 in the first innings, taking three of the last four wickets to fall.

In all, he took 14 wickets in those six four-day appearances.

He terrorised Durham again a couple of weeks later with another career best.

That was 4-18 in the opening game of the Blast at Emirates Old Trafford as the visitors were bowled out for just 75 in a heavy defeat. That was Aspinwall’s first of five North Group appearances last summer.

He also played three Metro Bank One-Day Cup games and three times for Manchester Originals in the Hundred.

Shortly after signing rookie pro terms at Emirates Old Trafford, Aspinwall was part of the Junior Pakistan Super League competition in October 2022, playing for the Gujranwala Giants. That competition was introduced to showcase the best Under 19s players not just in Pakistan but around the world.

The 2023 summer was a bit of a mixed bag for the youngster, who is all action. He has extra pace with the ball and power to burn with the bat in hand.

He claimed 10 wickets in eight One-Day Cup matches, including a best of 4-52 in the August win over Middlesex at Lord’s. He also posted a top score of 47 in the quarter-final defeat against Gloucestershire at Bristol.

Unfortunately, just when he was looking to kick on and potentially debut in the Championship, he was ruled out of the rest of the summer with a back injury.

Aspinwall played Under 14s county cricket for Cumbria. He represented Durham’s Under 15s once before playing more regularly for Lancashire at that age and progressing through to the Red Rose Under 17s.

He made his second-team debut in 2020 and has bests of 5-19 and 79 not out to his name at that level.

He played in two Under 19s Ashes Tests against Australia in Brisbane in early 2023, claiming seven wickets in a 1-1 draw. He then claimed six wickets in a 2-1 ODI defeat.

Aspinwall warmed up for 2025 with a winter of grade cricket for Sydney club Eastern Suburbs.