Simon Thomas

Simon is a regular on Sky Sports News and one half of the Cricket AM duo.

Simon Thomas is one half of the presenting duo starting off your summer Saturday mornings on Sky Sports' Cricket AM. Born in Norwich, he graduated from Birmingham University with a 2:1 BA Hons in History and came to prominence as a presenter on the one and only Blue Peter. In his six years on the show, he met the Queen, sparred with Joe Calzaghe and Amir Khan and raced Darren Campbell, Frankie Fredericks and Jason Gardner over 60m - coming a "proud last" of course - but his first love has always been sport. A Norwich City season ticket holder and keen if rusty golfer, Simon joined Sky Sports News as a presenter in July 2005 and admits that working on the desk and being able to talk and, for the purpose of research, watch, sport all day has always been his dream job. Since joining the team, he has been a regular on the daytime shifts and in the pinnacle of his new career has been on-screen the day Michael Owen finally moved from Real Madrid to Newcastle in the summer's biggest transfer story. But the dream job for Simon would be a one-on-one with Diego Maradona, to talk about the World Cup quarter-final in Mexico 1986 and the 'Hand of God' goal, of course. And with the bravery one would expect from a man who lists cave-diving as one of his hobbies, he would also ask the Argentinean legend just where it all went wrong! As well as supporting Norwich, Simon enjoys watching rugby union, cricket, athletics and darts, and away from the Sky Sports News desk is as intrepid as he is active. He is a keen diver and has already done the Great Barrier Reef and the Blue Hole in Belize, while if cave diving is not scary enough, he admits to being a keen sky diver and has completed over 60 solo jumps. Mountaineering is also high on his list and with Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc already conquered, Mount Everest remains the one he wants to climb. And little closer to the ground, Simon has completed three London Marathons and with a best time of 3hrs 13mins, his one ambition is to break the three-hour mark, if only by a second. That and learning to drive a golf ball straight!