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Full name Benjamin Leonard Hutton
Born January 29, 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Current age 31 years 109 days
Major teams British Universities,Middlesex
Nickname Gibbo
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Radley College, Durham University
Relations Grandfather - L Hutton,Grandfather - BG Brocklehurst,Great-uncle - F Dennis,Father - RA Hutton,Uncle - JL Hutton,Brother - OR Hutton
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
110
189
16
5746
152
33.21
18
18
136
0
List A
120
98
18
1603
77
20.03
0
7
60
0
Twenty20
22
17
5
120
27*
10.00
140
85.71
0
0
10
3
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
110
3558
2239
35
4/37
63.97
3.77
101.6
0
0
List A
120
1765
1635
52
5/45
5/45
31.44
5.55
33.9
1
1
0
Twenty20
22
8
90
142
5
2/21
2/21
28.40
9.46
18.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1998
Last First-class
Derbyshire v Middlesex at Derby, May 16-19, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1998
Last List A
Essex v Middlesex at Chelmsford, May 20, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Middlesex v Surrey at Lord's, Jul 3, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Cricketing pedigrees didn't come much better than this. Grandson of England legend Len Hutton and also Ben Brocklehurst, a Hampshire captain and owner of The Cricketer, and son of another England Test player, Richard, Ben Hutton was earmarked for attention and comparisons from an early age, and subjected to a fair amount of scrutiny throughout his time at Radley and Durham University. A top-order batsman and occasional - but useful - seamer, his first couple of seasons at Middlesex only hinted at his potential, but in 2001 he made three hundreds, and he followed this with four more in 2003, narrowly missing out on 1000 runs for the season. He put that right in 2004, and at the end of the summer was appointed Middlesex's captain. In 2006 the pressure of leading a side in turmoil appeared to get to him ,and he suffered illness. He was replaced by Ed Smith in 2007 and was unable to regain his place in the side. It was, nevertheless, a surprise when he announced his retirement at the end of the summer while still only 30.
Martin Williamson October 2007
