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Mark Benson
England
Player profile
Full name Mark Richard Benson
Born July 6, 1958, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex
Current age 50 years 18 days
Major teams England, Kent
Nickname Benny
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Height
5 ft 9 in
Education Sutton Vallence School
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
1 |
2 |
0 |
51 |
30 |
25.50 |
162 |
31.48 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
1 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
24 |
24.00 |
58 |
41.37 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
292 |
491 |
34 |
18387 |
257 |
40.23 |
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48 |
99 |
|
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140 |
0 |
| List A |
269 |
257 |
11 |
7838 |
119 |
31.86 |
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5 |
53 |
|
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68 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| ODIs |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| First-class |
292 |
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467 |
493 |
5 |
2/55 |
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98.60 |
6.33 |
93.4 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
269 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| Only Test |
England v India at Birmingham, Jul 3-8, 1986 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| Only ODI |
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 16, 1986 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1980 - 1995 |
| List A span |
1980 - 1995 |
Umpiring statistics
| Test debut |
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, Oct 19-22, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Test |
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard |
| Test matches |
23 |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2004 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v New Zealand at The Oval, Jun 25, 2008 scorecard |
| ODI matches |
62 |
| ODI statistics |
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| T20I debut |
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Sep 11, 2007 scorecard |
| Last T20I |
India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard |
| T20I matches |
8 |
| T20I statistics |
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Mark Benson was a left-hand opening batsman who played for Kent from 1980 until 1997. With a reputation for being sound against fast bowling, Benson, whose career average was always on the right side of 40, was unfortunate to play only one Test in an era when England struggled against the pace of West Indies. His one chance came in 1986 when he replaced the injured Wayne Larkins against India at Edgbaston - Benson made 30 and 21, batting for more than four hours and looking quite comfortable. One ODI followed, and then he was dumped. He continued to score heavily for Kent until he was almost 40, and on retiring he became a first-class umpire in 2000. He stood in his first international match in June 2004 and was elevated to the ICC Elite Panel in April 2006.
Martin Williamson April 2006
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Gary Kirsten and Trevor Bayliss with the umpires
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Jan 5, 2008 |
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Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson assess the weather
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Jan 5, 2008 |
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Ricky Ponting and the umpire Mark Benson exchange words
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