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Joey Benjamin
England
Player profile
Full name Joseph Emmanuel Benjamin
Born February 2, 1961, Christ Church, St Kitts
Current age 47 years 252 days
Major teams England, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
7 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
6 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
126 |
145 |
43 |
1161 |
49 |
11.38 |
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0 |
0 |
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25 |
0 |
| List A |
168 |
66 |
33 |
327 |
25 |
9.90 |
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0 |
0 |
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29 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
1 |
2 |
168 |
80 |
4 |
4/42 |
4/80 |
20.00 |
2.85 |
42.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
2 |
2 |
72 |
47 |
1 |
1/22 |
1/22 |
47.00 |
3.91 |
72.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
126 |
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22664 |
11588 |
387 |
6/19 |
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29.94 |
3.06 |
58.5 |
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17 |
1 |
| List A |
168 |
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7892 |
5503 |
173 |
4/19 |
4/19 |
31.80 |
4.18 |
45.6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Only Test |
England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 18-21, 1994 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 6, 1994 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
England v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, Jan 7, 1995 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1988 - 1999 |
| List A span |
1986 - 1999 |
Benjamin built a belated county career - first with Warwickshire, then with Surrey - on accurate, nippy awayswingers, and in 1994, at the age of 33, he was a surprise choice for the third Test against South Africa at his home ground, The Oval. But his crucial 4-42 in the first innings was put in the shade by Devon Malcolm's feats in the second, and the rest of his international career consisted of two one-day games in Australia that winter. Even at county level he faded as quickly as he rose, and by 1997 Benjamin was no longer a regular for Surrey, who released him at the end of the 1999 season - though he was still one of their most popular players. His action, a whirl of arms and energy, lay somewhere between Gladstone Small and Dominic Cork, while his batting was based on the principle of hit out or get out.
Lawrence Booth
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