| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ben Angus Mayes | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 November 2007 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Hampshire (squad no. 21) | ||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 5 August 2025 Hampshire v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||
Ben Angus Mayes (born 21 November 2007) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman.
Mayes played club cricket for Totton and Eling CC in Hampshire and joined the Hampshire County Cricket Club talent pathway from the U14 age-group and made his Hampshire Academy debut came in May 2023,at the age of 15 years-old. He was a member of the Hampshire Academy squad that won the Southern Premier League title for the first time,in 2024. [1]
Mayes made his youth international debut against Ireland in September 2024. [2] He toured with the England national under-19 cricket team to South Africa in January 2025 and earned the Player of the Match award in the first Youth ODI. [3] [4] He scored two half-centuries representing England U19 against India U19 in the summer of 2025. [5]
In July 2025,he signed his first professional contract with Hampshire,agreeing a deal until the end of the 2027 season. [1] He made a half century on his professional debut in the One Day Cup for Hampshire against Glamorgan on 5 August 2025,at the age of 17 years-old,scoring 74 off 55 balls. [6] [7] He made a match-winning 62 not out in that competition against Derbyshire,on 24 August. [8] [9] [10] He shared a stand of 89 with Liam Dawson as Hampshire won their One-Day Cup semi-final against Yorkshire on 31 August 2025. [11]