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Full name | Benjamin Edward Ashley Preece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Birmingham, England | 8 November 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Edward Ashley Preece (born 8 November 1976 in Birmingham) is a former English first-class cricketer. Due to injury,he had only a very brief career at the top level of the domestic game,appearing in three first-class and one List A games,all for Worcestershire in the 1996 season. He had previously played for a couple of years in the Worcestershire seconds,being the county's leading bowler at that level in 1995 and 1996. [1]
Preece's best performance came against South Africa A in August,when he took six wickets,including a career-best 4-79 in the first innings. [2] He was released by Worcestershire on the grounds of injury at the end of the 1996 season, [3] and then appeared very briefly at Second XI level for Sussex and Surrey. [4]
Ben is now Director of Cricket for Universities Women's Cricket Club and University of New South Wales in Sydney Premier Cricket Australia.
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