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Full name | Benjamin Vincent Sears | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 11 February 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Only Test(cap 287) | 8 March 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only ODI(cap 220) | 8 February 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 91) | 3 September 2021 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 April 2024 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–present | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,15 October 2024 |
Benjamin Vincent Sears (born 11 February 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Wellington domestic cricket side. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021. [1]
Sears father,Michael Sears was also a cricketer who played for Wellington in the 1990s.
Sears made his List A debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 24 October 2018. [2] Prior to his List A debut,he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [3] He made his first-class debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season on 6 December 2018. [4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Super Smash on 31 December 2018. [5]
In June 2020,he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. [6] [7] In November 2020,Sears was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team. [8] [9]
In August 2021,Sears was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their tour of Bangladesh, [10] and their tour of Pakistan. [11] [12] Sears made his T20I debut on 3 September 2021,for New Zealand against Bangladesh. [13]
In August 2022,Sears was named as a replacement for Matt Henry,who was ruled out of the West Indies tour due to rib injury. [14]
In December 2023,he was selected in New Zealand's squad for the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh. [15] In the third T20 match,he bowled a match-winning spell,claiming 2 wickets for 28 runs off his 4 overs. [16]
In March 2024,he was called into the Test squad as injury cover for the 2nd test against Australia. [17] [18] In the first innings,he dismissed Australian opener Steve Smith with figures of 1-71. [19] In the second innings he dismissed four Australian batsman as New Zealand suffered a close loss. [20] He finished the second innings with figures of 4-90. [21]
In May 2024,he was named as a reserve player in New Zealand’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. [22]
In October 2024,he was named to national squad for Test series against India. [23] Later he was ruled out of the series due to knee injury. [24] [25] [26]