Ben Stevens (cricketer)

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Ben Stevens
Personal information
Full name
Benjamin David Hodfinger Stevens
Born (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 33)
Hong Kong
BattingLeft-handed
Bowling Left-arm orthodox spin
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Only ODI(cap  14)5 April 2023 v  United Arab Emirates
T20I debut(cap  10)31 May 2019 v  Guernsey
Last T20I14 July 2022 v  Singapore
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2023

Benjamin David Hodfinger Stevens (born 5 May 1992) is a retired Jersey international cricketer. [1] In 2014 he played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Four. [2] He was a member of the Jersey squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [3]

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Career

Stevens studied Spanish at Durham University, where he also competed for Durham MCCU. [4] In September 2017, he took the most wickets for Jersey in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament, with a total of fourteen dismissals in five matches. [5]

In April 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. [6] He was named as the player to watch in the squad ahead of the tournament. [7] He was the leading run-scorer for Jersey in the tournament, with 253 runs in six matches, and the leading wicket-taker for his side, with thirteen dismissals. [8] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player of the tournament. [9] [10]

In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands. [11] [12] He was the leading wicket-taker in Group B of the tournament, with fourteen dismissals in six matches. [13]

In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey. [14] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 31 May 2019. [15] The same month, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey. [16]

In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [17] In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [18] He made his List A debut, for Jersey against Uganda, on 2 December 2019. [19]

In March 2023, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Jersey on 5 April 2023, against the United Arab Emirates. [20] He soon announced his retirement from international cricket and played his final match in the Inter-Insular 50-over match on 2 September. [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Ben Stevens". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "ICC World Cricket League Division Four: Jersey Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Minnows Jersey set for Twenty20 qualifying challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Mayes, Joe (18 March 2014). "Stevens stars in World Cricket League victory". Palatinate . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five: Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chuggy's men for mission to Malaysia". Jersey Evening Post. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Groundwork for 2023 World Cup begins at WCL Division Four". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "ICC World Cricket League Division Four, 2018, Jersey: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Uganda and Denmark qualify for ICC World Cricket League Division 3". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "'An hour or two of bad cricket cost us' – Ben Stevens". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Jersey name squad for World Twenty20 first-round qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Three debutants in Jersey squad for ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Europe Region Qualifier B, 2018: Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "1st T20I, Jersey tour of Guernsey at St Peter Port, May 31 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "'Strong, balanced, dynamic' - Jersey name squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". ITV News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  18. ↑ "Jersey name squad for World Cup Challenge League tournament in Oman". ITV News. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "1st Match, CWC Challenge League Group B at Al Amerat, Dec 2 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Full Scorecard of U.A.E. vs Jersey 14th Match 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  21. ↑ "Jersey Cricket's inter-insular win comes at 'exciting time' for the sport". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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