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 31)
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 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

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. [4]

In April 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia. [5] He was named as the player to watch in the squad ahead of the tournament. [6] 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. [7] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player of the tournament. [8] [9]

In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands. [10] [11] He was the leading wicket-taker in Group B of the tournament, with fourteen dismissals in six matches. [12]

In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey. [13] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 31 May 2019. [14] 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. [15]

In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [16] In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman. [17] He made his List A debut, for Jersey against Uganda, on 2 December 2019. [18]

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. [19] He soon announced his retirement from international cricket and played his final match in the Inter-Insular 50-over match on 2 September.

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