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Joey Benjamin

England

Full name Joseph Emmanuel Benjamin

Born February 2, 1961, Christ Church, St Kitts

Current age 48 years 280 days

Major teams England, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	7	0.00	0	0	0
ODIs	2	1	0	0	0	0.00	6	0.00	0	0	0
First-class	126	145	43	1161	49	11.38					25
List A	168	66	33	327	25	9.90					29

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	2	168	80	4	4/42	4/80	20.00	2.85	42.0	1	0	0
ODIs	2	2	72	47	1	1/22	1/22	47.00	3.91	72.0	0	0	0
First-class	126		22664	11588	387	6/19		29.94	3.06	58.5		17	1
List A	168		7892	5503	173	4/19	4/19	31.80	4.18	45.6	4	0	0

Career statistics

Only Test	England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 18-21, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 6, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, Jan 7, 1995 scorecard
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First-class span	1988 - 1999
List A span	1986 - 1999

Profile

Benjamin built a belated county career - first with Warwickshire, then with Surrey - on accurate, nippy awayswingers, and in 1994, at the age of 33, he was a surprise choice for the third Test against South Africa at his home ground, The Oval. But his crucial 4-42 in the first innings was put in the shade by Devon Malcolm's feats in the second, and the rest of his international career consisted of two one-day games in Australia that winter. Even at county level he faded as quickly as he rose, and by 1997 Benjamin was no longer a regular for Surrey, who released him at the end of the 1999 season - though he was still one of their most popular players. His action, a whirl of arms and energy, lay somewhere between Gladstone Small and Dominic Cork, while his batting was based on the principle of hit out or get out.
Lawrence Booth