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Full name Joseph Emmanuel Benjamin
Born February 2, 1961, Christ Church, St Kitts
Current age 47 years 248 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
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
1
1
0
0
0
0.00
7
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
ODIs
2
1
0
0
0
0.00
6
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
126
145
43
1161
49
11.38
0
0
25
0
List A
168
66
33
327
25
9.90
0
0
29
0
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
ODI statistics
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
