Joey Benjamin
England
INTL CAREER: 1994 - 1995
Full Name
Joseph Emmanuel Benjamin
Born
February 02, 1961, Christ Church, St Kitts
Died
March 08, 2021, Reigate, Surrey, (aged 60y 34d)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
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
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