Ben Sears

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Ben Sears
Personal information
Full name
Benjamin Vincent Sears
Born (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 287)8 March 2024 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 91)3 September 2021 v Bangladesh
Last T20I20 April 2024 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.14
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–presentOtago
Career statistics
Competition Test T20I FC LA
Matches 1 17 21 33
Runs scored 0 14 233 77
Batting average – 7.00 12.94 8.55
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 7 41 19*
Balls bowled 198 312 2,862 1,472
Wickets 5 19 63 40
Bowling average 32.20 22.31 28.19 35.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/90 3/22 6/43 4/41
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 12/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 October 2024

Benjamin Vincent Sears (born 11 February 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Otago domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021.[1]

Career

Sears father, Michael Sears was also a cricketer who played for Wellington in the 1990s.

Sears made his List A debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 24 October 2018.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] He made his first-class debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season on 6 December 2018.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Super Smash on 31 December 2018.[5]

In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[6][7] In November 2020, Sears was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.[8][9]

In August 2021, Sears was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their tour of Bangladesh,[10] and their tour of Pakistan.[11][12] Sears made his T20I debut on 3 September 2021, for New Zealand against Bangladesh.[13]

In August 2022, Sears was named as a replacement for Matt Henry, who was ruled out of the West Indies tour due to rib injury.[14]

In December 2023, he was selected in New Zealand's squad for the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh.[15] In the third T20 match, he bowled a match-winning spell, claiming 2 wickets for 28 runs off his 4 overs.[16]

In March 2024, he was called into the Test squad as injury cover for the 2nd test against Australia.[17][18] In the first innings, he dismissed Australian opener Steve Smith with figures of 1-71.[19] In the second innings he dismissed four Australian batsman as New Zealand suffered a close loss.[20] He finished the second innings with figures of 4-90.[21]

In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in New Zealand’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[22]

In October 2024, he was named to national squad for Test series against India.[23] Later he was ruled out of the series due to knee injury.[24][25][26]

References

  1. ^ "Ben Sears". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "The Ford Trophy at Wellington, Oct 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ "NZ appoint Finnie as captain for Under-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Plunket Shield at Hamilton, Dec 6-9 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ^ "8th Match (D/N), Super Smash at New Plymouth, Dec 31 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  10. ^ "T20 World Cup squad revealed: McConchie and Sears called up for Bangladesh/Pakistan". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent". Stuff. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Glenn Pocknall on uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears: 'The world's his oyster'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  13. ^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Dhaka, Sep 3 2021, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Sears called up to West Indies tour as Henry ruled out". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  15. ^ Anderson, Ian (17 December 2023). "Rachin Ravindra missing from Black Caps T20 squad to play Bangladesh". Stuff. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  16. ^ "NZ vs BAN, Bangladesh in New Zealand 2023/24, 3rd T20I at Mount Maunganui, December 31, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Sears called in to replace O'Rourke | Conway set for surgery". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  18. ^ Malcolm, Alex (3 March 2024). "Sears called up for O'Rourke, Conway to miss start of IPL due to thumb surgery". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Hazlewood dismantles New Zealand but Henry gives home side hope". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Henry and Sears new ball surge gives New Zealand hope of famous win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Carey, Marsh carry Australia home in tense finish at Hagley Oval". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  22. ^ "New Zealand Squad for ICC Men's World Cup 2024". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  23. ^ "Injury delays Williamson's departure to India | Chapman called in as cover". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Sears ruled out of India Tests due to knee injury". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Sears ruled out of India Tests | Duffy called in". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  26. ^ "Ben Sears ruled out of India tour; uncapped Jacob Duffy drafted into NZ's squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 October 2024.


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