Ben_Pengelley

Ben Pengelley

Ben Pengelley

Australian cricketer

Ben Pengelley (born 16 February 1998) is an Australian cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup on 27 September 2017.[2]

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Career

Pengelley grew up in Yulara, Northern Territory. His family briefly moved to Western Australia before settling in Whyalla in South Australia, roughly 400 km north of Adelaide, where Pengelley finished high school. While living in Whyalla he started playing grade cricket for Adelaide Cricket Club despite the long commute to and from the city.[3] In December 2016 Pengelley represented South Australia in the national under-19 championships as an all-rounder, scoring 359 runs and taking 8 wickets,[4][5] and he was named in the team of the tournament.[6] In grade cricket in 2016–17 he averaged an impressive 42.89 runs batting for Adelaide, and he made his Futures League debut for South Australia under-23s in the final round of the season.[6]

In the 2017 winter Pengelley was selected as part of Australia's National Performance Squad to train for three months in Brisbane and tour India in the lead up to the summer despite not yet having a contract with any state team.[3][6][7] After this he was given a rookie contract with South Australia cricket team for the 2017–18 season.[8]

2017–18 season

Pengelly was in the Cricket Australia XI squad for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. He made his List A debut for the side in the first match, which was against his home state of South Australia. He took his first career List A wicket, that of Alex Ross.[9] He then scored his maiden List A century against Queensland in his second match, scoring 53 runs off 36 balls before being dismissed with an over left in the innings.[10] He played five matches in the tournament and took two wickets in total.[11]

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    Barton, Joe (14 June 2017). "Rising Aussie all-rounder Ben Pengelley's road to higher honours stretches for 200,000km". Fox Sports. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    Capel, Andrew (15 December 2016). "Western Australia win first under-19 national championship in 23 years". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    "Ben Pengelley". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    "Three SA rising stars selected in National Performance Squad". SACA.com.au. South Australian Cricket Association. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    "Ben Pengelley". SACA.com.au. South Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    "South Australia name contract list". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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    "1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27 2017". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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    "2nd match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 29 2017". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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    "Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - Cricket Australia XI / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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