Benjamin_Stevens_(cricketer)

Ben Stevens (cricketer)

Ben Stevens (cricketer)

Jersey cricketer

Benjamin David Hodfinger Stevens (born 5 May 1992) is a Jersey international cricketer.[1] In 2014 he played in the 2014 ICC World Cricket League Division Four.[2] He was a member of the Jersey squad for the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[3]

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Career

In September 2017, he took the most wickets for Jersey in the 2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five tournament, with a total of fourteen dismissals in five matches.[4]

In April 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in Malaysia.[5] He was named as the player to watch in the squad ahead of the tournament.[6] He was the leading run-scorer for Jersey in the tournament, with 253 runs in six matches, and the leading wicket-taker for his side, with thirteen dismissals.[7] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player of the tournament.[8][9]

In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands.[10][11] He was the leading wicket-taker in Group B of the tournament, with fourteen dismissals in six matches.[12]

In May 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup against Guernsey.[13] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Jersey against Guernsey on 31 May 2019.[14] The same month, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament in Guernsey.[15]

In September 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[16] In November 2019, he was named in Jersey's squad for the Cricket World Cup Challenge League B tournament in Oman.[17] He made his List A debut, for Jersey against Uganda, on 2 December 2019.[18]

In March 2023, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Jersey on 5 April 2023, against the United Arab Emirates.[19] He soon announced his retirement from international cricket and played his final match in the Inter-Insular 50-over match on 2 September.

References

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    "Ben Stevens". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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    "ICC World Cricket League Division Four: Jersey Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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    "Minnows Jersey set for Twenty20 qualifying challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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    "2017 ICC World Cricket League Division Five: Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
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    "Chuggy's men for mission to Malaysia". Jersey Evening Post. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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    "Groundwork for 2023 World Cup begins at WCL Division Four". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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    "ICC World Cricket League Division Four, 2018, Jersey: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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    "Uganda and Denmark qualify for ICC World Cricket League Division 3". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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    "'An hour or two of bad cricket cost us' – Ben Stevens". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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    "Jersey name squad for World Twenty20 first-round qualifier". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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    "Three debutants in Jersey squad for ICC World T20 Europe Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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    "ICC World Twenty20 Europe Region Qualifier B, 2018: Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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    "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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    "1st T20I, Jersey tour of Guernsey at St Peter Port, May 31 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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    "Squads announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Final 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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    "'Strong, balanced, dynamic' - Jersey name squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". ITV News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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    "Jersey name squad for World Cup Challenge League tournament in Oman". ITV News. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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    "1st Match, CWC Challenge League Group B at Al Amerat, Dec 2 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  19. [19]
    "Full Scorecard of U.A.E. vs Jersey 14th Match 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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