Justin Benson

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Justin Benson

Personal information

Full name

Justin David Ramsay Benson

Born

1 March 1967
Dublin, Ireland

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right arm medium

Role

Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1986

Cambridgeshire

1988–1993

Leicestershire

1994–1997

Ireland

First-class debut

28 April 1988 Leicestershire v Northamptonshire

Last First-class

11 August 1997 Ireland v Scotland

List A debut

25 June 1986 Cambridgeshire v Yorkshire

Last List A

24 June 1997 Ireland v Yorkshire

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A	TRO
Matches	57	101	17
Runs scored	2158	1556	459
Batting average	28.39	19.45	32.78
100s/50s	4/6	0/3	0/2
Top score	153	85	74*
Balls bowled	824	1645	18
Wickets	11	53	1
Bowling average	48.36	28.81	22.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a
Best bowling	2/24	4/27	1/22
Catches/stumpings	66/–	41/0	8/–

Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2008

Justin David Ramsay Benson (born 1 March 1967 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a former Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler as well as an occasional wicket-keeper.

Though born in Ireland, he spent the early part of his cricket career playing solely in England, starting by playing minor counties cricket with Cambridgeshire before moving on to play first-class cricket with Leicestershire.

He spent five years with Leicestershire from 1988 to 1993 and as his career with them was winding down, he began to play for the country of his birth shortly after they gained associate membership of the International Cricket Council in 1993. He made his debut for Ireland against Australia in 1993 and was then selected for the 1994 ICC Trophy.

He carried on playing for Ireland whilst also again playing minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire, playing in one more ICC Trophy in 1997 as well as the inaugural European Championship in 1996. His last match came against the MCC at Lord's in August 1997 at which point he had represented Ireland 59 times. He was captain in all his games in 1996 and 1997.

References

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