Ben Sears

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Ben Sears
File:2 10 Ben Sears (cropped).jpg
Sears playing for Yorkshire (2025)
Personal information
Full name
Benjamin Vincent Sears
Born (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 28)
Lower Hutt, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 287)8 March 2024 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 220)8 February 2025 v Pakistan
Last ODI5 April 2025 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.14
T20I debut (cap 91)3 September 2021 v Bangladesh
Last T20I26 March 2025 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.14
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–presentWellington
2025Yorkshire
2025Washington Freedom
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 4 20 23
Runs scored 0 11 21 263
Batting average – 11.00 10.50 12.52
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0* 6 7* 41
Balls bowled 198 206 378 3,090
Wickets 5 10 22 70
Bowling average 32.20 19.70 23.77 27.82
5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/90 5/34 3/22 6/43
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 2/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2025

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

Career

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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]

In March 2025, Sears joined Yorkshire County Cricket Club as one of their overseas players for that year's county championship season.[27]

References

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