New Zealand cricketer (born 1998)
Ben Sears
Full name Benjamin Vincent Sears
Born (1998-02-11 ) 11 February 1998 (age 26) Lower Hutt , New ZealandBatting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm medium-fast Role Bowler National side Only Test (cap 287 ) 8 March 2024 v Australia T20I debut (cap 91 ) 3 September 2021 v Bangladesh Last T20I 27 April 2024 v Pakistan T20I shirt no. 14
Years Team 2018/19–present Otago
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
^ "Ben Sears" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ "The Ford Trophy at Wellington, Oct 24 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 24 October 2018 .
^ "NZ appoint Finnie as captain for Under-19 World Cup" . ESPNCricinfo . Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Plunket Shield at Hamilton, Dec 6-9 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 6 December 2018 .
^ "8th Match (D/N), Super Smash at New Plymouth, Dec 31 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 31 December 2018 .
^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 June 2020 .
^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts" . Stuff . Retrieved 15 June 2020 .
^ "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
^ "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown" . New Zealand Cricket . Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020 .
^ "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 .
^ "Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent" . Stuff . Retrieved 9 August 2021 .
^ "Glenn Pocknall on uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears: 'The world's his oyster' " . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 11 August 2021 .
^ "2nd T20I (D/N), Dhaka, Sep 3 2021, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 September 2021 .
^ "Sears called up to West Indies tour as Henry ruled out" . New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 14 August 2022 .
^ Anderson, Ian (17 December 2023). "Rachin Ravindra missing from Black Caps T20 squad to play Bangladesh" . Stuff . Retrieved 4 January 2024 .
^ "NZ vs BAN, Bangladesh in New Zealand 2023/24, 3rd T20I at Mount Maunganui, December 31, 2023 - Full Scorecard" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 4 January 2024 .
^ "Sears called in to replace O'Rourke | Conway set for surgery" . New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ 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 .
^ "Hazlewood dismantles New Zealand but Henry gives home side hope" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
^ "Henry and Sears new ball surge gives New Zealand hope of famous win" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
^ "Carey, Marsh carry Australia home in tense finish at Hagley Oval" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
^ "New Zealand Squad for ICC Men's World Cup 2024" . ScoreWaves . Retrieved 10 June 2024 .
^ "Injury delays Williamson's departure to India | Chapman called in as cover" . New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 9 October 2024 .
^ "Sears ruled out of India Tests due to knee injury" . Cricbuzz . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
^ "Sears ruled out of India Tests | Duffy called in" . New Zealand Cricket . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
^ "Ben Sears ruled out of India tour; uncapped Jacob Duffy drafted into NZ's squad" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 October 2024 .
External links
Ben Sears as travelling reserve for the team.