James Benning (cricketer)


















































James Benning
Personal information
Full name James Graham Edward Benning
Born
(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 35)
Mill Hill, London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium pace
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009 – 2010 Leicestershire
2003 – 2009
Surrey (squad no. 3)

Career statistics
















































































Competition FC LA T20
Matches 36 77 50
Runs scored 1642 2465 1032
Batting average 31.57 33.76 22.43
100s/50s 4/7 3/15 –/7
Top score 128 189*
88

Balls bowled
1287 968 42
Wickets 14 31 2
Bowling average 70.71 35.06 28.50
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/57 4/43 1/7
Catches/stumpings
14/– 26/– 15/–

Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2009

James Benning (born 4 May 1983 in Mill Hill, London) is an English cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Surrey. He is a right-hand bat and right-arm medium pace bowler. Benning played for the minor county team, Buckinghamshire, in 2001, in one Under-19 "Test" for England in 2002 and joined Surrey in 2003.


Benning won the NBC Denis Compton Award for young players in 2003.


James, who used to attend Caterham School, shared in a one-day world record 496-4 (with Surrey) in 2007. He and Ali Brown, also a former Caterham School pupil, put on 296 opening for Surrey, with Benning going on to make 152.


He finished the 2005/06 domestic one day campaign with the highest average of any county player. After leaving Surrey he joined Leicestershire, but was released after the 2010 season.



References



  • Surrey County Cricket Club official website

  • Cricket Archive page on James Benning

  • Cricinfo page on James Benning










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