Hamish Bennett

Hamish Bennett
Personal information
Full name Hamish Kyle Bennett
Born (1987-02-22) 22 February 1987
Timaru, New Zealand
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side
Only Test 4 November 2010 v India
ODI debut 14 October 2010 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 5 February 2011 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–present Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 1 14 41 46
Runs scored 4 10 177 27
Batting average 4.00 5.00 8.42 3.85
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 4 4* 30* 7*
Balls bowled 90 602 6,976 1,949
Wickets 0 23 119 60
Bowling average – 23.60 35.04 30.46
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 0/47 4/16 7/50 6/45
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 11/– 5/–
Source: CricketArchive; http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/226493.html, 19 February 2014

Hamish Kyle Bennett (born 22 February 1987 in Timaru) is an international cricketer who has played Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket for New Zealand. He also plays for Canterbury in the New Zealand domestic competitions. Earlier in his career he represented New Zealand in the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who bats left handed in the lower order.[1]

International career

He made his first ODI appearance against Bangladesh in October 2010, where he was New Zealand's best performing bowler, taking three wickets in a match Bangladesh went on to win.[2] The following month he made his Test debut in a drawn match against India. After bowling fifteen wicketless overs in the first innings,[3] he was unable to bowl in the second innings because of an injury.[4]

Bennett was included in to the New Zealand squad for 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup held in Indian subcontinent. He took 4 wickets against Kenya in Chennai where he adjudged man of the match award. But then he lack the pace and wicket taking ability and economy went high in each match he played in the World Cup. New Zealand lost another World Cup at the semi-final stage, where this time to Sri Lanka.

Bennett returned to the ODI team on 25 January 2014 to play the third one-day match between New Zealand and India, after being sidelined for two years due to a serious back injury.[5]

International Awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Kenya MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 20 February 2011 5-0-16-4 ; DNB  New Zealand won by 10 wickets.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Players / New Zealand / Hamish Bennett". Cricinfo.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand in Bangladesh ODI Series - 4th ODI, 2010/11 season". Cricinfo.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand in India Test Series - 1st Test, 2010/11 season". Cricinfo.
  4. ↑ "Martin five sparks stunning turnaround". Cricinfo.
  5. ↑ "Wired up Hamish Bennett glad to be back". Stuff.co.nz.
  6. ↑ "2011 ICC Cricket World Cup 2nd match – Kenya v New Zealand Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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