Ben Sears

Ben Sears (born 11 February 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021.^[1]

Ben Sears

Personal information
Born	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2021-present)
Only Test (cap 287)	8 March 2024 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 91)	3 September 2021 v Bangladesh
Last T20I	20 April 2024 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	14
Source: Cricinfo, 5 August 2022

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. In the first innings, he dismissed Australian opener Steve Smith with figures of 1-71. In the second innings he dismissed four Australian batsman as New Zealand suffered a close loss. He finished the second innings with figures of 4-90.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Ben Sears". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
2. "The Ford Trophy at Wellington, Oct 24 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. "NZ appoint Finnie as captain for Under-19 World Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
4. "Plunket Shield at Hamilton, Dec 6-9 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
5. "8th Match (D/N), Super Smash at New Plymouth, Dec 31 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
6. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
7. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
8. "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
9. . New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
10. . New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
11. "Black Caps announce Twenty20 World Cup squad, two debutants for leadup tours with stars absent". Stuff. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
12. "Glenn Pocknall on uncapped fast bowler Ben Sears: 'The world's his oyster'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
13. "2nd T20I (D/N), Dhaka, Sep 3 2021, New Zealand tour of Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
14. "Sears called up to West Indies tour as Henry ruled out". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
15. Anderson, Ian (17 December 2023). "Rachin Ravindra missing from Black Caps T20 squad to play Bangladesh". Stuff. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
16. "NZ vs BAN, Bangladesh in New Zealand 2023/24, 3rd T20I at Mount Maunganui, December 31, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Ben Sears at ESPNcricinfo