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.
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Full name | James Graham Edward Benning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mill Hill, London, England | 4 May 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009 – 2010 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 – 2009 | Surrey (squad no. 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2009 |
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
edit- Surrey County Cricket Club official website
- Cricket Archive page on James Benning
- Cricinfo page on James Benning