Ben Cox

Ben Cox
Personal information
Full name Oliver Benjamin Cox
Born (1992-02-02) 2 February 1992
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Batting Right-handed
Role Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–present Worcestershire (squad no. 10)
2017 Marylebone Cricket Club
FC debut 16 September 2009 Worcestershire v Somerset
LA debut 19 July 2010 Worcestershire v Sussex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 101 66 85
Runs scored 3,981 1,133 1,143
Batting average 27.83 26.97 25.97
100s/50s 3/23 1/4 0/2
Top score 124 122* 59*
Catches/stumpings 267/12 69/8 35/24
Source: CricInfo, 29 September 2018

Oliver Benjamin Cox (born 2 February 1992) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire.

Cox has been associated with Worcestershire for some years, having played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, although not originally as a wicket-keeper.[1]

He captained the Under-17 side against Somerset U-17s in July 2009, scoring exactly 100.[2]

Cox was called up to make his first-class debut, aged 17, in Worcestershire's penultimate County Championship match of 2009, against Somerset at Taunton.[3] Withdrawn from his lessons at Bromsgrove School for the occasion,[4] he scored 61 in his only innings of a drawn match (an innings in which Daryl Mitchell scored 298), winnings compliments for an innings that after a slightly nervous start had become one of "great maturity and judgment".[5] Keeping wicket, his first first-class dismissal was that of Marcus Trescothick, stumped for 72.[6] He also took four catches, including a spectacular leg-side dive to dismiss Arul Suppiah.[7]

He was awarded a four-year contract by Worcestershire in October 2009, Director of Cricket Steve Rhodes paying tribute to his performance on debut, saying he showed 'real character'.[8]

Cox pressed his claims for a regular place in the side in his first game of the 2010 season. Batting at number eight in a non-first-class warm-up match against Bradford/Leeds UCCE, he came to the crease with his side struggling at 140 for six; his magnificent 110 was scored off only 138 balls. Worcestershire went on to win the game.[9]

In T20 Vitality Blast 2018 Finals day, Cox played a key part in Worcestershire's win. In the Semi-Final, against Lancashire he scored 55* and in the final, against Sussex made 46*, scoring the winning runs; he was made Player of the Match in both games.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Other matches played by Ben Cox". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "Somerset Under-17s v Worcestershire Under-17s in 2009". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Somerset v Worcestershire in 2009". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Tennant, Ivo (18 September 2009). "Worcestershire threaten a win at last". The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Ward, John (17 September 2009). "Mitchell falls short of triple hundred". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Ben Cox". YouTube, extract from Midlands Today. 22 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Somerset v Worcestershire, day 3". YouTube. 18 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Ben Cox Signs Four-Year Contract At New Road". Cricketworld.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Worcestershire v Bradford/Leeds UCCE in 2010". CricketArchive. 15 April 2010. (Subscription required (help)).

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