Ben McDermott

Ben McDermott
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Reginald McDermott
Born (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height 1.91
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper-batsman
Relations CJ McDermott (step-father)
AC McDermott (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2015 Queensland (squad no. 15)
2013–2014 Brisbane Heat (squad no. 28)
2015–present Tasmania (squad no. 28)
2015–2016 Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 28)
2016–present Hobart Hurricanes
First-class debut 31 October 2014 QLD v SA
List A debut 24 October 2014 QLD v NSW
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 16 7 18
Runs scored 673 225 510
Batting average 26.92 32.14 36.42
100s/50s 1/3 0/1 1/1
Top score 104 97 114
Catches/stumpings 11/– 3/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 February 2018

Benjamin Reginald McDermott (born 12 December 1994) is an Australian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 January 2014[1] for the Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers, scoring 30 runs.

He is the step-son of Australian Test cricketer Craig McDermott and brother of Alister McDermott. He has represented Australia in Youth One Day Internationals at Under-19 level[2] and played alongside his brother in the 2014 Prime Minister's XI match against England.[3]

On 12 January 2017 while playing for the Hobart Hurricanes against the Melbourne Renegades in the 2016–17 Big Bash League season, he made 114 off 52 balls, including 9 sixes and 8 fours. He earned a man of the match award as he helped the Hurricanes chase down 223 to defeat the Renegades in the highest scoring Big Bash game to date.[4][5]

In March 2017, he scored his maiden first-class century, when he made 104 runs for Tasmania in round 10 of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season.[6]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[7][8]

In October 2018, he was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against Pakistan.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Under-19 ODI matches played by Ben McDermott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2014. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "McDermott's 2 sons in PM's XI to play England". AP. 13 Jan 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "McDermott 114 in Hurricanes' record last-ball chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Hurricanes' tall chases, and Narine gets to 250". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mennie takes five; McDermott scores maiden ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Australia name new T20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 5 October 2018.


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