Ben Sanderson

Ben William Sanderson (born 3 January 1989[1]) is an English first-class cricketer, who was contracted to play for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Sanderson is a seam bowler, capable of opening the bowling. An aggressive batsman and fielder, he made his first-class debut for Yorkshire, against Durham, at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, on 14 May 2008.

Ben Sanderson
Personal information
Full nameBen William Sanderson
Born (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
NicknameSando
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2011Yorkshire (squad no. 18)
2015–presentNorthamptonshire (squad no. 26)
First-class debut14 May 2008 Yorkshire v Durham
List A debut25 April 2010 Yorkshire v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 62 33 45
Runs scored 444 99 36
Batting average 8.88 11.00 9.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 42 31 12*
Balls bowled 10,953 1,317 850
Wickets 244 37 51
Bowling average 19.84 35.29 24.31
5 wickets in innings 13 0 0
10 wickets in match 2 n/a n/a
Best bowling 8/73 3/36 4/21
Catches/stumpings 9/– 9/– 6/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 October 2020

In September 2011, Yorkshire County Cricket Club announced that Sanderson was being released by the county.[2] He then spent time playing minor county cricket for Shropshire, club cricket for Rotherham Town and working as a builder.[3]

On 18 July 2015 Sanderson made his return to first-class cricket playing for Northants against Derbyshire, and later signed a two-year contract to play for Northants.[4] During the 2016 season, he took 55 first-class wickets at an average of 21.89, including career best figures of 8/73 against Gloucestershire in September.[5] He was also on the victorious side in the Twenty20 cup, taking 3/31 against Durham in the final.[6] He was rewarded for these performances with a new three-year contract.[7]

References

  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. "Yorkshire Secure Young Talent". Yorkshireccc.com. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. Bailey, Chris (23 September 2016). "Ben built for success at Northants". The Cricket Paper.
  4. "WELCOME ON BOARD BEN!". NorthantsCricket.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  5. Wright, Matt (15 September 2016). "Ben Sanderson tears through Gloucestershire to end Northants' season in style". Northampton Herald and Post. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. Dobell, George. "Defiant Northants dig deep to lift T20 prize". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. "Ben Sanderson: Northamptonshire seamer signs new three-year deal with club". BBC Sport. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.


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