Touted as a bowler with a "huge ceiling," by Paul Wiseman, New Zealand's talent identification manager, Ben Lister is a left-arm seamer who can swing the new ball and bowl slower variations in the end overs.

Lister earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand senior side for the T20Is in India at the start of 2023 after having chalked up consistent performances for New Zealand A and Auckland in domestic cricket. He then made his ODI debut for New Zealand later in the year in Karachi, where he came away with the wicket of Babar Azam. After Trent Boult gave up his New Zealand central contract to become a freelancer, Lister was lined up to fill that void, especially in white-ball internationals.

Lister has also attracted interest in T20 cricket outside of New Zealand, having stints with Nottinghamshire in the T20 Blast and Surrey Jaguars in the Global T20 Canada.

Ben Lister Career Stats

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	3	3	156	158	4	3/69	3/69	39.50	6.07	39.0	0	0
T20Is	12	11	221	316	11	3/35	3/35	28.72	8.57	20.0	0	0
FC	34	56	4605	2100	82	5/29	6/67	25.60	2.73	56.1	2	1
List A	58	57	2675	2415	72	6/51	6/51	33.54	5.41	37.1	1	2
T20s	74	73	1452	1935	76	4/26	4/26	25.46	7.99	19.1	1	0

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	3	3	2	10	5*	10.00	14	71.42	1	0	0
T20Is	12	3	1	1	1	0.50	6	16.66	0	0	6
FC	34	37	16	216	42	10.28	601	35.94	27	2	17
List A	58	26	16	112	30	11.20	152	73.68	8	2	19
T20s	74	24	14	76	17*	7.60	79	96.20	5	2	28

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Ben Lister T20 Stats

Bowling

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Major League Cricket	SF	2	2	34	61	0	-	-	-	10.76	-	0	0	0
Vitality Blast	NOT	8	8	162	211	8	2/20	2/20	26.37	7.81	20.2	0	0	0

Batting & Fielding

Tournament	Teams	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Major League Cricket	SF	2	2	1	2	2*	2.00	6	33.33	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vitality Blast	NOT	8	3	1	1	1*	0.50	6	16.66	0	0	0	0	1	0

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Recent Matches of Ben Lister

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
SF vs New York	2*	0/18	09-Jul-2025	Dallas	T20
SF vs Los Angeles	0	0/43	06-Jul-2025	Lauderhill	T20
NZ A vs Bangladesh A	0*	3/43 & 1/17	21-May-2025	Mirpur	FC
NZ A vs Bangladesh A	--	2/49	10-May-2025	Sylhet	List A
NZ A vs Bangladesh A	4*	0/40	05-May-2025	Sylhet	List A