Full Name

Christopher Gavin Benjamin

Born

April 29, 1999, Johannesburg, Gauteng

Age

26y 65d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Education

St Andrew's College, Johannesburg; Durham University

Chris Benjamin was among the breakout stars of the inaugural season of the Hundred, starring on Birmingham Phoenix debut with a match-winning 24 not out off 15 balls barely three weeks after he had signed his first professional contract. "Nasser, what is that?!" yelped Kevin Pietersen as Benjamin reverse-scooped London Spirit's Blake Cullen for six. Two weeks later, another cameo sealed victory against Oval Invincibles as Phoenix finished top of the group stages.

Born in Johannesburg, Benjamin holds a British passport through his father and qualifies as a local player in English domestic cricket. He moved to the UK in 2018 to study accounting and finance at Durham University. He earned a trial at Warwickshire after being spotted playing at Loughborough by second-team coach Ian Westwood and captained them to the Second XI T20 competition in 2021.

He earned a rookie contract for the second half of the 2021 season with Warwickshire keen to add wicket-keeping back-up to their squad and made an instant impression with 60 on his full T20 debut in the Blast. He had impressed Moeen Ali in a second-team game with his ability to score quickly against spin, and Moeen recommended him as a last-minute replacement replacement in the Hundred.

Benjamin went on to score 127 from No. 3 on his Championship debut against Lancashire later in the summer, underlining his ambitions to become a multi-format player. He also made his List A debut in 2021, scoring a half-century the day before his Hundred debut.

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Chris Benjamin Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1832384112729.00179846.77141012150
List A11812607537.1428989.960221960
T20s72631597768*20.35712137.21038440321

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC18------------
List A11------------
T20s72------------

Chris Benjamin T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams4943976868*22.58530144.90036632220
SA20MICT110000.0020.00000011
ILT202 teams2212524*25.002792.59002100
Men's 100BP-M2118620837*17.33171121.630018890

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams49------------
SA20MICT1------------
ILT202 teams2------------
Men's 100BP-M21------------

Recent Matches of Chris Benjamin

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Kent vs Middlesex1505-Jun-2025Lord'sT20
Kent 2nd XI vs Hants 2nd XI24*02-Jun-2025CanterburyOTHERT20
Kent vs Gloucs--30-May-2025BristolT20
Kent vs Derbyshire5 & 223-May-2025DerbyFC
Kent vs Gloucs93 & 5816-May-2025BristolFC

Photos of Chris Benjamin

Conor McKerr claims the wicket of Chris Benjamin
Adam Hose and Chris Benjamin celebrate victory
Chris Benjamin smashed five sixes on his way to 43 not out
Chris Benjamin connects with one
Paul Stirling acknowledges his fifty
Paul Stirling held the top of the innings together