Mark Benson

England

Full name Mark Richard Benson

Born July 6, 1958, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex

Current age 62 years 110 days

Major teams England, Kent

Nickname Benny

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Other Umpire

Height 5 ft 9 in

Education Sutton Vallence School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	2	0	51	30	25.50	162	31.48	0	0	4	0	0
ODIs	1	1	0	24	24	24.00	58	41.37	0	0	3	0	0
First-class	292	491	34	18387	257	40.23			48	99			140
List A	269	257	11	7838	119	31.86			5	53			68

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	292		467	493	5	2/55		98.60	6.33	93.4		0	0
List A	269	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Only Test	England v India at Birmingham, Jul 3-8, 1986 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI	England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 16, 1986 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1980 - 1995
List A span	1980 - 1995

Umpiring statistics

Test debut	Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka, Oct 19-22, 2004 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 4-8, 2009 scorecard
Test matches	27
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v West Indies at Napier, Jan 13, 2009 scorecard
ODI matches	72
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Sep 11, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Pakistan at The Oval, Jun 13, 2009 scorecard
T20I matches	19
T20I statistics

Profile

Mark Benson was a left-hand opening batsman who played for Kent from 1980 until 1997. With a reputation for being sound against fast bowling, Benson, whose career average was always on the right side of 40, was unfortunate to play only one Test in an era when England struggled against the pace of West Indies. His one chance came in 1986 when he replaced the injured Wayne Larkins against India at Edgbaston - Benson made 30 and 21, batting for more than four hours and looking quite comfortable. One ODI followed, and then he was dumped. He continued to score heavily for Kent until he was almost 40, and on retiring he became a first-class umpire in 2000. He stood in his first international match in June 2004 and was elevated to the ICC Elite Panel in April 2006.
Martin Williamson April 2006

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