Ben Charlesworth
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
 Charlesworth in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ben Geoffrey Charlesworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 2000 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Luke Alexander Charlesworth (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Gloucestershire (squad no. 64) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Kathmandu Gorkhas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 August 2018 Gloucestershire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 30 June 2019 Gloucestershire v Australia A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Geoffrey Charlesworth (born 19 November 2000) is an English cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in the 2018 County Championship on 17 August 2018.[2] He made his List A debut on 30 June 2019, for Gloucestershire against Australia A cricket team.[3] In October 2019, he was named in the England under-19 cricket team's squad for a 50-over tri-series in the Caribbean.[4] In December 2019, he was named in England's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5] Charlesworth scored a first-class career-best 210 against Leicestershire in August 2024,[6] going on to make a total of 723 County Championship runs for Gloucestershire over the season at an average of 48.20 and was rewarded with a new two-year contract in October that year.[7] In April 2026, it was announced that Charlesworth would leave Gloucestershire at the end of that year's County Championship season.[8][9] Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Lancashire, starting from the 2027 English county season.[10][11]
