Ben Sears
New Zealand cricketer (born 1998)
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Benjamin Vincent Sears (born 11 February 1998) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Wellington domestic cricket side. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in September 2021.[1]
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Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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| Full name | Benjamin Vincent Sears | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 1998 Lower Hutt, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 287) | 8 March 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 220) | 8 February 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 5 April 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 91) | 3 September 2021 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 17 March 2026 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19–present | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Washington Freedom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Sears father, Michael Sears was also a cricketer who played for Wellington in the 1990s.
Sears made his List A debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 24 October 2018.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] He made his first-class debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season on 6 December 2018.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Wellington in the 2018–19 Super Smash on 31 December 2018.[5]
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[6][7] In November 2020, Sears was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.[8][9]
In August 2021, Sears was named in New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squads for their tour of Bangladesh,[10] and their tour of Pakistan.[11][12] Sears made his T20I debut on 3 September 2021, for New Zealand against Bangladesh.[13]
In August 2022, Sears was named as a replacement for Matt Henry, who was ruled out of the West Indies tour due to rib injury.[14]
In December 2023, he was selected in New Zealand's squad for the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh.[15] In the third T20 match, he bowled a match-winning spell, claiming 2 wickets for 28 runs off his 4 overs.[16]
In March 2024, he was called into the Test squad as injury cover for the 2nd test against Australia.[17][18] In the first innings, he dismissed Australian opener Steve Smith with figures of 1-71.[19] In the second innings he dismissed four Australian batsman as New Zealand suffered a close loss.[20] He finished the second innings with figures of 4-90.[21]
In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in New Zealand’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[22]
In October 2024, he was named to national squad for Test series against India.[23] Later he was ruled out of the series due to knee injury.[24][25][26]
In March 2025, Sears joined Yorkshire County Cricket Club as one of their overseas players for that year's county championship season.[27]
