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Full name Mark Richard Benson
Born July 6, 1958, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex
Current age 50 years 3 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
St
Tests
1
2
0
51
30
25.50
162
31.48
0
0
4
0
0
0
ODIs
1
1
0
24
24
24.00
58
41.37
0
0
3
0
0
0
First-class
292
491
34
18387
257
40.23
48
99
140
0
List A
269
257
11
7838
119
31.86
5
53
68
0
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
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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
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 12-16, 2008 scorecard
Test matches
23
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
England v New Zealand at The Oval, Jun 25, 2008 scorecard
ODI matches
62
ODI statistics
T20I debut
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Sep 11, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007 scorecard
T20I matches
8
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
