Ben McDermott

Benjamin Reginald McDermott (born 12 December 1994) is an Australian cricketer.

Ben McDermott

Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Reginald McDermott
Born	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper-batsman
Relations	Craig McDermott (father) Alister McDermott (brother)
International information
National side	Australia
T20I debut (cap 93)	22 October 2018 v UAE
Last T20I	8 November 2019 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013–2015	Queensland
2013/14	Brisbane Heat
2015–present	Tasmania
2015/16	Melbourne Renegades
2016-present	Hobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 12 30 21 51 Runs scored 98 1,345 936 1104 Batting average 14.00 28.61 49.26 30.66 100s/50s 0/0 1/9 3/5 1/4 Top score 32* 104 117 114 Catches/stumpings 8/– 19/– 20/0 21/1
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 3 January 2020

Early life

Born in Caboolture, Queensland, he is the son of Australian Test cricketer Craig McDermott and brother of Alister McDermott. The McDermott family moved to the Gold Coast when Ben was seven years of age and the two siblings began playing junior cricket for Runaway Bay and Broadbeach.[1] Ben made his first XI debut for The Southport School in year 9 and made a remarkable double-hundred for the Gold Coast Dolphins at under-17 level.[2] He also represented Australia in Youth One Day Internationals at Under-19 level[3] and played alongside his brother in the 2014 Prime Minister's XI match against England.[4]

Cricket career

He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 January 2014[5] for the Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers, scoring 30 runs. On 12 January 2017 while playing for the Hobart Hurricanes against the Melbourne Renegades in the 2016–17 Big Bash League season, he made 114 off 52 balls, including 9 sixes and 8 fours. He earned a man of the match award as he helped the Hurricanes chase down 223 to defeat the Renegades in the highest scoring Big Bash game to date.[6][7]

In March 2017, he scored his maiden first-class century, when he made 104 runs for Tasmania in round 10 of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season.[8]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[9][10]

In October 2018, he was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the series against Pakistan.[11] He made his T20I debut for Australia in the one-off match against the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2018.[12] In November 2018, he was added to Australia's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against South Africa, but he did not play.[13]

Ahead of the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup, McDermott was named as one of the six cricketers to watch during the tournament.[14]

On 16 July 2020, McDermott was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][16]

References

1. Gold Coast Bulletin’s Big Q&A with Australian cricketer Ben McDermott, son of Test legend Craig
2. Craig McDermott says his son Ben could play Test, ODI and Twenty20 cricket for Australia
3. "Under-19 ODI matches played by Ben McDermott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
4. "McDermott's 2 sons in PM's XI to play England". AP. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014.
5. "Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
6. "McDermott 114 in Hurricanes' record last-ball chase". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
7. "Hurricanes' tall chases, and Narine gets to 250". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
8. "Mennie takes five; McDermott scores maiden ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
9. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
10. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
11. "Australia name new T20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
12. "Only T20I, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Oct 22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
13. "Ben McDermott added to Australia ODI squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
14. "Six players to watch in the Marsh One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
15. "Usman Khawaja and Marcus Stoinis in expanded Australia training squad for possible England tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
16. "Aussies name huge 26-player group with eye on UK tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

External links

• Ben McDermott at ESPNcricinfo