Ben Cox
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| Full name | Oliver Benjamin Cox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 February 1992 Wordsley, Stourbridge, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Worcestershire (squad no. 10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 16 September 2009 Worcestershire v Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 19 July 2010 Worcestershire v Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oliver Benjamin Cox (born 2 February 1992) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire.
Cox has been associated with Worcestershire for some years, having played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, although not originally as a wicket-keeper.[1]
He captained the Under-17 side against Somerset U-17s in July 2009, scoring exactly 100.[2]
Cox was called up to make his first-class debut, aged 17, in Worcestershire's penultimate County Championship match of 2009, against Somerset at Taunton.[3] Withdrawn from his lessons at Bromsgrove School for the occasion,[4] he scored 61 in his only innings of a drawn match (an innings in which Daryl Mitchell scored 298), winnings compliments for an innings that after a slightly nervous start had become one of "great maturity and judgment".[5] Keeping wicket, his first first-class dismissal was that of Marcus Trescothick, stumped for 72.[6] He also took four catches, including a spectacular leg-side dive to dismiss Arul Suppiah.[7]
He was awarded a four-year contract by Worcestershire in October 2009, Director of Cricket Steve Rhodes paying tribute to his performance on debut, saying he showed 'real character'.[8]
Cox pressed his claims for a regular place in the side in his first game of the 2010 season. Batting at number eight in a non-first-class warm-up match against Bradford/Leeds UCCE, he came to the crease with his side struggling at 140 for six; his magnificent 110 was scored off only 138 balls. Worcestershire went on to win the game.[9]
| “ | We're so chuffed for him, and obviously for the school. Let's hope some other boys can follow in his footsteps and reach the high standard he has so far!
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Notes
- ↑ "Other matches played by Ben Cox". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009.
- ↑ "Somerset Under-17s v Worcestershire Under-17s in 2009". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009.
- ↑ "Somerset v Worcestershire in 2009". CricketArchive. 21 September 2009.
- ↑ Tennant, Ivo (18 September 2009). "Worcestershire threaten a win at last". The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ↑ Ward, John (17 September 2009). "Mitchell falls short of triple hundred". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
- ↑ "Ben Cox". YouTube, extract from Midlands Today. 22 September 2009.
- ↑ "Somerset v Worcestershire, day 3". YouTube. 18 September 2009.
- ↑ "Ben Cox Signs Four-Year Contract At New Road". Cricketworld.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ↑ "Worcestershire v Bradford/Leeds UCCE in 2010". CricketArchive. 15 April 2010.