Ben Edmondson

Ben Edmondson

Personal information
Full name	Ben Matthew Edmondson
Born	(1978-09-28) 28 September 1978 Southport, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	Edo
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003	Denmark
2003/04–2009/10	Western Australia
2007	Gloucestershire
2010/11	South Australia
2011/12	Perth Scorchers
First-class debut	7 December 2003 Western Australia v Tasmania
Last First-class	3 March 2011 South Australia v Victoria
List A debut	28 August 2003 Denmark v Wales Minor Counties
Last List A	19 February 2011 South Australia v Queensland
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Twenty20 Matches 58 40 23 Runs scored 169 41 9 Batting average 4.12 5.85 4.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 18 16* 2* Balls bowled 9865 2079 487 Wickets 194 64 30 Bowling average 33.61 27.71 20.30 5 wickets in innings 4 1 0 10 wickets in match 1 – – Best bowling 7/95 5/39 4/14 Catches/stumpings 19/0 6/0 4/0
Source: CricketArchive, 2 November 2011

Ben Matthew Edmondson (born 28 September 1978 in Southport, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

After struggling to get a game for Queensland due to the long fast-bowling queue, Edmondson was invited to Western Australia. He made his Pura Cup debut for the Warriors after just five days from his arrival. He finished the season with 28 wickets at an average of 31.61. He was one of the heroes against his former state in a thrilling ING Cup final victory.

The next summer he was the state's leading wicket taker with 29 victims in seven games. He was rewarded with selection in the Prime Minister's XI. In 2005–06 he demonstrated great consistency by again topping 20 wickets with 24 at 33.79. Edmondson has career best figures of 6/28.

In 2003 he represented Denmark in a one-day game against Wales.

He moved to the Southern Redbacks for the 2010–11 season, and represented Glenelg in the local competition in Adelaide. Edmondson's season at the Redbacks was a success, taking the most wickets in the domestic one-day competition, and he retired in March 2011.

In July 2011 he was signed by the new Perth Scorchers team for the 2011–12 Big Bash Twenty20 league.

External links

• Ben Edmondson at ESPNcricinfo