Benjamin Lister (New Zealand cricketer)

Benjamin Lister (born 1 January 1996) is a New Zealand cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 7 November 2017.[2] The following week, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with figures of five wickets for 29 runs against Northern Districts.[3]

Benjamin Lister
Personal information
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017/18–presentAuckland
Source: Cricinfo, 20 October 2020

He made his List A debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Ford Trophy on 3 December 2017.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Auckland in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 13 December 2017.[5] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season.[6] In September 2018, he was named in the Auckland Aces' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[7] On 17 November 2019, in the 2019–20 Ford Trophy, Lister took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[8] He finished as the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 23 dismissals in eleven matches.[9]

In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Auckland ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[10][11] In October 2020, in the opening round of the 2020–21 Plunket Shield season, Lister became the first COVID-19 replacement in a cricket match.[12] Lister replaced Mark Chapman, who reported feeling unwell, inline with the updated International Cricket Council (ICC) playing conditions for a substitute due to COVID.[13]

References
  1. "Benjamin Lister". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. "Plunket Shield at Auckland, Nov 7-10 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Ben Lister leads the way for Auckland as Black Caps batsmen fail to impress". Stuff. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. "3rd Match, The Ford Trophy at New Plymouth, Dec 3 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. "1st Match (D/N), Super Smash at Auckland, Dec 13 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  7. "Auckland Aces to face the world in Abu Dhabi". Scoop. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  8. "Ford Trophy: Ben Lister snares five as Auckland Aces make flying start". Stuff. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. "The Ford Trophy, 2019/20: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  11. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  12. "Auckland seamer Ben Lister becomes first Covid-19 replacement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  13. "Ben Lister becomes first 'COVID replacement' in cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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