Benjamin Reginald McDermott was born on 12 December 1994 and is an Australian international cricketer.
16 Facts About Ben McDermott
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Ben McDermott represents the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League and Queensland in Australian domestic cricket.
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Ben McDermott made his international debut for the Australian national cricket team in October 2018.
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The Ben McDermott family moved to the Gold Coast when Ben McDermott was seven years of age and the two siblings began playing junior cricket for Runaway Bay and Broadbeach.
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Ben McDermott 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.
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Ben McDermott represented Australia in Youth One Day Internationals at Under-19 level and played alongside his brother in the 2014 Prime Minister's XI match against England.
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Ben McDermott made his Twenty20 debut on 18 January 2014 for the Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers, scoring 30 runs.
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Ben McDermott was awarded the player of the match as he helped the Hurricanes chase down 223 to defeat the Renegades in what was the highest scoring Big Bash match at the time.
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On 3 June 2018, Ben McDermott was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.
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In October 2018, Ben McDermott was named in Australia's Twenty20 International squad for the series against Pakistan.
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Ben McDermott made his T20I debut for Australia in the one-off match against the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2018.
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On 16 July 2020, Ben 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.
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Ben McDermott made his ODI debut on 20 July 2021, for Australia against the West Indies.
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In December 2021, Ben McDermott became the first player to hit back to back centuries in the Big Bash League and the first player to hit three centuries in the Big Bash League.
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In March 2022, in the second match against Pakistan, Ben McDermott scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 104 runs, but Pakistan won the match.
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In February 2022 Ben McDermott signed for the Hampshire Hawks for the 2022 Vitality Blast season.