1. Christopher Charles Benham was born on 24 March 1983 and is an English former professional cricketer who was mostly associated with Hampshire in first-class, one-day, and Twenty20 cricket, for whom he made 136 appearances across all formats of the game from 2004 to 2010.
Chris Benham played first-class cricket for Loughborough MCCU when he was a student, and one-day cricket for both the Hampshire Cricket Board and the ad-hoc Unicorns cricket team.
Chris Benham was educated just across the county border in Hampshire at Yateley School.
Three years later, while attending Loughborough University, Chris Benham made his debut in first-class cricket for Loughborough UCCE against Somerset at County Cricket Ground, Taunton; he featured in two further first-class matches for Loughborough in 2004, against Gloucestershire and Sussex.
Chris Benham captained Hampshire in their opening first-class match of the 2006 season against Loughborough UCCE, and subsequently went onto make eight appearances in the County Championship, scoring 504 runs at an average of 33.60.
Chris Benham played his first one-day match for Hampshire in 2006, and would make eleven one-day appearances across the season.
Chris Benham debuted in Twenty20 cricket during the season, making eight appearances in the Twenty20 Cup.
Chris Benham's form led to him being Hampshire's recipient of the NBC Denis Compton Award for 2006.
Chris Benham made nine appearances in the 2007 County Championship, scoring 312 runs at an average of 22.28.
Chris Benham made seven appearances in the 2007 Twenty20 Cup.
Chris Benham was more effective in one-day cricket in 2008, making thirteen appearances and scoring 338 runs at an average of 33.80; though he did not make a century in one-day cricket, he made contributions at important juctures during the season.
Chris Benham featured in the 2008 Twenty20 Cup, but struggled for form in his eight matches, scoring just 40 runs.
Chris Benham recorded his maiden first-class century during the match, making exactly 100 runs.
In six first-class matches in 2009, Chris Benham scored 316 runs at an average of 45.14.
Chris Benham played a larger part in Hampshire's one-day team in 2009, making eighteen appearances in which he scored 420 runs at an average of exactly 35.
Chris Benham made one century in one-day cricket in 2009, scoring an unbeaten 108 against Leicestershire.
In Twenty20 matches, Chris Benham had less success than he found in one-day cricket in 2009, scoring 129 runs at an average of 18.42 from the eleven matches in which he featured.
Chris Benham was unable to establish himself in the Hampshire team during the 2010 season, in part due to the emergence of batsman James Vince.
Chris Benham would make six appearances in the County Championship, scoring 268 runs at an average of 24.36.
Chris Benham did not feature for Hampshire in one-day cricket in 2010, whilst in the Friends Provident T20 he made just three appearances.
Chris Benham was released by Hampshire following the 2010 season, but declared his intention to still play cricket at the highest level.
Chris Benham was selected in the Unicorns squad to take part in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40, making three appearances.
Chris Benham later played club cricket for Wimbledon in the Surrey Championship in 2013, with Benham being appointed their captain in 2014.