Ben Preece

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Ben Preece


country = England
fullname = Benjamin Edward Ashley Preece
living = true
dayofbirth = 8
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1976
placeofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

club1 = Worcestershire
year1 = 1996
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = FC
matches1 = 3
runs1 = 5
bat avg1 = 2.50
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 3*
deliveries1 = 458
wickets1 = 8
bowl avg1 = 48.50
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 4/79
catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
column2 = LA
matches2 = 1
runs2 = 1
bat avg2 = N/A
100s/50s2 = 0/0
top score2 = 1*
deliveries2 = 12
wickets2 = 1
bowl avg2 = 10.00
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 1/10
catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

date = 6 September
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4594/4594.html

Benjamin Edward Ashley Preece (born 8 November 1976 in Birmingham) is a former English cricketer. He had only a very brief career at the top level of the domestic game, appearing in three first-class and one List A games, all for Worcestershire in the 1996 season. He had previously played for a couple of years in the Worcestershire seconds, being the county's leading bowler at that level in 1995. [cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996/ENG_LOCAL/ARTICLES/WORCS_PREVIEW_02MAY1996 | title=Rhodes and company face bumpy journey | last=Beddow | first=Mike | date=1996-05-02 | accessdate=2007-09-06 | publisher=Electronic Telegraph/Cricinfo]

Comfortably Preece's best performance came against South Africa A in August, when he took six wickets, including a career-best 4-79 in the first innings. [cite web | url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/62/62648.html | title=Worcestershire v South Africa A in 1996 | accessdate=2007-09-06 | publisher=CricketArchive] He was released by Worcestershire on the grounds of "limited opportunities at first-team level" at the end of the 1996 season, [cite news |title=Cricket: Worcestershire release three pace bowlers |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970823/ai_n14118784 |work=The Independent |publisher=FindArticles |date=1997-08-23 |accessdate=2007-09-06 ] and then appeared very briefly at Second XI level for Sussex and Surrey. [cite web | url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4594/all_teams.html | title=Teams played for by Ben Preece | accessdate=2007-09-06 | publisher=CricketArchive]

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4594/4594.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive
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