{{short description|English born Irish cricketer (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ben Ackland | country = Ireland | fullname = Benjamin James Ackland | nickname = Ackers<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.mccuniversities.org/cambridge/player-profiles/ben-ackland,221,PP.html|title=Player profile: Ben Ackland|publisher=www.mccuniversities.org|accessdate=29 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908043549/http://www.mccuniversities.org/cambridge/player-profiles/ben-ackland,221,PP.html|archive-date=8 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England | heightft = 6 | heightinch = 1 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = Batsman | club1 = Cambridge MCCU | year1 = 2010–2012 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 365 | bat avg1 = 33.18 | 100s/50s1 = 0/4 | top score1 = 74 | deliveries1 = 6 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 9 September | year = 2013 | source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/112/112825/112825.html CricketArchive }}
'''Benjamin James Ackland''' (born 26 October 1989) is an English-born Irish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Nuneaton in Warwickshire, and educated at Queen's College, Taunton.<ref name="PRO"/>
Ackland made his debut for Ireland Under-19s in a Youth One Day International against England Under-19s in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup. He made six appearances in that competition and also played for Ireland Under-19s in 2010 Under-19 World Cup, making five appearances in that competition.<ref>{{cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/112/112825/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html|title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Ben Ackland|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 September 2011|archive-date=13 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713130932/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/112/112825/Youth_One-Day_International_Matches.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Later in 2010, while studying for his degree in Sports Science & Coaching at Anglia Ruskin University,<ref name="PRO"/> Ackland made his first-class debut for Cambridge MCCU against Leicestershire. He made a further appearance that season against Sussex. In the 2011 season, he made three further first-class appearances for the team, playing against Essex, Middlesex and Surrey.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/112/112825/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ben Ackland|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 September 2011}}</ref> In his five first-class matches to date, he has scored 293 runs at an average of 41.85, with a high score of 74.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/112/112825/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ben Ackland|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 September 2011}}</ref> This score, one of four fifties he made, came against Middlesex.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/315/315975.html|title=Cambridge MCCU v Middlesex, 2011|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 September 2011}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ackland, Ben}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Nuneaton Category:English emigrants to Ireland Category:People educated at Queen's College, Taunton Category:Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University Category:Irish cricketers Category:Cambridge MCCU cricketers