Ben Pengelley

{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{use Australian English|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ben Pengelley | fullname = Ben Pengelley | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|2|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left-arm fast-medium | role = All-rounder

| club1 = South Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|2017–present}} | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Cricket Australia XI | year2 = {{nowrap|2017/18}} | clubnumber2 =

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| source = https://www.wisden.com/players/ben-pengelley-67688 | date = 10 April 2018 }} '''Ben Pengelley''' (born 16 February 1998) is an Australian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1085984.html |title=Ben Pengelley |accessdate=27 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup on 27 September 2017.<ref name="LA">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118569.html |title=1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27 2017 |accessdate=27 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Career== Pengelley grew up in Yulara, Northern Territory. His family briefly moved to Western Australia before settling in Whyalla in South Australia, roughly 400 km north of Adelaide, where Pengelley finished high school. While living in Whyalla he started playing grade cricket for Adelaide Cricket Club despite the long commute to and from the city.<ref name=rising>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/rising-aussie-allrounder-ben-pengelleys-road-to-higher-honours-stretches-for-200000km/news-story/d297ad2658a946746c0534e43c6bf1c4?nk=c12855ad84e52edb48b553d4a7bcdebc-1511752697|title=Rising Aussie all-rounder Ben Pengelley’s road to higher honours stretches for 200,000km|last=Barton|first=Joe|date=14 June 2017|access-date=27 November 2017|website=Fox Sports|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref> In December 2016 Pengelley represented South Australia in the national under-19 championships as an all-rounder, scoring 359 runs and taking 8 wickets,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/western-australia-win-first-under19-national-championship-in-23-years/news-story/4d25b1f5975ec0fcb4758207e0f3b067?nk=c12855ad84e52edb48b553d4a7bcdebc-1511753023|title=Western Australia win first under-19 national championship in 23 years|last=Capel|first=Andrew|date=15 December 2016|access-date=27 November 2017|newspaper=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref><ref name=cricket>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/ben-pengelley/hnnOx2oXMEacyZTsASIDQw|title=Ben Pengelley|access-date=27 November 2017|website=Cricket.com.au|publisher=Cricket Australia}}</ref> and he was named in the team of the tournament.<ref name=saca>{{cite web|url=http://www.saca.com.au/news/alex-carey-ben-pengelley-michael-cormack-selected-in-national-performance-squad-2017/2017-04-19|title=Three SA rising stars selected in National Performance Squad|date=19 April 2017|access-date=27 November 2017|website=SACA.com.au|publisher=South Australian Cricket Association}}</ref> In grade cricket in 2016–17 he averaged an impressive 42.89 runs batting for Adelaide, and he made his Futures League debut for South Australia under-23s in the final round of the season.<ref name=saca/>

In the 2017 winter Pengelley was selected as part of Australia's National Performance Squad to train for three months in Brisbane and tour India in the lead up to the summer despite not yet having a contract with any state team.<ref name=rising/><ref name=saca/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saca.com.au/teams/redbacks/ben-pengelley|title=Ben Pengelley|access-date=27 November 2017|website=SACA.com.au|publisher=South Australian Cricket Association}}</ref> After this he was given a rookie contract with South Australia cricket team for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20409491/south-australia-name-contract-list|title=South Australia name contract list|date=22 August 2017|access-date=27 November 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}</ref>

===2017–18 season=== Pengelly was in the Cricket Australia XI squad for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. He made his List A debut for the side in the first match, which was against his home state of South Australia. He took his first career List A wicket, that of Alex Ross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/scorecard/1118569/Cricket-Australia-XI-vs-South-Australia-1st-match-jlt-one-day-cup/#gp-inning-00|title=1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27 2017|date=27 September 2017|access-date=25 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}</ref> He then scored his maiden List A century against Queensland in his second match, scoring 53 runs off 36 balls before being dismissed with an over left in the innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/scorecard/1118570/Queensland-vs-Cricket-Australia-XI-2nd-match-jlt-one-day-cup/#gp-inning-00|title=2nd match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 29 2017|date=29 September 2017|access-date=25 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}</ref> He played five matches in the tournament and took two wickets in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=5437;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - Cricket Australia XI / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=25 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}</ref>

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