{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Ben Preece | image = cricket_no_pic.png | country = England | fullname = Benjamin Edward Ashley Preece | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|11|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | club1 = Worcestershire | year1 = 1996 | 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 first-class cricketer. Due to injury, 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 and 1996.<ref> {{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}}</ref>
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.<ref> {{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}}</ref> He was released by Worcestershire on the grounds of injury at the end of the 1996 season,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-worcestershire-release-three-pace-bowlers-1246906.html |title=Cricket: Worcestershire release three pace bowlers |work=The Independent |date=1997-08-23 |access-date=2020-12-10}}</ref> and then appeared very briefly at Second XI level for Sussex and Surrey.<ref> {{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}}</ref>
Ben is now Director of Cricket for Universities Women's Cricket Club and University of New South Wales in Sydney Premier Cricket Australia.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4594/4594.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive *{{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/18606.html}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Preece, Ben}} Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:English cricketers Category:Worcestershire cricketers Category:Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands