# Ben Preece

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{{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](/source/Birmingham), England
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling)
|               club1 = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1996
|             columns = 2
|             column1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 3
|               runs1 = 5
|            bat avg1 = 2.50
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 3[*](/source/not_out)
|         deliveries1 = 458
|            wickets1 = 8
|           bowl avg1 = 48.50
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 4/79
|  catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
|             column2 = [LA](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            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](/source/Birmingham)) is a former English [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket)er. 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](/source/List_A_cricket) games, all for [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1996 season](/source/1996_English_cricket_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](/source/Electronic_Telegraph)/[Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)}}</ref>

Preece's best performance came against [South Africa A](/source/South_Africa_A_cricket_team) 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](/source/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club) and [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club).<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}}

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Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:English cricketers
Category:Worcestershire cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands

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