# Ben Sears > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ben_Sears > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ben_Sears.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sears > Source revision: 1352170482 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) New Zealand cricketer (born 1998) Ben Sears Sears playing for Yorkshire (2025) Personal information Full name Benjamin Vincent Sears Born (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 28) Lower Hutt, New Zealand Batting Right-handed Bowling Right-arm medium-fast Role Bowler International information National side New Zealand (2021–present) Only Test (cap 287) 8 March 2024 v Australia ODI debut (cap 220) 8 February 2025 v Pakistan Last ODI 5 April 2025 v Pakistan ODI shirt no. 14 T20I debut (cap 91) 3 September 2021 v Bangladesh Last T20I 2 May 2026 v Bangladesh T20I shirt no. 14 Domestic team information Years Team 2018/19–present Wellington 2025 Yorkshire 2025 Washington Freedom 2026 Rawalpindiz Career statistics Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 1 4 28 23 Runs scored 0 11 23 263 Batting average – 11.00 7.66 12.52 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0* 6 7* 41 Balls bowled 198 206 519 3,090 Wickets 5 10 33 70 Bowling average 32.20 19.70 21.12 27.82 5 wickets in innings 0 2 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/90 5/34 3/14 6/43 Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 4/– 13/– Medal record Men's Cricket Representing New Zealand ICC Men's T20 World Cup Runner-up 2026 India & Sri Lanka Source: Cricinfo, 2 May 2026 **Benjamin Vincent Sears** (born 11 February 1998) is a New Zealand [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who plays for the [Wellington](/source/Wellington_cricket_team) domestic cricket side. He made his international debut for the [New Zealand cricket team](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) in September 2021.[1] ## Career Sears father, Michael Sears was also a cricketer who played for [Wellington](/source/Wellington_cricket_team) in the 1990s. Sears made his [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) debut for [Wellington](/source/Wellington_cricket_team) in the [2018–19 Ford Trophy](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Ford_Trophy) on 24 October 2018.[2] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in New Zealand's squad for the [2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup](/source/2016_Under-19_Cricket_World_Cup).[3] He made his [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) debut for Wellington in the [2018–19 Plunket Shield season](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Plunket_Shield_season) on 6 December 2018.[4] He made his [Twenty20](/source/Twenty20) debut for Wellington in the [2018–19 Super Smash](/source/2018%E2%80%9319_Super_Smash) on 31 December 2018.[5] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Wellington ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[6][7] In November 2020, Sears was named in the [New Zealand A cricket team](/source/New_Zealand_A_cricket_team) for practice matches against the [touring West Indies team](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_2020%E2%80%9321).[8][9] In August 2021, Sears was named in New Zealand's [Twenty20 International](/source/Twenty20_International) (T20I) squads for their [tour of Bangladesh](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_Bangladesh_in_2021%E2%80%9322),[10] and their [tour of Pakistan](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_2021%E2%80%9322).[11][12] Sears made his T20I debut on 3 September 2021, for New Zealand against [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_national_cricket_team).[13] In August 2022, Sears was named as a replacement for [Matt Henry](/source/Matt_Henry_(cricketer)), who was ruled out of the [West Indies](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_the_West_Indies_in_2022) tour due to rib injury.[14] In December 2023, he was selected in New Zealand's squad for the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh.[15] In the third T20 match, he bowled a match-winning spell, claiming 2 wickets for 28 runs off his 4 overs.[16] In March 2024, he was called into the Test squad as injury cover for the 2nd test [against Australia](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_2023%E2%80%9324).[17][18] In the first innings, he dismissed Australian opener [Steve Smith](/source/Steve_Smith_(cricketer)) with figures of 1-71.[19] In the second innings he dismissed four Australian batsman as New Zealand suffered a close loss.[20] He finished the second innings with figures of 4-90.[21] In May 2024, he was named as a reserve player in New Zealand’s squad for the [2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup](/source/2024_ICC_Men's_T20_World_Cup) tournament.[22] In October 2024, he was named to national squad for Test series [against India](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_India_in_2024%E2%80%9325).[23] Later he was ruled out of the series due to knee injury.[24][25][26] In March 2025, Sears joined [Yorkshire County Cricket Club](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club) as one of their overseas players for that year's county championship season.[27] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bio_1-0)** ["Ben Sears"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/959769.html). *ESPN Cricinfo*. 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Retrieved 15 October 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** ["Yorkshire sign New Zealand international Sears"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c62kv5kqr30o). BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2025. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Ben Sears](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ben_Sears). - [Ben Sears](https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/959769.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo) v t e New Zealand squad – 2024 Men's T20 World Cup 4 Bracewell 8 Ravindra 16 Allen (wk) 18 Boult 21 Henry 22 Williamson (c) 23 Phillips 38 Southee 50 Neesham 61 Sodhi 69 Ferguson 74 Santner 75 Mitchell 80 Chapman 88 Conway (wk) Standby players: Ben Sears Coach: Gary Stead --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ben Sears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sears) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Sears?action=history)). 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