| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Fullname | Benjamin Che Usher |
| Birth date | 3 February 1970 (age 56) |
| Birth place | Wycliffe, County Durham, England |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| Family | Charles Peat (grandfather) |
| Club 1 | Durham Cricket Board |
| Year 1 | 1999–2000 |
| Columns | 1 |
| Column 1 | LA |
| Matches 1 | 10 |
| Runs 1 | 76 |
| Bat avg 1 | 19.00 |
| 100s/50s 1 | –/– |
| Top score 1 | 32 |
| Deliveries 1 | 380 |
| Wickets 1 | 6 |
| Bowl avg 1 | 51.16 |
| Fivefor 1 | – |
| Tenfor 1 | – |
| Best bowling 1 | 2/30 |
| Catches/stumpings 1 | 1/– |
| Date | 5 November |
| Year | 2010 |
| Source | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22152.html Cricinfo |
Benjamin Che Usher (born 3 February 1970) is a former English cricketer. Usher was a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wycliffe, County Durham.
Usher's debut List A match came for a combined British Universities team against Worcestershire in the 1992 Benson and Hedges Cup. He represented the team in 4 List A matches in 1992, the last of which came against Glamorgan.
Usher later made his debut for Northumberland in the 1996 Minor Counties Championship, playing 2 matches against Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.[1] He also represented the county in a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Lincolnshire in 1996.[2]
His next appearance in List A cricket came when he represented the Durham Cricket Board against the Gloucestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. From 1999 to 2000, he represented the Board in 6 List A matches, the last of which came against Northamptonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy.[3] In his career total of 10 List A matches, he scored 76 runs at a batting average of 19.00, with a high score of 32. In the field he took a single catch. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 51.16, with best figures of 2/30.
Family
His son, Oscar Usher, plays rugby for Newcastle Red Bulls. His grandfather, Charles Peat, played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Middlesex and the Free Foresters. He was also later in his life a Conservative member of parliament for Darlington.
References
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2026-04-24.
External links
- Benjamin Usher at Cricinfo
- Benjamin Usher at CricketArchive