{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Joshua Benjamin Thomas Arksey | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|12|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = | club1 = Cambridgeshire | year1 = 2014–2018 | club2 = Cambridge MCCU | year2 = 2015–2016 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 14 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 12* | deliveries1 = 215 | wickets1 = 7 | bowl avg1 = 29.28 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/41 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 18 July | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/744015.html Cricinfo }}
'''Joshua Benjamin Thomas Arksey''' (born 20 December 1994) is an English former first-class cricketer.
Arksey was born at Cambridge in December 1994. He was educated at Bottisham School, before going up to Anglia Ruskin University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/1330372.html |title=Player profile: Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> While studying at Anglia Ruskin, Arksey made two appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU against Northamptonshire in 2015, and Nottinghamshire in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, Arksey took 7 wickets at an average of 29.28 in these two matches, with best figures of 3 for 41.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor counties cricket for Cambridgeshire from 2014–18, making fourteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, seven appearances in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, and two appearances in the Minor Counties T20.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1330/1330372/Minor_Counties_Twenty20_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Twenty20 Matches played by Josh Arksey |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-07-18 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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