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Ben Cutting

Ben Cutting

Benjamin Colin James Cutting
Australia · Bowling Allrounder
Right Handed Bat Right-arm fast-medium January 30, 1987 (39 years) Sunnybank, Brisbane, Queensland
18
Career wickets
32
Matches
331
Runs
18
Wickets
0
100s

Overview

Ben Cutting

A tall lanky giant of a medium-pacer, standing at 1.92 meters, Ben Cutting was knocking on the doors for national selection after securing the highest wicket tally for Queensland in the 2009/10 and the 2010/11 seasons of the Sheffield Shield. He was subsequently named in the squad for the home series against New Zealand, but he did not make it to the XI in any of the Tests.

He made his ODI and T20I debuts against Sri Lanka in 2013, and did moderately well with the ball, but recurring injuries prevented him from settling into the side as a regular. He last played an ODI in August 2014 against Zimbabwe at Harare.

Ben Cutting shot to stardom after his notoriously deceptive bouncers and his lower-order pinch-hitting came to the fore in limited-overs cricket. He also traveled with the team to India to play the Champions League T20 in 2013 for the Brisbane Heat. At the 2014 IPL auctions, he was signed by the Rajasthan Royals to play the 7th edition of the IPL but didn't get many games, as Rajasthan's other bowlers were given preference ahead of him.

He was later signed by the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise in the lucrative Indian Premier League, and he rewarded their faith with a match-winning performance in the final of the 2016 edition (in which, needless to say, he was the Man of the match) scoring 39 off 15 deliveries to apply the finishing touches to the innings and then taking 2 wickets including the match-turning one of Chris Gayle.

He has been a useful addition to the Brisbane Heat franchise in the Big Bash League since the 2nd edition of the tournament, bagging 35 wickets in 41 matches. His batting the talk of the town as well, after he made a brisk maiden first-class century (109 off 78 balls) and scored a savage 98 off 48 in domestic One-Day match against Victoria. He fulfilled all the expectations with the bat as well, scoring more than 500 runs across five seasons at a strike-rate of 150. He is one of the utility players for skipper McCullum, and will certainly be one of the first names on the team-sheet for the Heat.

by Rishi Roy

as of December 2017

Recent Batting

ScoreOppFormatDate
13*(9)RRT2020 Apr 19
2(4)DCT2018 Apr 19
3(4)DCT2024 Mar 19
37(20)DCT2020 May 18
4(7)PBKST2016 May 18

Recent Bowling

WicketsOppFormatDate
1-27DCT2024 Mar 19
0-36DCT2020 May 18
0-15PBKST2016 May 18
1-12KKRT2009 May 18
0-23KKRT2006 May 18

Stats

Career by format

international & domestic formats
ODI4 matches
Batting
53
Runs
26.5
Avg
27
HS
0/0
100/50
Bowling
5
Wkts
31.6
Avg
3/45
Best
43.2
SR
T207 matches
Batting
40
Runs
10
Avg
29
HS
0/0
100/50
Bowling
3
Wkts
71.67
Avg
1/18
Best
42.0
SR

Franchise & T20 leagues

club competitions
IPL21 matches
Batting
238
Runs
21.64
Avg
39
HS
0/0
100/50
Bowling
10
Wkts
42.9
Avg
2/20
Best
28.1
SR

ⓘ Career figures cover the formats we track (Test, ODI, T20I, first-class, List A) plus the franchise leagues shown above.

Full statistics tables

Batting

TestODIT20IPL
Matches04721
Innings02517
Runs05340238
Balls06727141
Highest0272939
Average026.51021.64
SR079.11148.15168.80
Not Out0016
Fours04215
Sixes01319
Ducks0011
50s0000
100s0000
200s0000
300s0000
400s0000

Bowling

TestODIT20IPL
Matches04721
Innings04717
Balls0216126281
Runs0158215429
Maidens0100
Wickets05310
Avg0.031.671.6742.9
Eco04.3910.249.16
SR0.043.242.028.1
BBI-/-3/451/182/20
BBM-/-3/451/182/20
4w0000
5w0000
10w0000

Matches

MatchFormatResultDate
PAK v WXI
3rd T20I · World XI tour of Pakistan, 2017
T20Pakistan won by 33 runs15 Sep 2017
PAK v WXI
2nd T20I · World XI tour of Pakistan, 2017
T20World XI won by 7 wkts13 Sep 2017
PAK v WXI
1st T20I · World XI tour of Pakistan, 2017
T20Pakistan won by 20 runs12 Sep 2017

Career

15 Sep 2017
Most recent
12 Sep 2017
Earliest in archive
3
Matches in archive
T20
Latest format

Matches by format

T20 3

ⓘ Debut and match counts reflect matches currently in our archive, which may not cover a player's entire career.

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