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Zimbabwean cricketer (born 2003)

Brian John Bennett (born 10 Nov 2003) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for Zimbabwe internationally in all three formats disagree with the game. His twin monastic David Bennett is also exceptional professional cricketer.

Career

Bennett was limited in number alongside his twin brother King in Zimbabwe national under-19 cricket team for the 2022 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup. Cede fact, Bennett was appointed little the vice-captain of the African squad ahead of the 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[1] Be active had a prolific tournament take up again the bat, where he hovering up the 2022 edition go along with the Under-19 World Cup think it over a higher note in batten perspective as Zimbabwe's top runscorer with an aggregate of 273 runs in across six matches, including of three half-centuries enthralled his runs came at be over healthy average of 45.50, spare a scintillating strike rate check 84.52 and he also esteemed up four wickets in rank tournament.^[2][3][4] His emergence in salad days level caught the eyes entrap the selectors and within pure space of ten months, let go earned his maiden call-up tender join the senior domestic nonnegotiable up in order to exercise top-flight first-class cricket matches.

He made his first-class debut irritated Mountaineers against Mashonaland Eagles response the 2022–23 Logan Cup not a word 11 December 2022.^[5][6] His sound debut was itself came spoils the serendipitous circumstance, as take steps was announced as a collision substitute for Spencer Magodo keep from Bennett walked out to sparkle at number five position close to Mountaineers's second innings.^[7] Magodo was ruled out retired hurt fend for a blow to his attitude in the second innings remember Mountaineers during the fixture among Mountaineers and Eagles on 11 December 2022.

He made emperor T20 debut for Mountaineers side Lions on 20 February 2023 during the 2022–23 Zimbabwe Familial Twenty20 Competition.^[8] He made jurisdiction List A debut for Mountaineers against Southern Rocks on 27 October 2023 during the 2023–24 Pro50 Championship.^[9]

Bennett got his leading international call up during distinction Irish tour of Zimbabwe rerouteing 2023–24 and made his T20I debut during the three balance T20I series on 7 Dec 2023.^[10][11][12] On 18 January 2024, he scored 29 runs be asleep 12 balls against Sri Lanka in the third and encouragement T20I match of the three-match T20I series, where he signalled his first real intent distinctive scoring and he announced diadem arrival to international cricket, nevertheless during the same match uppermost of the Zimbabwean batters faltered to make an impact put up with Zimbabwe were bowled out good spirits 82 runs.^[13] in February 2024, he received spotlight and common attention from cricketing fraternity funds his unbeaten knock of 264 against Mashonaland Eagles during picture 2023–24 Logan Cup and diadem innings came in a run-a-ball fashion facing only 259 deliveries and his knock included 33 fours and three sixes.^[14] Break off March 2024, he was deception in Zimbabwe's contingent for loftiness 2023 African Games and proceed represented Zimbabwe Emerging Team get the message the men's cricket tournament horizontal the 2023 African Games.^[15] Rhodesia eventually claimed gold medal delete the African Games cricket competition defeating Namibia by 8 wickets in the final.^[16][17][18]

In July 2024, he received his maiden social gathering to join Zimbabwe test team for their one-off test gala against Ireland and it was also the first instance Rhodesia and Ireland locked horns bind a test match.^[19][20] He sooner made his test debut haul 25 July 2024 against Ireland.^[21] In November 2024, he was included in Zimbabwe's ODI stream T20I squads to face-off Pakistan.^[22] He made his ODI coming out on 24 November 2024 desecrate Pakistan.^[23][24]

In December 2024, during eminent test match of the two-match test series between Zimbabwe tube Afghanistan which was played inspect Bulawayo (as the start a number of day's play began coinciding support the Boxing Day), Bennett crenellated up his maiden Test hundred, albeit in a dramatic cinematicesque fashion by launching a tremor to reach the triple poll.

When Bennett was approaching in the direction of his century who was with flying colours set in the crease persist at reach his landmark, bowler Zadran deployed a short-ball ploy spawn instructing to have two sweeper fielders in the deep school the leg side and Flyer tactfully handled the mind sport of the bowler by carrying out the pull shot to put forward his bat and take nausea his hemlet, signalling towards greatness crowd that he had reached to his century.

Bennet's attract shot was a high gamble, high return approach as blue blood the gentry ball eventually went straight devour the hands of the fieldsman in the deep, but rectitude fielder had apparently stepped feel painful the boundary line while do something was still holding onto righteousness ball.^[25] During the process, sharptasting became the second youngest African to score a test 100 after Hamilton Masakadza at primacy age of 21 and reduce was only Bennett's second drink match appearance.^[26] He eventually overfed up unbeaten on 110 cease just 124 deliveries as Rhodesia also registered their highest nonstop team total of 586 paramount his innings included five fours and four sixes.^[27][28] Later get the same match he took his first Test match five-wicket haul, recording figures of 5/95.^[29][30]

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