Ben Spendlove
Benjamin Lee Spendlove (born November 4, 1978 in Belper, Derbyshire)[1] was a professional English cricketer.
Career
A right-handed batsman who also bowled off-breaks, Spendlove made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1997 season, going on to win the Denis Compton Award as their most promising young player in the same year.[2] That would see him called up for England Under-19s, where he played two one-day internationals against Pakistan.[1][3]
He had two spells with Derbyshire, between 1997 and 2001, then returned in 2004 in the one-day game after impressing in local league cricket, continuing with Derbyshire until 2005. He would ultimately play 20 first-class games for Derbyshire, averaging 19.29 and scoring two fifties, along with 32 List A games, averaging 14.30.[1][3]
He would end his career in the Minor Counties, playing with Cheshire until 2010.[4][3]
Outside his county career, he was perhaps best known for attracting media attention by taking two catches while acting as a substitute fielder for Darren Gough at Edgbaston in 1998.[5][6]
During the local league years of his career, he combined playing with a job at East Midlands Airport.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ben Spendlove Profile - Cricketinfo".
- ↑ "The NBC Denis Compton Awards". Cricinfo. May 18, 2005.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Derbyshire County Cricket Club". heritage.derbyshireccc.com. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
- ↑ Thompson, Jenny (August 24, 2007). "Cheshire seek double at Lord's".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Spendlove's Edgbaston highlight". 2003-07-24. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
- ↑ "Spendlove has the time of his life". i.imgci.com. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
External links
- Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"./{{#property:P2698}}/{{#property:P2698}}.html Ben Spendlove at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Ben Spendlove at ESPNcricinfo
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