Hamish Bennett Biography and Career
Hamish Kyle Bennett is a former player of New Zealand international cricketer who also played for the New Zealand national cricket team. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, games and family of Hamish Bennett so read the article till the end.
Career
Hamish Bennett is an international cricketer and he played so many games for his country, state and clubs this biography article is incomplete without talking about his career. So here you will gain info about his achievements and life story.
Initially Bennett played domestic cricket for Canterbury. In June 2018 he signed a contract with Wellington for the season 2018–19. He was offered a contract by Wellington ahead In June 2020 for the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.
In October 2010 he made his first One Day International (ODI) debut iagainst Bangladesh where he takes three wickets and he was awarded as a New Zealand’s best performing bowler of that tournament. In the same year he made his debut in Test match in which match was drawn against team India.
On 24 January 2020 he made his T20I debut. In the year 2011 he was selected into the New Zealand squad for 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup which was held on the Indian subcontinent. In that world cup he took four wickets against Kenya which was played in Chennai where he get the man of the match award.
Due to a serious back injury he being sidelined for two years from all their domestic and international matches. After that he returned after two years to the ODI team in January 2014 to play the third one-day match between New Zealand and India. In April 2022 he officially retired from all formats of cricket. Currently Bennett is the bowling coach of the Wellington team.
Net worth of Bennett is approximately $3 million which is approximately two hundred forty-four million six hundred in INR. As he plays a short career but he is a good bowler of his team.
Short biography of Hamish Bennett
Hamish Bennett was born on 22 February 1987 at Timaru, New Zealand. In New Zealand domestic competitions, he played for Wellington. In his earlier career he represented New Zealand in the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.
He was the main wicket-taker of his team in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy competition in which he took 28 wickets in twelve matches. By nature, he is a hit-the-deck type of bowler.
In their whole cricket career Bennett appeared for 14 ODI matches in which he took 23 wickets with an average of 23.60. He took 183 wickets in his first-class cricket, with an average of 32.47 and also in List A cricket he took 108 wickets in 82 matches.
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Has Hamish Bennett retired?
New Zealand quick Hamish Bennett has announced his retirement from all cricket forms in April 2022. He bringing the curtains down on his 17-year long career.
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