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Full name | Benjamin Reginald McDermott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
12 December 1994 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper-batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
CJ McDermott (step-father) AC McDermott (brother) |
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Queensland (squad no. 15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Brisbane Heat (squad no. 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Tasmania (squad no. 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Hobart Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 31 October 2014 QLD v SA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
List A debut | 24 October 2014 QLD v NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 January 2017
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Benjamin Reginald McDermott (born 12 December 1994) is an Australian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 January 2014 for the Brisbane Heat against Adelaide Strikers, scoring 30 runs.
He is the step-son of Australian Test cricketer Craig McDermott and brother of Alister McDermott. He has represented Australia in Youth One Day Internationals at Under-19 level and played alongside his brother in the 2014 Prime Minister's XI match against England.
On 12 January 2017 while playing for the Hobart Hurricanes against the Melbourne Renegades in the 2016–17 Big Bash League season, he made 114 off 52 balls, including 9 sixes and 8 fours. He earned a man of the match award as he helped the Hurricanes chase down 223 to defeat the Renegades in the highest scoring Big Bash game to date.
In March 2017, he scored his maiden first-class century, when he made 104 runs for Tasmania in round 10 of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season.