Ben Laughlin (cricketer)

Ben Laughlin
Personal information
Full name
Ben Laughlin
Born (1982-10-03) 3 October 1982 (age 42)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 173)3 April 2009 v South Africa
Last ODI3 May 2009 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 37)29 March 2009 v South Africa
Last T20I28 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2010/11Queensland
2011/12–2013/14Tasmania
2011/12–2014/15Hobart Hurricanes
2012Nagenahira Nagas
2012/13Canterbury
2013Chennai Super Kings
2013/14–2017/18Northern Districts
2014Antigua Hawksbills
2014/15–2018/19Adelaide Strikers
2018Quetta Gladiators
2018Rajasthan Royals
2018Balkh Legends
2019Guyana Amazon Warriors
2019/20–2020/21Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 5 3 39 164
Runs scored 1 157 172
Batting average 13.08 6.37
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 1* 34* 22
Balls bowled 224 71 2,048 3,390
Wickets 4 2 69 191
Bowling average 54.75 59.00 25.86 23.96
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/28 1/32 6/23 6/28
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 9/– 59/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 October 2021

Ben Laughlin (born 3 October 1982) is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he was primarily a Twenty20 specialist, featuring for a number of teams in the top global leagues. He also represented Australia in white-ball cricket 8 times. Laughlin last featured in professional cricket for the Brisbane Heat of the BBL in 2021.

Laughlin began his career playing grade cricket in Queensland, and following his first-class debut for the side in 2008 he was selected to play for Australia in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals, though his time in the national side only lasted 8 matches across 4 years. He emerged as a star of Twenty20 cricket, playing for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL) for three years before moving to Adelaide. He last featured in the BBL in 2021 for the Heat, and as of 2024 is the competition’s 9th highest wicket taker of all time. He also played for the Northern Districts Knights in New Zealand and has played in the Indian Premier League.