Benjamin Leonard Hutton (born 29 January 1977), is an English former first-class

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Early life

Ben Hutton was educated at

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(1990–95) and

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(1996-99) for whom he opened the innings with the former England captain

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. He came from cricketing stock as the elder son of the cricketer Richard Hutton and his grandfathers Sir Leonard Hutton and Ben Brocklehurst also played first-class cricket.

Career

He represented Middlesex as a left-handed opening batsman, an enthusiastic fielder and occasional right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his first-class debut in 1999 and was awarded his county cap in 2003. He captained the County between 2005 and 2006. In 108 first-class matches for the county, he scored 5,712 runs (average 33.60) with a highest score of 152 with 18 hundreds and 18 fifties and taking 136 catches. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in October 2007 at the early age of 30.

Retirement

He commenced a new career in the

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and also completed the term of

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as a member of the Middlesex County Cricket Club Executive Board (2011–2012). He joined

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in November 2007.

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Hutton announces his retirement from first-class cricket
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