Ben Kynman (born 18 April 1995) is an international

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er who plays for

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. He made his senior debut for the team in 2013, and at the

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made his debut in full

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matches. A native of the island, Kynman played for Jersey teams at various underage European tournaments, most notably the

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. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, his senior debut came against a touring

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(MCC) team in May 2013, with his 2013 season also including appearances at the European T20 Championship and a single game (against

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) at the World Cricket League Division Six tournament.Miscellaneous matches played by Ben Kynman
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Kynman's only international appearance during the 2014 season was in an inter-insular match against

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, where he took 2/18. However, he did have a successful season for his club side, Farmers–Caesareans, and was named "bowler of the year" in Jersey's Premier League. At the 2015 European Twenty20 Championship, Kynman managed only one wicket from his five matches, finishing with a

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of 100.00 and an

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of 7.14. Despite this, he was retained in Jersey's squad for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland, and went on to make his full Twenty20 debut in the opening match, against

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. Selected again for the

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matches held in Los Angeles. He was the leading wicket-taker in the

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, with a total of 15 dismissals during the tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Jersey's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kynman, Ben 1995 births Living people Jersey cricketers