Ben Pengelley (born 16 February 1998) is an Australian

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er. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 27 September 2017.

Career

Pengelley grew up in Yulara, Northern Territory. His family briefly moved to

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before settling in

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, roughly 400 km north of

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, where Pengelley finished high school. While living in Whyalla he started playing

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for Adelaide Cricket Club despite the long commute to and from the city. In December 2016 Pengelley represented South Australia in the national under-19 championships as an

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, scoring 359 runs and taking 8 wickets, and he was named in the team of the tournament. In grade cricket in 2016–17 he averaged an impressive 42.89 runs batting for Adelaide, and he made his

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debut for South Australia under-23s in the final round of the season. In the 2017 winter Pengelley was selected as part of Australia's

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to train for three months in Brisbane and tour India in the lead up to the summer despite not yet having a contract with any state team. After this he was given a rookie contract with

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for the 2017–18 season.

2017–18 season

Pengelly was in the

squad for the

. He made his

debut for the side in the first match, which was against his home state of

. He took his first career List A wicket, that of

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. He then scored his maiden List A century against

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in his second match, scoring 53 runs off 36 balls before being dismissed with an over left in the innings. He played five matches in the tournament and took two wickets in total.

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