Ben Rohrer (born 26 March 1981) is an Australian former cricketer who played for the

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in Australian domestic cricket from 2007 to 2016 and various

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teams in the

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. Rohrer had a breakout season in the 2012–13 Big Bash League season, which resulted in his selection for the

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in a

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and a contract with the

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in the

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. Rohrer retired from cricket in 2018 and took up a coaching role with

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Cricket career

Early career

Rohrer made his first-class debut for

(NSW) against

in March 2007 and scored a century in his debut. Rohrer shone in the

format, where he helped NSW win the

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. In the tournament final, he scored a very fast 44 runs from 20 balls to help NSW recover from 4 for 92, and took the game to the last delivery where NSW needed one run for victory. Rohrer was unable to hit the ball, but he and Daniel Smith ran a bye to win. As the winners of the domestic Twenty20 competition, Rohrer took part in the Blues charge towards victory in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. In the first game, a victory against South Africa's Diamond Eagles, Rohrer hit an unbeaten 22 runs off 15 balls including 2 fours and a six. Rohrer scored 19 runs off 11 balls in the semi-final against Victoria which NSW to put them into the final against Trinidad and Tobago who beat NSW earlier in the tournament. In the final NSW batted first and lost quick wickets for very few runs before Rohrer came in at number five and began the NSW revival with a 6 over fine leg before getting out for 16 runs off 12 balls. NSW won the tournament.

2012–13 season

In February 2013, the

was scheduled to play a T20I match against the West Indies at the same time as their Test squad was training for a series in India. The overlap made several of Australia's T20I players unavailable. Rohrer was selected to join the team to help fill in the gaps because he had had a very successful time playing for the

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in the 2012–13 Big Bash League season. Rohrer scored 16 runs in the match, his

debut, then never played for Australia again. The

signed Rohrer for the

(IPL) as a replacement for

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, who was unavailable due to injury. Following the IPL, he also joined the Antigua Hawksbills for the

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, replacing Steve Smith when Smith was unable to get clearance to play in the competition from

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Later career

Rohrer suffered a heavy knock to his head from a cricket ball while playing for New South Wales against

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in November 2014. During 2014,

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entered into a deal to provide a new helmet design for batsmen which provided extra protection for the sides and rear of the batsman's head. Rohrer requested one of these helmets, but it did not arrive before the start of the season. In a November match against Victoria, Rohrer was struck on the head by a

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bowled by

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. If Rohrer had been wearing the new helmet design, he would have had extra protection from the ball. Rohrer had to be driven from the field on a motorised stretcher, and at hospital was diagnosed with a

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that lasted for several weeks. He was still recovering from the blow later in the month when his former teammate

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was struck and killed in a similar incident. In August 2017, New South Wales announced that Rohrer would not be given a contract to play for the state in the 2017–18 season, though he still played for the local

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during the

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. Rohrer instead moved to Tasmania and took up a role as their state's talent manager. In August 2018, Rohrer announced his retirement from all forms of cricket to take up a coaching role in Tasmania.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohrer, Ben 1981 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales Cricketers from Sydney Australian cricketers Australia Twenty20 International cricketers New South Wales cricketers Sydney Sixers cricketers Melbourne Renegades cricketers Delhi Capitals cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in India Antigua Hawksbills cricketers Sydney Thunder cricketers 21st-century Australian sportsmen