Benjamin James Matthew Scott (born 4 August 1981) is a former English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in

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in the

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Early career

Ben Scott began playing his cricket at Wycombe House Cricket Club. Scott began to work on his batting and progressed through the Middlesex Colts Age groups before signing for the

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. A lack of opportunities meant that he crossed the Thames and moved to Middlesex's local rivals

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

for one season, where he was behind Jonathan Batty as first choice wicket-keeper.

Middlesex return

Scott moved back to Middlesex in 2004. Scott had had limited wicket-keeping opportunities, prior to the absence of David Nash due to an injury in 2004. During this time, he claimed his first century against

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. He made 50 dismissals in 2005, ensuring Middlesex avoided relegation. During the 2008 season Scott was the wicketkeeper and began to find some form with the bat climbing up the Batting order. Middlesex won the T20 Cup and were invited to play in the West Indies in the Stanford Series. Scott's Nephew Joel Pope is following in his footsteps from Wycombe House onto the County Cricket Circuit, beginning his career with

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. Scott was selected for the England Lions tour of New Zealand in February 2009. With wicketkeeping opportunities at Middlesex limited due to the presence of John Simpson in the first team, Scott played for

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

during the 2010 and 2011 season, on loan. Scott joined

on a permanent basis for the 2012 season. Scott was released by

in 2012 and announced his retirement from professional cricket a few days later.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ben 1981 births English cricketers Living people Middlesex cricketers Surrey cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Alumni of Richmond upon Thames College Wicket-keepers People from Isleworth