Ben Sears

Ben Sears

New Zealand
2021 - 2025
  • Date of Birth 1998-2-11
  • Role bowler
  • Batting Style right-hand bat
  • Bowling Style right-arm medium-fast
Debut Matches
Format Match Date
TEST NZ vs AUS 2024-03-08
ODI NZ vs PAK 2025-02-08
T20 BAN vs NZ 2021-09-03

Recent Performances

New Zealand vs Australia
2025-10-04
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/45
Australia vs New Zealand
2025-10-03
Batting: -
Bowling: 0/1
SF vs Washington
2025-06-12
Batting: 15*
Bowling: 0/49
Yorkshire vs Warwickshire
2025-05-02
Batting: 28 & 1
Bowling: 4/45 & 2/53
Yorkshire vs Durham
2025-04-18
Batting: 1
Bowling: 1/74
New Zealand vs Pakistan
2025-04-05
Batting: 5*
Bowling: 5/34
New Zealand vs Pakistan
2025-04-02
Batting: 6
Bowling: 5/59
Pakistan vs New Zealand
2025-03-26
Batting: -
Bowling: 1/25
New Zealand vs Pakistan
2025-03-21
Batting: 7*
Bowling: 0/51
Pakistan vs New Zealand
2025-03-18
Batting: -
Bowling: 2/23

Batting Statistics

Matches 1
Innings 2
Runs 0
Average -
Strike Rate 0
Highest Score 0*
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 0
Sixes 0
Catches 1

Bowling Statistics

Matches 1
Innings 2
Wickets 5
Average 32.2
Economy 4.87
Strike Rate 39.6
Best Figure 4/90
4 Wickets 1
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 198
Runs Conceded 161

Batting Statistics

Matches 4
Innings 2
Runs 11
Average 11
Strike Rate 64.7
Highest Score 6
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 0
Sixes 0
Catches 1

Bowling Statistics

Matches 4
Innings 4
Wickets 10
Average 19.7
Economy 5.73
Strike Rate 20.6
Best Figure 5/34
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 2
Balls Bowled 206
Runs Conceded 197

Batting Statistics

Matches 22
Innings 7
Runs 21
Average 7
Strike Rate 84
Highest Score 7*
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 2
Sixes 0
Catches 3

Bowling Statistics

Matches 22
Innings 20
Wickets 23
Average 24.73
Economy 8.59
Strike Rate 17.2
Best Figure 3/22
4 Wickets 0
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 397
Runs Conceded 569

Batting Statistics

Matches 37
Innings 17
Runs 88
Average 8.8
Strike Rate 77.87
Highest Score 19*
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 6
Sixes 0
Catches 16

Bowling Statistics

Matches 37
Innings 37
Wickets 50
Average 31.56
Economy 5.64
Strike Rate 33.5
Best Figure 5/34
4 Wickets 1
5 Wickets 2
Balls Bowled 1678
Runs Conceded 1578

Batting Statistics

Matches 56
Innings 22
Runs 89
Average 9.88
Strike Rate 117.1
Highest Score 17*
100s 0
50s 0
Fours 3
Sixes 3
Catches 13

Bowling Statistics

Matches 56
Innings 54
Wickets 67
Average 22.13
Economy 8.32
Strike Rate 15.9
Best Figure 4/16
4 Wickets 3
5 Wickets 0
Balls Bowled 1069
Runs Conceded 1483
An out-and-out fast bowler who consistently hits speeds north of 140kph, Ben Sears can also generate extra bounce and get the ball to skid off the pitch. Glenn Pocknall, the former Wellington Firebirds coach who has also had a stint as New Zealand coach, first saw Sears bowl when he was 13, in a match for Hutt International Boys' School (HIBS), and was immediately impressed with his express pace.
Sears then suffered multiple injuries at age-group level but has now attained physical maturation and can bowl as fast as Lockie Ferguson or Adam Milne on his day. He earned his maiden-call-up to the New Zealand squad for the white-ball tours of Bangladesh and Pakistan in 2021. In 2024, he made his Test debut for New Zealand, against Australia, in Christchurch, where took a match haul of five wickets though he was expensive. In the same year, he won the four-day Plunket Shield title with Wellington and earned his maiden New Zealand central contract.
Sears comes from a cricketing family. His father, Michael, had a four-year first-class career with Wellington in the early 1990s, while his uncle Darren played lower-grade representative cricket.