| Ben Cox | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Oliver Benjamin Cox |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Wordsley, West Midlands, England |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 10 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Clubnumber1: | 10 |
| Club2: | Boost Defenders |
| Year2: | 2018 |
| Club3: | Otago |
| Year3: | 2018/19 |
| Club4: | → Leicestershire (on loan) |
| Year4: | 2023 |
| Club5: | Leicestershire |
| Clubnumber5: | 7 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 16 September |
| Debutyear1: | 2009 |
| Debutfor1: | Worcestershire |
| Debutagainst1: | Somerset |
| Type2: | LA |
| Debutdate2: | 19 July |
| Debutyear2: | 2010 |
| Debutfor2: | Worcestershire |
| Debutagainst2: | Sussex |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 159 |
| Runs1: | 5,977 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.92 |
| 100S/50S1: | 4/33 |
| Top Score1: | 124 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 428/17 |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 100 |
| Runs2: | 2,038 |
| Bat Avg2: | 30.87 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/10 |
| Top Score2: | 122 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 102/10 |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 170 |
| Runs3: | 2,609 |
| Bat Avg3: | 26.09 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/8 |
| Top Score3: | 61 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 80/36 |
| Date: | 29 September |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ben-cox-417514 ESPNcricinfo |
Oliver Benjamin Cox (born 2 February 1992) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Leicestershire as right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Cox has been associated with Worcestershire for some years, having played at Under-13, Under-15 and Under-17 level, although not originally as a wicket-keeper.[1]
He captained the Under-17 side against Somerset U-17s in July 2009, scoring exactly 100.[2]
Cox was called up to make his first-class debut, aged 17, in Worcestershire's penultimate County Championship match of 2009, against Somerset at Taunton.He scored 61 in his only innings of a drawn match (sharing a century partnership with Daryl Mitchell, who scored 298); keeping wicket, his first first-class dismissal was that of Marcus Trescothick, stumped off the bowling of Moeen Ali for 72.[3] [4] He was awarded a four-year contract by Worcestershire later that year.[5]
Cox did not establish himself as Worcestershire's first choice wicket-keeper until 2014 when he was 22 years of age. In that season he scored his first first-class century (against Essex) and was described by former-England wicket-keeper James Foster as "...one of the best young keepers I have ever seen."[6] [7]
In 2018 Vitality Blast Finals day, Cox played a key part in Worcestershire winning their first Vitality T20 Blast trophy. In the Semi-Final, against Lancashire he scored 55* and in the final, against Sussex made 46*, scoring the winning runs. He was made Player of the Match in both games to become to first player to receive two such awards in one day .[8]
In December 2018, he signed with Otago cricket team to play in the 2018–19 Super Smash T20 tournament in New Zealand.[9]
In The 2021 Vitality Blast Campaign, Ben Cox was appointed captain for the competition due to the absence of Moeen Ali. After a 14-year stay at Worcestershire, Ben Cox joined Leicestershire in September 2023.[10]