Chris Benjamin signs 3-year contract with Kent in Blast League

Kent have signed wicketkeeper-batter Chris Benjamin from Warwickshire on a three-year contract. Benjamin, 25, stood out as truly newsworthy when drafted as a substitution player during the 2021 Hundred, having just played one senior T20 for Birmingham Bears. He scored 24 off 15 balls to see Birmingham Phoenix over the line and proceeded to include consistently over the competition's initial three seasons. Benjamin likewise scored 100 years on top notch debut for Warwickshire however had restricted open doors in the more drawn out design, showing up for the district and averaging 22.23. His appearance will reinforce Kent's choices in the wicketkeeping office, with Ollie Robinson and Jordan Cox having left over the last two seasons, and Sam Billings marking a white-ball contract. The club's attendant in Title cricket this mid year has been Harry Finch. "We're more than happy to have drawn in a player of Chris' ability to Kent on a drawn out agreement," Kent's head of cricket, Simon Cook, said. "He is as yet a youthful player with a ton of potential to work on further, and we're satisfied to Kent to be the most ideal spot for him to do as such." In spite of the fact that Benjamin was brought into the world in South Africa, he is an English identification holder through his dad and has played in the UK since moving to concentrate in 2018. "I'm eager to join Kent and having the valuable chance to play consistently across various configurations," Benjamin said. "There is a youthful crew here that will just work on over the long haul, and there's a reasonable arrangement for Kent to get back to the highs of their new triumphs from now on. It's a thrilling undertaking to be a piece of." Kent were consigned in the Region Title recently, eventually winding up lower part of Division One. They likewise completed rearward in the South Gathering of the Imperativeness Impact and seventh in Gathering An of the Metro Bank One-Day Cup.