Benjamin George Frederick Green (born 28 September 1997) is an English

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er who plays for

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. He is a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler who also bats right-handed. He progressed through the Devon age group system before being offered a first team contract during the 2016 season. On 29 July 2016 he made his Twenty20 debut for Somerset against Hampshire in the

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. On 3 August 2016, Green signed a three-year professional contract with Somerset. He made his

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debut for Somerset in the

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on 29 May 2018. He made his first-class debut for Somerset in the

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on 4 September 2018. In June 2022, in the

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, Green took his first

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in Twenty20 cricket, with 5/29 against

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. Green struck 157 against Durham, in the Royal London Cup on 10 August 2022. His innings included 12 sixes and 10 fours. His maiden hundred in the competition came from 58 deliveries (of which the second fifty was hit from just 14 deliveries). His team still lost the game.

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