Benjamin Reginald McDermott (born 12 December 1994) is an Australian international

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er. He represents the

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in the

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and

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in Australian domestic cricket. He made his international debut for the

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in October 2018.

Early life

Born in Caboolture, Queensland, McDermott is the son of Australian

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and is the younger brother of

Alister McDermott Alister Craig McDermott (born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former cricketer who played for Queensland in Australian domestic cricket. He made his Queensland List A cricket debut on 11 October 2009 against Western Australia, and his First Class ...

. The McDermott family moved to the

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when McDermott was seven years of age and the two siblings began playing junior cricket for Runaway Bay and Broadbeach. McDermott made his first XI debut for

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in year 9 and made a remarkable double-hundred for the Gold Coast Dolphins at under-17 level. He also represented Australia in Youth One Day Internationals at Under-19 level and played alongside his brother in the 2014

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match against England.

Cricket career

McDermott made his

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debut on 18 January 2014 for the

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against

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, scoring 30 runs. On 12 January 2017, while playing for the Hobart Hurricanes against the

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in the 2016–17 Big Bash League season, he claimed his maiden T20 century by scoring 114 runs off 52 balls, including 9 sixes and 8 fours. This was also third-fastest century in the Big Bash League. He was awarded the

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as he helped the Hurricanes chase down 223 to defeat the Renegades in what was the highest scoring Big Bash match at the time. In March 2017, McDermott scored his maiden first-class century, when he made 104 runs for Tasmania in round 10 of the

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. On 3 June 2018, McDermott was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the

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tournament. In October 2018, McDermott was named in Australia's

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(T20I) squad for the series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for Australia in the one-off match against the

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on 22 October 2018. In November 2018, he was added to Australia's

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(ODI) squad for their series against South Africa, but he did not play. Ahead of the

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, McDermott was named as one of the six cricketers to watch during the tournament. On 16 July 2020, McDermott was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the

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. In June 2021, he was named in Australia's ODI squad for their tours of

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and

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. McDermott made his ODI debut on 20 July 2021, for Australia against the

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. In December 2021, McDermott became the first player to hit back to back centuries in the

and also the first player to hit three centuries in the

. In March 2022, in the second match against Pakistan, McDermott scored his first century in ODI cricket, with 104 runs, but Pakistan won the match. In February 2022 McDermott signed for the Hampshire Hawks for the 2022 Vitality Blast season.

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