Benjamin James Matthew Scott (born 4 August 1981) is a former English

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er. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in

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in the

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Early career

Ben Scott began playing his cricket at Wycombe House Cricket Club. Scott began to work on his batting and progressed through the Middlesex Colts Age groups before signing for the

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

. A lack of opportunities meant that he crossed the Thames and moved to Middlesex's local rivals

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for one season, where he was behind Jonathan Batty as first choice wicket-keeper.

Middlesex return

Scott moved back to Middlesex in 2004. Scott had had limited wicket-keeping opportunities, prior to the absence of David Nash due to an injury in 2004. During this time, he claimed his first century against

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. He made 50 dismissals in 2005, ensuring Middlesex avoided relegation. During the 2008 season Scott was the wicketkeeper and began to find some form with the bat climbing up the Batting order. Middlesex won the T20 Cup and were invited to play in the West Indies in the Stanford Series. Scott's Nephew Joel Pope is following in his footsteps from Wycombe House onto the County Cricket Circuit, beginning his career with

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. Scott was selected for the England Lions tour of New Zealand in February 2009. With wicketkeeping opportunities at Middlesex limited due to the presence of John Simpson in the first team, Scott played for

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during the 2010 and 2011 season, on loan. Scott joined

on a permanent basis for the 2012 season. Scott was released by

in 2012 and announced his retirement from professional cricket a few days later.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ben 1981 births English cricketers Living people Middlesex cricketers Surrey cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Alumni of Richmond upon Thames College Wicket-keepers People from Isleworth