Benjamin Thomas Slater (born 26 August 1991) is an English

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er who plays for

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. Slater is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Slater was educated at

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, before studying Sport and Business Management at Leeds Metropolitan University. While attending the university, he was selected to play for Leeds/Bradford MCCU, making his first-class debut in the team's inaugural first-class match against

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in 2012. He made a second first-class appearance for the team in that same season against

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at Headingley. He was also a member of Derbyshire's squad for the 2012 season. In April 2022, in the

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, Slater scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket, with an unbeaten 225 against Durham.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slater, Ben 1991 births Living people Cricketers from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Alumni of Leeds Beckett University English cricketers Leeds/Bradford MCCU cricketers Derbyshire cricketers Nottinghamshire cricketers Leicestershire cricketers