Benjamin George Lister (born 1 January 1996) is a New Zealand

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er. He made his first-class debut for

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in the

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on 7 November 2017. The following week, he took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with figures of five wickets for 29 runs against

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. He made his

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debut for Auckland in the

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on 3 December 2017. He made his

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debut for Auckland in the

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on 13 December 2017. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in the

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' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. On 17 November 2019, in the

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, Lister took his first

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in List A cricket. He finished as the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 23 dismissals in eleven matches. In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Auckland ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. In October 2020, in the opening round of the

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, Lister became the first

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replacement in a cricket match. Lister replaced Mark Chapman, who reported feeling unwell, inline with the updated

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(ICC) playing conditions for a substitute due to COVID.

International career

In January 2023, Lister earned his maiden call-up to the New Zealand cricket team for their

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series against India. He made his international debut on 1 February 2023 during the series. In March 2023, he was named in New Zealand's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Sri Lanka, and in April was named in the squad for the series against Pakistan. He made his ODI debut in the fourth ODI of the series, on 5 May 2023.

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