Benjamin John Thompson (born 3 October 1980) is a former English

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er. Thompson was a right-handed

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who bowled

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. He was born in

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. Thompson made his debut for

in the 1998

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against

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. Thompson played

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cricket for Oxfordshire from 1998 to 2004, which included 23

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matches and 15 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his

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debut against the

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in the

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. He played 3 further List A matches, the last coming against

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in the 2nd round of the

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which was held in 2001. In his 4 List A matches he scored 129 runs at a

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of 32.25, with a high score of 42. With the ball, he took 2 wickets at a

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of 18.00, with best figures of 2/36. He has previously played for the Middlesex Second XI.

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