10 Exciting facts about Ben Laughlin

10 Exciting facts about Ben Laughlin: Ben Laughlin is a very exciting medium fast bowler who has been little unfortunate in his career. He only got a handful share of opportunities at the international level. But, he has made most of the opportunities that came his way in the domestic circuits as well as T20 tournaments. He can be classified as a limited over specialist who has earned the reputation of a death over specialist. Deceptive slower balls and accurate yorkers make run scoring harder for the batsmen in the middle. Overall, he is a strong performer and is most likely to continue his good performances in coming years. Apart from being an outstanding bowler, he’s an athletic fielder in the outfield too.

So here, on the occasion of his birthday, we look at some interesting facts about this talented bowler.

1. Birth

Ben Laughlin was born on 3rd October 1982 at Box Hill, Victoria, Australia in a cricketing family.

2. Cricketing background

Ben Laughlin grew up in a cricketing environment. His father Trevor Laughlin was an international cricketer. He played three tests and six ODI’s from 1978 to 1979 for Australia.

3. Early Cricketing days

Ben Laughlin moved to Scotland at the age of 16 and played there until the age of 22 for Fergusile club and later on for Clydesdale Cricket club.

4.Beginning of cricketing career

Ben Laughlin began his domestic career in Queensland and made headlines with his outstanding performances. He picked 23 wickets in 11 matches in the Ford Ranger Cup.

5. A specialist in the shorter versions of the game

Ben Laughlin may not be an outright pace bowler but has the ability to trouble the batsman with his control, guile and deceptive slower balls. He has bolstered the pace attacks of Tasmania Tigers, Hobart Hurricanes in Big Bash League and Chennai Super Kings in the IPL so far.

6. Leading Wicket-taker in the Big Bash League

Laughlin has been the chief architect of Hobart Hurricanes Big Bash league campaign. He emerged as their leading wicket-taker in the second season with them. In fact, he is the highest overall wicket-taker in Big Bash League with 48 scalps to his name in the tournament.

7. Alternate profession

Not many know that Ben Laughlin is also a carpenter apart from being a professional cricketer.

8. International Call-up after an impressive domestic season

On March 2009, Laughlin was called-up to play five ODI’s and two Twenty20 internationals against the Proteas after producing several match winning performances in the domestic circuit. He performed fairly in that series. Overall, he took 4 wickets, two catches and a run out in the series.

9. Fewer opportunities

Even after debuting for Australia in the year 2009, he was neither selected for the world T20 and nor did he secure a national contract. However, he made a comeback to the highest level again after four years against Sri Lanka on the back of strong performances for Tasmanian Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes. Injuries and health issues have also affected his promising career.

10. Major Teams

Chennai Super Kings, Hobart Hurricanes, Antigua Hawksbills, Canterbury, Northern Districts, Queensland, Queensland Academy of Sport, Tasmania are the major teams for whom Ben Laughlin has represented so far in his career.