Former cricketer Ben Laughlin was born on October 3, 1982, and he played for Australia in the past. In addition to being a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he was mainly a Twenty20 specialist and played for several teams that competed in the most prestigious competitions throughout the world. In addition, he played eight times for Australia in the white-ball kind of cricket. In 2021, Laughlin made his last appearance in a professional cricket match for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League.
Laughlin started his career by playing grade cricket in Queensland. After making his first-class debut for the team in 2008, he was picked to play for Australia in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. However, his tenure with the national team only lasted for eight matches over four years. Before relocating to Adelaide, he spent three years playing for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL). During that time, he distinguished himself as a prominent figure in Twenty20 cricket.
His last appearance in the Big Bash League was in 2021 when he was playing for the Heat. As of 2024, he is the ninth-best wicket-taker in the history of the game. Additionally, he has also participated in the Indian Premier League and played for the Northern Districts Knights, which is a team based in New Zealand. The year 1978 was the year when Trevor Laughlin, Laughlin’s father, competed in a test match for Australia. Laughlin played his grade cricket for Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club in Queensland, even though his father had played District Cricket in Victoria.
Laughlin suffered from stress fractures for three consecutive seasons, beginning when he was 19 years old. These injuries prevented him from playing cricket and damaged his prospects to do so. Even though he was a specialist batter at the time, he was able to make his way back into the squad by bowling off-spin rather than speed.[3]: In 2006, he was given the Peter Burge Medal for being the best grade cricketer in Queensland during the 2005–06 season. In the three seasons leading up to his first-class debut in 2008, he took a total of 126 wickets, including 50 wickets in the 2006–07 season alone. His form as a pace bowler improved towards the end of the 2000s, and he was awarded the Peter Burge Medal in 2006.
Ben Laughlin Biography
| Name | Ben Laughlin |
| Full Name | Ben Laughlin |
| Date of Birth | 3 October 1982 |
| Place of Birth | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Father’s Name | Trevor Laughlin |
| Mother’s Name | Rajni Tendulkar |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Laura Laughlin |
| Marriage Date | NA |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium |
| ODI Debut | April 03, 2009 vs. South Africa |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
After the conclusion of the Pura Cup season in 2007–2008, Laughlin made his first-class debut for the state side of Queensland against Victoria. He was successful in taking the wicket of Cameron White, who was the captain of the Victorian team. He was subsequently offered his first contract with Queensland for the 2008–2009 season, and he began playing List A cricket for them during the 2008–2009 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season.
He was awarded his first deal with Queensland. Even though it was his debut season, he was quite outstanding. He participated in all eleven games and took 23 wickets with his efforts. During a match that took place in October 2008 versus New South Wales, he had an extremely remarkable bowling effort. He bowled six wickets and twenty-three runs in just his second List A match, which is the greatest List A bowling stats for Queensland in twenty years and the third-best of all time, not only for Queensland but for any Australian domestic side and not just for Queensland.
In addition, he participated in three matches during the 2008–2009 Sheffield Shield season; nevertheless, his performance in the lengthier version of the game was far less effective. Laughlin was called up to the Australia teams in March for a series of five One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa.
This was even though he had begun the season with the expectation of just playing a few matches for Queensland. While Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus were being rested as a precautionary measure before to the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and The Ashes, Laughlin and fellow fast bowler Brett Geeves were brought into the team to replace them. Laughlin was also selected for the squad. His performance in the matches was satisfactory, as he finished with four wickets in the one-day internationals, but he did not stand out in any of them.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4* | 2.50 | 13 | 38.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1.00 | 4 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 9 | 44.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 9 | 168 | 282 | 10 | 2/15 | 28.20 | 10.07 | 16.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7 | 126 | 211 | 9 | 2/15 | 23.44 | 10.04 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 42 | 71 | 1 | 1/25 | 71.00 | 10.14 | 42.00 | 0 | 0 |
As a result of his limited participation in the national team, he was not selected for the Australian side that competed in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, and he was not offered a contract with Cricket Australia thereafter. As a result of a serious stomach ailment, he was only able to participate in six state games throughout the 2009–10 summer. In 2011, he was removed from Queensland’s contract list entirely. His career went from bad to worse in a short amount of time. Following his removal from the contract list of Queensland, Laughlin switched to Tasmania and became a member of the Tasmanian state side for the Ryobi One-Day Cup in 2011–12.
In his second encounter for Tasmania, which was again against New South Wales, Laughlin recorded his second six-wicket haul, which was just like the beginning of his career when he was playing for Queensland. Additionally, he was a member of the Hobart Hurricanes, the Tasmanian squad that competed in the newly formed Big Bash League (BBL). Even though he was removed from Tasmania’s contract list after the season, his performance for the Hurricanes was so impressive that he was included in Australia’s expanded 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012.
