Ben France
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Benjamin John France, born 14 May 1982 in Brunei
, is a professional cricket
er who has played first-class
and List A cricket for Derbyshire
.
He played for Suffolk
in 2003 and 2004 and was the second highest run scorer in the Minor Counties championship in 2004. He made his debut for Derbyshire
in 2004 and was voted 2nd X1 player of the year, but did not play after the 2005 season. Ben averaged 55.6 in the 2009 season with a total of 1000 runs and 48 wickets. His club Copdock CC won the MH two counties championship for the first time in the club's history. He continues to play for Suffolk and is on the staff at Framlingham College where he coaches cricket and rugby.
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
, is a professional cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who has played first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and List A cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
.
He played for Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
in 2003 and 2004 and was the second highest run scorer in the Minor Counties championship in 2004. He made his debut for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 2004 and was voted 2nd X1 player of the year, but did not play after the 2005 season. Ben averaged 55.6 in the 2009 season with a total of 1000 runs and 48 wickets. His club Copdock CC won the MH two counties championship for the first time in the club's history. He continues to play for Suffolk and is on the staff at Framlingham College where he coaches cricket and rugby.