Aaron William Benjamin Biography Wiki

Aaron William Benjamin is an Emirati cricketer (Left-arm fast bowler). He was born on the 20^th of September 2000, in Colombo Panadura Sri Lanka and is currently studying his bachelor’s in business with finance at Middlesex University Dubai.

When he was only a year old, his family migrated to Botswana, Southern Africa. From there, he began to play cricket and at the age of 13 he represented the Under-15 Botswana National Cricket team. His Under-15 debut for Botswana was on the 15th of July 2015 in a 3-match series against the Under-15 Namibia National Cricket team held at the Botswana Cricket Association oval, where he featured as the opening bowler in all 3 matches with best figures of 2/15.

He continued to represent the nation of Botswana until he migrated to the United Arab Emirates in mid- 2015 and later became a double national athlete, having represented 2 countries at an international level by the age of 17. After which he was formerly coached by former Sri Lanka Cricketers, Rumesh Ratnayake, and Chaminda Vaas, at the Dubai International cricket stadium and the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletics Club respectively.

Aaron William Benjamin Cricket Career:

He made his 50 over youth ODI debut for the United Arab Emirates National Under-19 cricket team on the 29^th of September 2018, during the 2018 ACC Under-19 Asia cup held in Bangladesh. This match was against the National Under-19 cricket team held at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) cricket grounds in Dhaka, where he finished with figures of 0/13.

His debut wickets however, came in his 2^nd match, against the India under-19 cricket team. He took the important wickets of former captain, Pawan Shah and vice-captain, Phrabsimran Singh (Current IPL player), ending up with figures of 2/88. Later that year, he was selected in the squad for the Under-19 Cricket World cup qualifiers (Asia Region) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He and the team were successful in securing the UAE a place for the 2020 Under-19 cricket world cup to be held in South Africa.

Most recently, he was a part of the 2019 ACC Under-19 Asia cup qualifiers tournament held in Dubai, at the Dubai International Cricket stadium. After the UAE’s major victory in that tournament, the team traveled to Sri Lanka for the 2019 ACC Under-19 Asia cup. This marked Aaron’s 4th ICC accredited tournament as an Associate cricketer within the last 2 years alone. Additionally he made his first class debut for the UAE Development XI, in 2018 edition of the Bukhatir Premier League, UAE’s very own A list national cricket league, annually held at the very prestigious Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Aaron William Benjamin Published Author:

In 2020 Aaron was given an opportunity to write his autobiography during the Covid-19 Pandemic. He finished his manuscript known as “Benjamin: The 8000 Mile Cricket Journey” and later in the year it was published by Kindle Direct Publishing and Amazon.

Aaron William Benjamin Achievements:

Best Bowler of the Year award 2018, received from Ravichandran Ashwin.

Emerging UAE player of the year award 2019, received from Jonty Rhodes.

Best youth first division team award 2018, received from Kumar Sangakkara.