Mark Benson

Mark Benson
Personal information
Full name
Mark Richard Benson
Born (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958
Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England
NicknameBenny
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RoleBatsman, Umpire
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 518)3 July 1986 v India
Only ODI (cap 89)16 July 1986 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1980–1995Kent
Umpiring information
Tests umpired27 (2004–2009)
ODIs umpired72 (2004–2009)
T20Is umpired19 (2007–2009)
WTests umpired2 (2003–2013)
WODIs umpired4 (2009–2014)
WT20Is umpired1 (2009)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 1 1 292 269
Runs scored 51 24 18,387 7,838
Batting average 25.50 24.00 40.23 31.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 48/99 5/53
Top score 30 24 257 119
Balls bowled 0 0 467 0
Wickets 5
Bowling average 98.60
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/55
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 140/– 68/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 February 2010

Mark Richard Benson (born 6 July 1958) is an English former cricketer and umpire. A left-handed batsman, Benson played for Kent for 17 years and represented England in one Test match and one One Day International in 1986. He later took up umpiring and remained on the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. In January 2016 he retired as an umpire.