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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Emmanuel Benjamin
| image =
| country = India
| fullname = Emmanuel Benjamin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|02|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar|Jullundur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[India]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting =
| bowling = Slow left-arm<ref>"''Emmanuel Benjamin, an all-rounder who bowls a deceptively slow left-arm delivery…''" [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126846739 "Shield bats face early rehearsal"] – ''[[The Canberra Times]]''. Published 18 September 1981. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref>
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| family =
| club1 = [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] <small>(India)</small>
| year1 = 1973–1978
| club2 = [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club|Bedfordshire]] <small>([[Minor Counties Championship|minor counties]])</small>
| year2 = 1980
| club3 = [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]]
| year3 = 1982
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 22
| runs1 = 463
| bat avg1 = 13.61
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 46
| deliveries1 = 2,385
| wickets1 = 37
| bowl avg1 = 29.94
| fivefor1 = 2
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 6/51
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/-
| date = 2 April
| year = 2014
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2821/2821.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Emmanuel Benjamin''' (born 2 February 1955), nicknamed '''Benji''',<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/tas-election-2014/guide/brad/ Tasmanian Election 2014: Braddon] – Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> is an Australian former professional [[cricket]]er who played at high levels in [[Australia]], [[England]], and [[India]]. He was born in India, but emigrated to Australia in the 1980s and became a naturalised Australian citizen.

==Life and career==
Born in [[Jalandhar|Jullundur]],<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/26883.html Emmanuel Benjamin player profile] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> Benjamin toured the British Isles with an India Schools representative side during the [[1973 English cricket season|1973 English season]], playing six matches alongside future [[Test cricket|Test]] player [[Bharath Reddy (cricketer)|Bharath Reddy]] and several other future [[first-class cricket|first-class]] cricketers.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2821/Miscellaneous_Matches.html Miscellaneous matches played by Emmanuel Benjamin (10)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> After playing for a [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]] schools side in the under-age [[Cooch Behar Trophy]], Benjamin made his first-class debut in October 1973,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2821/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Emmanuel Benjamin (22)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> taking two wickets for a [[Vazir Sultan Tobacco cricket teams|Vazir Sultan Tobacco]] Colts XI against a [[Hyderabad Cricket Association]] XI in the quarter-final of the [[Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33786.html Hyderabad Cricket Association XI v Vazir Sultan Tobacco Colts XI], Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament 1973/74 (Quarter-Final) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> A bowling [[all-rounder]], he debuted for [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] later that month, taking 5/37 on debut against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/33/33859.html Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir], Ranji Trophy 1973/74 (North Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> and was a regular in [[Ranji Trophy]] teams through to the 1977–78 season.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2821/Ranji_Trophy_Matches.html Ranji Trophy matches played by Emmanuel Benjamin (20)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> His best innings figures also came against Jammu and Kashmir – 6/51 in November 1975 to help bowl out the side for 167 in the first innings.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35686.html Punjab v Jammu and Kashmir], Ranji Trophy 1975/76 (North Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref>

Benjamin spent the [[1980 English cricket season|1980 English season]] playing for [[Bedfordshire County Cricket Club|Bedfordshire]] in the [[Minor Counties Championship]], a spell which included half-centuries against [[Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club|Buckinghamshire]] and [[Shropshire County Cricket Club|Shropshire]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/94/94359.html Bedfordshire v Buckinghamshire], Minor Counties Championship 1980 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/94/94381.html Shropshire v Bedfordshire], Minor Counties Championship 1980 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> His best figures in the competition, 6/85, came against [[Suffolk County Cricket Club|Suffolk]] in both teams' last match of the season, which was not enough to prevent a one-wicket loss after Suffolk's final three batsmen put on 89 runs (including 53 [[not out]] from [[Colin Rutterford]]).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/94/94421.html Suffolk v Bedfordshire], Minor Counties Championship 1980 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref>

During the 1981–82 [[Sheffield Shield]] season, Benjamin played a single match for [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]], bowling 23 overs without taking a wicket.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/42/42074.html Tasmania v Queensland], Sheffield Shield 1981/82 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> Remaining in Australia, he had a long career for the [[Ulverstone Cricket Club]] at [[Tasmanian Grade Cricket|grade cricket]] level,<ref>[http://www.udcc.com.au/history.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312075852/http://www.udcc.com.au/history.htm |date=12 March 2008 }} – Ulverstone District Cricket Club. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref> and became a naturalised citizen of Australia in 1991.<ref>[http://tasnationals.com.au/braddon/4582461458 Braddon: Benji Benjamin] – Tasmanian Nationals. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref>

A resident of [[Leith, Tasmania|Leith]] (near [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]]), Benjamin unsuccessfully contested the [[Division of Braddon (state)|Division of Braddon]] for the Tasmanian branch of the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]] at the [[2014 Tasmanian state election|2014 state election]]. He received 0.79% of first preference votes, while the party's candidates collectively received 2.16% on first preferences.<ref>[http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/StateElection/Results_Braddon.html Final results: 2014 House of Assembly elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318003436/http://www.tec.tas.gov.au/StateElection/Results_Braddon.html |date=18 March 2014 }} – Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Final as of 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Tasmanian representative cricketers]]

==References==
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[[Category:National Party of Australia politicians]]
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[[Category:Tasmania cricketers]]

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