This article will discuss the On This Day Former West Indies bowler Kenny Benjamin was born in 1967. The great cricketer has played 26 Test matches and 26 ODIs. On this day, back in 1967, West Indies star cricketer Kenny Benjamin was born, who went on to take the game to the epitome of the level for his national side during his professional career with magnificent success. The great cricketer has played 26 Test matches and 26 ODIs, respectively, while going on to scalp 92 and 33 wickets, respectively.
The star cricketer is known as one of the best fast bowlers and has taken his side to a great level alongside Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose. Notably, the great seamer made his Test debut against South Africa back in 1991–92 but got a huge success in the 1993–94 Test series against England, where he went on to get 22 wickets in the whole series, which made him the great fast bowler.
However, following the same, the great cricketer has scalped 17 wickets for the West Indies against India in 1994, and he was the top bowler during the six-match Test series against England, where he scalped 22 wickets in the 1994 Test series.
One of Benjamin’s career’s highlights was playing alongside Curtley Ambrose and Courtney Walsh, who had boosted the West Indies pace attack in the 1990s. However, he was known as the bowler who bowled fast, intimidating bouncers at the even tail ends.
Meanwhile, the legendary cricketer has played around 108 first-class games while picking up 403 wickets in his great career. The great cricketer picked up 37 first-class wickets in the single edition for Worcestershire in 1993, while he claimed 10 wickets for Gauteng in 2000.
However, after his great career, he went on to take up the role of coach, where he was appointed as the coach for the United States during the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy. Moreover, Benjamin was also contracted as a coach for schoolchildren in his coaching role.