Benjamin Joshua Dawkins (born 19 October 2006) is an English cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper. He has played for the England national under-19 cricket team.
Born in South Africa in 2006, Dawkins was educated at Sevenoaks School and played age-group cricket for Kent.Ben Dawkins, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2025. A wicket-keeper, he made his Kent Second XI debut in 2023. He scored 48 runs against Zimbabwe A in a 50-over match in July 2024, and 108 not out from 52 deliveries against Essex Second XI in May 2025. In 2024 and 2025 he played for the England under-19 side, scoring 93 against Sri Lanka under-19s in a one-day match in 2024 June, and half-centuries in three Youth One-Day International matches against India under-19s in July 2025.
Dawkins signed his first professional cricket contract with Kent in July 2025 and made his first-class cricket debut on 29 July 2025 against Leicestershire. Later in the season he made scores of 85 and 111 not out in the 2025 One-Day Cup.
In December 2025, he was named in the England squad for the 2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup.
In May 2026, Dawkins made a career-best score with a 65 in the County Championship against Gloucestershire before hitting his maiden first-class century with 180 against Durham, and was involved in a record stand with Sam Northeast, their 303-run partnership with for the second wicket Kent’s highest stand for any wicket against Durham.
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