One of the biggest surprises of the past few seasons for me has been the inability of former Surrey and now Leicestershire all rounder James Benning to kick on and become a good, exciting county cricketer.
I've seen him a few times and he has talent. He can hit a ball a long way, is good in the field and bowls decent medium pace. You cannot discount a player with a highest List A score of 189 and a score in excess of 50 in every fourth one day innings. Yet he has not been retained at Leicestershire, suggesting that there is a weakness somewhere. Whether that is attitude, discipline or technique I can't say, but Benning still has an average in excess of 30 after a couple of poor years.
At 27 he may be coming up for a last chance, but may seize the opportunity, if given one, in the same way that Wes Durston has. He may not be of any interest to Derbyshire, but it would be a shame if a player of genuine ability failed to make the most of it
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