Australia vs India, 2nd Test, Day 1: Highlights

Ben Hilfenhaus Video Ranking: four / 5

WHO IS BEN HILFENHAUS?

Ben William Hiffenhaus is an Australian cricketer and has played for the Australian cricket team. Ben is a medium class bowler and made his debut in the year 2005/06 with a 39 haul wicket. Ben’s best record is 7/58 in first class cricket in his first season for Tasmania.

In the year 2007 in the month of January, Ben Hiffenhaus made his first debut in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 and was thereafter named The Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year.  In the year 2006/07 Ben was also named Tasmania’s Player of the Year. However due to injuries Ben could make his Test Debut in the year 2009.

In the Indian Premier League, Ben Hiffenhaus was bought for $100,000 by the Chennai Super Kings but landed up not playing for the team. This was due to injury. However he recovered to play for the Australia A squad against Zimbabwe. New Zealand then toured two tests in the month of December and Ben Hiffenhaus got a place back in the squad. Hiffenhaus was selected for the first test against India and performed well by giving 5/75 in the First Test innings. In the second innings they claimed a second five wicket haul helping Australia take a 2-0 victory.

Ben Hiffenhaus best One Day International career was 5/33 against India and this led him to win the Man of the Match award. His effort made Australia win the tournament Ben Hiffenhaus played in five out of the 11 matches. This led Ben to take a further four wickets finishing off the series with an average of around 22.

The injury to Ben in late 2009 brought about a change in his bowling style. He claimed that he was able to bowl when conditions did not suit him and slowly lost the ability to take wickets but maintained his dot bowling.

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HILFENHAUS IN SLEDGING ROW

Ben Hilfenhaus recently found himself at the centre of a sledging storm after a comment he made to Virat Kohli during the 4^th Test came under extreme scrutiny due to the heated exchange it led to.

Kohli was stranded on the tantalisingly close to his century, and in an attempt to try and get to his 100 with a quick single, which on reflection was far too tight and could very easily have cost him his wicket. The Australian team could tell the youngster was fairly anxious so chirped in with a few words, which is completely normal, but Kohli appeared to take Hilfenhaus’s comments far more offensively.

The stand off on the pitch ended thanks to ex Australian skipper Ricky Ponting pulling Kohli away from Hilfenhaus, which helped diffuse the situation. Kohli was still fuming during the press conference which followed the day’s play, claiming Hilfenhaus’s comment was completely out the blue and unnecessary. Hilfenhaus has largely been supported by the Australian press, with ex Australian batsman Michael Slater believing Kohli’s adrenaline was still flowing through his veins when the comments were made, and he might perhaps regret making them now.

Such headlines should not detract from the marvellous Summer that Hilfenhaus has enjoyed, with him being the leading wicket taker for the Australians for the series against India, as he found an extra yard of pace which had been missing previously. He has surely secured himself the position of one of Australia’s main line new ball bowlers for the next few series, and if he can continue to swing the ball at pace like he has done during this Summer, a profitable few years await him.

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