Ben Gannon

Benjamin Ward Gannon (born 5 September 1975) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Education He was educated at Abingdon School. He was the leading wicket taker for the School's first XI in 1993 taking 46 wickets at an average of 10.37 and was awarded Colours that season. Cricket career Gannon's debut in the Second XI championship came courtesy of a Gloucestershire XI match against Middlesex, however, Gannon took no part in the match, at no time being called to bat or bowl. In his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in May 1999, in a County Championship match against Glamorgan, he bowled six wickets for eighty runs in his very first innings, despite seeing his team go down by 172 runs. He was to follow this up in the second innings by the wicket of Adrian Dale, who had made 113 runs before succumbing to a catch.