Ben Charlesworth

Ben Geoffrey Charlesworth (born 19 November 2000) is an English cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in the 2018 County Championship on 17 August 2018. He made his List A debut on 30 June 2019, for Gloucestershire against Australia A cricket team. In October 2019, he was named in the England under-19 cricket team's squad for a 50-over tri-series in the Caribbean. In December 2019, he was named in England's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Charlesworth scored a first-class career-best 210 against Leicestershire in August 2024, going on to make a total of 723 County Championship runs for Gloucestershire over the season at an average of 48.20 and was rewarded with a new two-year contract in October that year. In April 2026, it was announced that Charlesworth would leave Gloucestershire at the end of that year's County Championship season. Later that month he signed a three-year contract with Lancashire, starting from the 2027 English county season.