Ben Mayes

Ben Angus Mayes (born 21 November 2007) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman, a wicket-keeper and right-arm off spin bowler.

Career Mayes played junior club cricket for Lyndhurst and Ashurst CC and Totton and Eling CC in Hampshire and joined the Hampshire County Cricket Club talent pathway as an Under 8, making his Hampshire Academy debut in May 2023, at the age of 15 years-old. He was a member of the Hampshire Academy squad that won the Southern Premier League title for the first time, in 2024.

Mayes made his youth international debut against Ireland in September 2024. He toured with the England national under-19 cricket team to South Africa in January 2025 and earned the Player of the Match award in the first Youth ODI. He scored two half-centuries representing England U19 against India U19 in the summer of 2025.

In July 2025, he signed his first professional contract with Hampshire, agreeing a deal until the end of the 2027 season. He made a match-winning 62 not out in that competition against Derbyshire, on 24 August. He shared a stand of 89 with Liam Dawson as Hampshire won their One-Day Cup semi-final against Yorkshire on 31 August 2025.

In December 2025, he was named in the England squad for the 2026 Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup. In the final group stage match against Scotland, Mayes managed a score of 191 from 117 balls, an England record in Youth ODI matches.

Mayes was an U16 England hockey international and played junior representative golf and squash for Hampshire.

Mayes made his England Lions debut in a two test series against South Africa A on 22 May 2026, scoring a century in the first match.

Personal life Mayes attended King Edward VI School in Southampton.