Hopefully he gets the opportunity to play in all forms of the game, and succeed, at Kent.

Playing in Div 2 will be to his benefit and hopefully enable him to develop his game.

Spare a thought for Highveld, who will now have to find a new favourite.

HaHa, actually he wasn't.

He did not deserve the hatred he received from some here.

What about if you look at his averages and then look at them again without his top score!?

There was no vendetta against him, he simply did not perform for two season but was given more chances than others.

He had some great debuts though!

The fact his debuts and first season were so good but went down hill afterwards, really does lean to my theory on him that teams worked out how to bowl at him and he didn’t adapt sufficiently.
Though that is a thing you’d like to think the performance analysts and batting coach would work on him with.
Also that CC hundred at Old Trafford was on a very sedate, slow pitch.
He’s a decent player, but wasn’t good enough if we want to compete at the top for all formats.
Maybe playing in Div 2 and with new coaches they can work with him on his game to develop the weaknesses he has.

its a shame as I personally think he definitely has something and with the right coaching/support I still think he has a career in the game. he should have been dropped for his own good last season as his demeanour visibly got worse with each passing failure. His best performances had some shotmaking of real innovative aplomb.
i don't think his failure to develop and subsequent nosedive in form speaks too highly of the coaching setup.

The comparison that comes to mind with Benjamin is Tom Banton.

When he first hit the scene he had two great years, like Benjamin he played quite a lot of ‘innovative’ type shots, the ramps and scoops and stuff

Then he had 3 absolutely terrible years, couldn’t buy a run IIRC.

But last year he came back to form and did very well again. So I do think it’s possible after a period of bad form/ being found out that Benjamin could return to form, but for his career a move was probably the best thing. Time will tell but I’ll be looking out for his scores