Beckham Wheeler-Greenall
Beckham Reef Wheeler-Greenall is a New Zealand cricketer. He is an all-rounder, bowling right-arm offspin.
Wheeler-Greenall was born at Dunedin in 2002 and educated at King's [High School, Dunedin|King's High School] in the city where he played both cricket and association football. He played age-group cricket for Otago from the 2016–17 season and represented New Zealand national [under-19 cricket team|New Zealand] in the 2020 [Under-19 Cricket World Cup], finishing the tournament as his team's second-highest run-scorer, but did not take any wickets. He scored 80 runs against Sri Lanka under-19s, a key innings which helped New Zealand reach the semi-finals of the competition. In the semi-final his 75 runs from 83 balls against Bangladesh was the most significant contribution to the team setting a competitive target and brought Wheeler-Greenall to international attention.
A club cricketer for the Taieri side in Dunedin, during the 2021 New Zealand winter Wheeler-Greenall played in England for Hampstead Cricket Club in the Middlesex [County Cricket League|Middlesex Premier League]. The following summer he came into the Otago squad during the 2021–22 [Super Smash (men's cricket)|2021–22 Super Smash] tournament, making his domestic Twenty20 cricket debut for the side against Auckland at Queenstown in December, scoring five runs and taking a wicket. He played again for the side against Wellington the following month, taking another wicket and scoring seven runs.
Wheeler-Greenall was named Taieri player of the year for the 2021–22 season and the Dunedin Premier League player of the year the following season. He was drafted into Otago's Super Smash squad during the season following the unavailability of several other bowlers, but did not play a match.