Somewhere in a remote farm in Innisfail, North Queensland, a young boy by the name of Ben laboured away in the 90s, helping his father Stewart harvest bananas for a living. It isn't hard to see why Ben Robert Dunk has been well-built since a very tender age. A hoard of backyard young cricketers around his farm encouraged him to pick up the bat and have a go.
He decided to pursue a career in cricket, and moved to Brisbane, participating in a cricket program in Mitchelton State High. He then earned himself a cricket and rugby scholarship to Brisbane Grammar school and graduated to grade level cricket after consistently good performances. Rising through the ranks, his technique had been polished by qualified coaches, and by the time he got to A-grade cricket, he was a technically correct hard-hitting batsman, scoring runs consistently, and already in contention for first-class cricket.
