Career
He also plays for Canterbury in the New Zealand domestic competitions. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who bats left handed in the lower order. The following month he made his Test debut in a drawn match against India.
After bowling fifteen wicketless overs in the first innings, he was unable to bowl in the second innings because of an injury.
He took 4 wickets against Kenya in Chennai where he adjudged man of the match award. But then he lack the pace and wicket taking ability and economy went high in each match he played in the World Cup.
New Zealand lost another World Cup at the semi-final stage, where this time to Sri Lanka. Bennett returned to the ODI team on 25 January 2014 to play the third one-day match between New Zealand and India, after being sidelined for two years due to a serious back injury.