It’s not very often that you score 100 runs in cricket.

It’s even rarer to score a second ton on the same day.

And when you are just 16 and only became interested in the game just four years ago then you must be doing something right.

That’s exactly what’s happened to teenager Ben Jefferies, a pupil at Filton College.

He scored 105 runs in one morning two Sundays ago for Whitchurch Under-17s in a Twenty20 game against Lansdown.

Then in the afternoon, during a friendly against a Whitchurch side, he went even better by amassing 108 runs not out - and went on to claim three wickets.

Ben, who plays up to five times a week during the summer for Filton, Glastonbury and Whitchurch, is looking to forge a career for himself in professional cricket.

He said: “I would love to be able to play full-time. That has been my ambition for a couple of years now.

“I’ve been lucky enough to have some good teachers such as Tim Hancock at the Filton Academy who has overseen my development over the last couple of years.

“And having been picked for the Somerset Under-17 squad last year I was given even more tuition.

“I have been at the winter training sessions during the close season and I hope that will stand me in good stead for being chosen again this year.”

Ben admits that if there was one role model for him it would be England all-rounder Freddie Flintoff.

Rob Draper, first team captain at WEPL side Glastonbury, said: “Ben has been with us a couple of years now and we regard him very much as a bright prospect.

“For someone so young he is a nippy bowler who is very consistent and can move the ball around quite a bit.

“And although he has only been with us a couple of years we have seen a real improvement in his performances over that time.

“For us he is primarily a bowler but we know he can bat a bit and in a pre-season friendly knocked off a quick-fire 30 which got us out of a bit of trouble.”

His proud dad, Paul Jefferies, said: “Cricket is very much in his blood now.

“But it wasn’t always the case. He really only got into it four years ago. He had been playing football regularly with all his mates but a number of them started playing cricket.

“He went along and it just snowballed from there.”

Ben plays for Glastonbury in the West of England Premier League on Saturdays and for Whitchurch on a Sunday in the Bristol Sunday League.

But mid-week he can also be found playing for Filton Academy where he is currently studying for a Sports Science diploma.

He open the bowling for Glastonbury which is proof of his all-round abilities and his exploits have already seen him picked for the Somerset Under-17s squad last year - a feat he hopes to repeat this year.