Benkenstein later admitted that he had not taken full advantage of the opportunities that came his way at the international level. He was named coach of Hampshire County Cricket Club in February 2014 as previously he work as a batting coach for the South African side Sunfoil Dolphins. He left his coaching role at Hampshire in July 2016 due to family reasons. Benkenstein was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2009, based on his work with Durham in the English county championship, despite being a failure and an unknown in the international arena due to the reversal in stance in 2004 with the introduction of a separate Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award. Benkenstein is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm off-break or right-arm medium paced bowler.  "as of 19 July 2011"