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Full name | Jacob Graham Bethell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Barbados | 23 October 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Arthur Bethell (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only ODI(cap 275) | 19 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 102) | 11 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 13 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Warwickshire (squad no. 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | →Gloucestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,14 September 2024 |
Jacob Graham Bethell (born 23 October 2003) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Warwickshire,and international limited overs cricket for England. Bethell was born in Barbados and moved to Warwickshire,England,when he was 12. [1] He made his Warwickshire Twenty20 debut on 20 June 2021,in the 2021 T20 Blast. [2] He made his England Twenty20 debut on 11 September 2024,against Australia at the Rose Bowl,Southampton. [3]
Bethell was born and raised in Barbados, [4] where his family had a long involvement with cricket. [5] His grandfather,Arthur Bethell,played first-class cricket for the national side. [6] [7] He attended Harrison College,whose alumni include Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Pelham Warner,and was awarded player of the tournament in the West Indies Under-15 competition in 2017. By this stage he had already earned a scholarship at Rugby School,where he was coached by their director of cricket and former Warwickshire captain Mike Powell. [8] In 2021,he scored 202 in the first innings of Rugby School’s annual two-day fixture against Marlborough College,a modern day record.
Bethell played cricket with Warwickshire from a young age,and signed a three-year professional contract with them in January 2021. [9] Former Warwickshire captain and England cricketer Ian Bell described him as "the best 17-year old" he had ever seen. [10]
He made his List A debut in the 2021 One-Day Cup,for Warwickshire against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens,Cardiff on 22 July. [11]
In September 2021,Bethell was named as the joint-captain of the England under-19 cricket team for their series against the West Indies. [12] He made his first-class debut on 12 September 2021 at Headingley,for Warwickshire against Yorkshire in the County Championship. [13]
Bethell was named vice-captain of England's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, [14] where he scored 88 from 42 balls in the side's quarter final victory over South Africa. [15]
In April 2022,Welsh Fire paid £30,000 to add Bethell to their squad for that year's season of the Hundred. [16] [17]
In December 2022,he was selected for the England U-19s to play Australia in January 2023,under head coach Michael Yardy. [18] [19]
In July 2023,he was drafted into The Hundred by the Birmingham Phoenix. [20]
Hétook his maiden first-class wicket on 15 April 2024 at Edgbaston,for Warwickshire against Durham in the County Championship. [21]
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