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| Full name | Jacob Graham Bethell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 2003 Bridgetown, Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arthur Bethell (grandfather) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 718) | 28 November 2024 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 31 July 2025 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 275) | 19 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 September 2025 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 102) | 11 September 2024 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 17 September 2025 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | →Gloucestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024/25 | Melbourne Renegades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jacob Graham Bethell (born 23 October 2003) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team. [2] He made his international debut in September 2024 against Australia at the Rose Bowl,Southampton. [3] In domestic cricket,Bethell represents Warwickshire. In 2025,he became England's youngest ever captain when he was appointed to lead the Twenty20 International side against Ireland in September. [4]
Bethell was born and raised in Barbados [5] before moving to the United Kingdom aged 12 to attend boarding school. [6] His family has had a long involvement with cricket [7] and his grandfather,Arthur Bethell,played first-class cricket for Barbados. [8] [9]
Educated first at Harrison College in Barbados, [10] Bethell played age-group cricket. He was player of the tournament in the West Indies Under-15 competition in 2017. [11] By this stage he had already earned a scholarship at Rugby School,where he was coached by the former Warwickshire captain Mike Powell who was the school's Director of Cricket. [6] [11] In 2021,he scored 202 in the first innings of Rugby's annual two-day fixture against Marlborough College,a modern-day record.
Bethell played age-group cricket for Warwickshire sides,and signed a three-year professional contract with them in January 2021. [12] Former Warwickshire captain and England cricketer Ian Bell described him as "the best 17-year old" he had ever seen. [13] He made his List A debut in the 2021 One-Day Cup,for Warwickshire against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens,Cardiff on 22 July. [14] He made his first-class debut on 12 September 2021 at Headingley,for Warwickshire against Yorkshire in the County Championship. [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 July 2023,he was drafted into The Hundred by the Birmingham Phoenix. [18]
He took his maiden first-class wicket on 15 April 2024 at Edgbaston,for Warwickshire against Durham in the County Championship. [19]
In November 2024,Bethell was signed by Indian Premier League side Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the 2025 tournament. [20]
On 19 December 2024,he made his Big Bash debut for Melbourne Renegades. [21]
In September 2021,Bethell was named as the joint-captain of the England under-19 cricket team for their series against the West Indies. [22] Bethell was named vice-captain of England's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, [23] where he scored 88 from 42 balls in the side's quarter final victory over South Africa. [24] In December 2022,he was selected for the England U-19s to play Australia in January 2023,under head coach Michael Yardy. [25] [26]
Bethell made his senior international debut at Southampton on 11 September 2024,in the first game of a three-match T20 series against Australia. In the second fixture at Cardiff on 14 September,he scored a "match-winning" 44 from 24 balls. [27] On 28 October,he was named in the Test squad for England's tour of New Zealand in November and December. [28] [29] He subsequently made his Test match debut against New Zealand on 28 November 2024 and scored 50 not out off 37 balls in England's second innings as they won by eight wickets. [30] [31] This was the joint second-fastest debut Test half-century by an England batter. [32]
In August 2025,Bethell was named T20i captain of the England team for their series against Ireland. He became the youngest ever captain for England in doing so. [33] On 7 September 2025,Bethell scored his first professional century against South Africa in the third ODI at the Rose Bowl,finishing on 110. His century was reached from 76 balls,16 of which were boundaries. [34]
This initial disadvantage forced Bethell to hone his athleticism, before his reach increased; at 5ft 10in, he is of average height.
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