Have a look at the bio, age, height and parents of Jacob Bethell
Jacob Bethell is a young and upcoming Barbados cricketer who recently got called up for England’s Test tour of New Zealand, find out more about him and his career below.
Jacob made his international debut just last month on September 11, 2024 after he played for England in their first match of their T20I series against Australia.
Who is England cricketer Jacob Bethell, bio, age, height, parents, nationality, bowling speed and career stats
Bethell is well-known for being an aggressive player and has a strike rate of 137.57 in T20 cricket. The youngster gained prominence following a breakout season in the T20 Blast, where he scored 361 runs.
Jacob Bethell bio
Jacob Graham Bethell is an upcoming English cricketer who was born on October 23, 2003, in Barbados. He currently plays cricket at the domestic level for Warwickshire, and limited overs cricket for England at the international level. Bethell moved to Warwickshire, England, when he was around 12 years old and made his Warwickshire Twenty20 debut on June 20, 2021, during the 2021 T20 Blast.
His grandfather, Arthur, was a first-class cricketer for Barbados while his father, Graham, also played for the island’s youth team and also captained a Sheffield Collegiate side.
Arthur Bethell played 16 matches for the senior Barbados side between 1963 and 1970. Jacob then went to England on a scholarship and is on the books at Warwickshire.
Jacob represented Barbados at the regional Under-15 level and is a former Harrison College student.
He bowls in the mid-80s.
Full Name. Jacob Graham Bethell ; Born. October 23, 2003, Barbados ; Age. 21y 9d ; Batting Style. Left hand Bat ; Bowling Style. Slow Left arm Orthodox
Age and height
Jacob Bethell is currently 21 years old and stands at a height of 6ft 7in.
Playing style
Jacob Bethell mainly plays as a left-handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He usually plays as an all-rounder who bats in the middle order in white-ball cricket.
Career
Jacob Bethell started out playing age group cricket in the West Indies before moving to the UK as a teenager. He eventually earned a scholarship there in Rugby School before signing his first professional contract for Warwickshire at the age of 17 in 2021. Later that same year, Bethell made his List A debut during a One Day Cup against Glamorgan. Although he scored just two runs, he managed to take four wickets with his left-arm spin. Back in September 2021, Jacob was named as the joint captain for the England Lions alongside Tom Prest against the West Indies. He then featured in England’s U19 World Cup squad the following year, where he scored a 42-ball 88 during the quarter-final.
🏴 Jacob Bethell. Huge talent. Smacks it. Probably plays golf 🏌️♂️
Surely that isn’t enough to earn a Test tour before showing anything in county cricket? 🤔
BazBall HQ says otherwise.#FinalWord 🏏 | @ambassadorcruis pic.twitter.com/XeZHVShAQO
— The Final Word (@Final_Word_Pod) October 31, 2024
Jacob Bethell has an Instagram account with the handle @jacob.bethell, where he has over 10.4K followers and about 41 posts.