Ethan Bamber

English cricketer

Ethan Bamber

Personal information

Full name

Ethan Read Bamber

Born

(1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25)
Westminster, London, England

Batting

Right-handed

Bowling

Right-arm fast-medium

Role

Bowler

Relations

David Bamber (father)

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2018–present

Middlesex (squad no. 54)

2019

→ Gloucestershire (on loan)

First-class debut

19 August 2018 Middlesex v Northamptonshire

List A debut

25 July 2021 Middlesex v Essex

Career statistics

Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	49	16	7
Runs scored	566	85	5
Batting average	10.67	10.62	–
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top score	46*	21	3*
Balls bowled	9,296	820	95
Wickets	166	27	4
Bowling average	26.06	25.59	41.75
5 wickets in innings	3	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0
Best bowling	5/20	3/27	3/29
Catches/stumpings	12/–	3/–	2/–

Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2023

Ethan Read Bamber (born 17 December 1998) is an English cricketer.^[1] Bamber signed a professional contract with Middlesex in 2018.^[2] He made his first-class debut for Middlesex in the 2018 County Championship on 17 August 2018.^[3] Prior to his first-class debut, he was named in England's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.^[4]

Career

Bamber was England's joint top wicket taker at the 2018 U19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[5] He finished the tournament as England's joint leading wicket taker.^[1] Bamber also toured South Africa with the England Young Lions.^[6]^[7]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Middlesex, against Leinster Lightning on 21 June 2019, during Middlesex's tour of Ireland.^[8] On 14 July 2019, Bamber joined Gloucestershire on a one-month loan, making his debut the next day in the County Championship against Leicestershire.^[9] He made his List A debut on 25 July 2021, for Middlesex in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.^[10]

Bamber is nicknamed 'mini-murts' in the Middlesex team, as he is regarded as a long-term successor to Middlesex's verteran bowler Tim Murtagh.^[11]

Bamber received his county cap in May 2022.^[12]

Personal life

The son of actor David Bamber, Ethan Bamber studied theology at Exeter University. Actors David Swift and Clive Swift were Bamber's grandfather and great-uncle respectively. He was a chorister with the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge^[13] before attending Mill Hill School, a private school in North London.^[14] He supports Arsenal FC and has regularly watched Saracens FC.^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ethan Bamber". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "ETHAN BAMBER SIGNS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH MIDDLESEX CRICKET". www.middlesexccc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Northampton, Aug 19-22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "Brook tasked with World Cup mood swing". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^ "England Under 19s report card - ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Berkshire stars Jack Davies and Ethan Bamber called up by England Young Lions while Academy squad is named". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Lammonby and Exeter new boy Bamber in Young Lions squad as World Cup countdown starts". Devon Cricket. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^ "Only Match (N), Middlesex tour of Ireland at Dublin, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Gloucestershire sign Bamber on loan from Middlesex". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ "Group 2, Chelmsford, Jul 25 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "Ethan Bamber". Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Ethan Bamber receives County Cap at Lord's". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ "Middlesex Cricket: Home".
^ "Ethan Bamber makes his England U19 International Debut - Mill Hill Schools". Mill Hill Schools. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ Kishore, Shashank (23 January 2018). "The many shades of Ethan Bamber". ESPNcricinfo. Queenstown: ESPN. Retrieved 7 September 2018.