Ethan Bamber

Ethan Bamber
Bamber in 2025
Personal information
Full name
Ethan Read Bamber
Born (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998
Westminster, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsDavid Bamber (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–2024Middlesex (squad no. 54)
2019→ Gloucestershire (on loan)
2025–Warwickshire (squad no. 54)
First-class debut19 August 2018 Middlesex v Northamptonshire
List A debut25 July 2021 Middlesex v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 83 34 7
Runs scored 1,081 232 5
Batting average 13.85 12.21 –
100s/50s 1/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 107 50 3*
Balls bowled 15,955 1,720 95
Wickets 276 45 4
Bowling average 28.23 30.75 41.75
5 wickets in innings 5 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/20 4/29 3/29
Catches/stumpings 19/– 8/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 August 2026

Ethan Read Bamber (born 17 December 1998) is an English cricketer.[1] He plays domestically for Warwickshire. 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 was regarded as a long-term successor to Middlesex's veteran bowler Tim Murtagh.[11]

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

In July 2024, he joined Warwickshire on a three-year contract to start in the 2025 season.[13]

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[14] before attending Mill Hill School, a private school in North London.[15] He supports Arsenal FC and has regularly watched Saracens FC.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ethan Bamber". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "ETHAN BAMBER SIGNS PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH MIDDLESEX CRICKET". www.middlesexccc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Specsavers County Championship Division Two at Northampton, Aug 19-22 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Brook tasked with World Cup mood swing". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "England Under 19s report card - ICC U19 Cricket World Cup". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Berkshire stars Jack Davies and Ethan Bamber called up by England Young Lions while Academy squad is named". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lammonby and Exeter new boy Bamber in Young Lions squad as World Cup countdown starts". Devon Cricket. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Only Match (N), Middlesex tour of Ireland at Dublin, Jun 21 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "Gloucestershire sign Bamber on loan from Middlesex". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Group 2, Chelmsford, Jul 25 2021, Royal London One-Day Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ethan Bamber". Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ethan Bamber receives County Cap at Lord's". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Warwickshire sign Middlesex paceman Bamber". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "Middlesex Cricket: Home".
  15. ↑ "Ethan Bamber makes his England U19 International Debut - Mill Hill Schools". Mill Hill Schools. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  16. ↑ Kishore, Shashank (23 January 2018). "The many shades of Ethan Bamber". ESPNcricinfo. Queenstown: ESPN. Retrieved 7 September 2018.