I’m England star who was born in Barbados – my mates will have my name on their shirts, with West Indies hats on!

JACOB BETHELL knows his mates privation him to bash well . . . but possibly not excessively well.

All-rounder Bethell has been named arsenic England’s caller spare Test batsman — adjacent though helium has ne'er scored a century.

But first, the 21-year-old Warwickshire rookie plays white-ball cricket successful the Caribbean wherever helium volition face divided loyalties.

Bethell was calved successful Barbados earlier moving to the UK successful his aboriginal teens.

So determination volition beryllium plentifulness of emotion during England’s eight-match trip, which begins with a 50-over crippled successful Antigua tomorrow.

He said: “Having a mates of games wherever I grew up successful Barbados is beauteous special. I’ve been capable to travel implicit successful advance, unbend and drawback up with people.

“Everyone says they person tickets truthful determination should beryllium a bully turnout cheering maine on.

“My mates are saying they’ll effort to get Bethell shirts but harvester it with a West Indies hat.

“They volition be sitting heavy connected the fence!

“It’ll beryllium a large trip. We’ve got immoderate momentum though we mislaid the past crippled against Australia. Each crippled we played we felt we were getting amended arsenic a team.”

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Bethell’s inclusion for the three-Test circuit of New Zealand, opening successful precocious November, is the latest left-field enactment arsenic England prime connected imaginable alternatively than coagulated stats.

The left-hander gets his accidental due to the fact that wicketkeeper Jamie Smith misses the circuit arsenic his spouse is owed to springiness commencement to their archetypal kid successful December.

England person already said Essex’s Jordan Cox volition regenerate Smith down the stumps, further closing the doorway connected the planetary careers of Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes.

That leaves Bethell arsenic adjacent successful enactment if a batsman is injured oregon ill.

He impressed with immoderate dashing white-ball innings against the Aussies past period — smashing 44 disconnected 24 balls successful the 2nd T20 — and tin besides vessel left-arm spin.

In 20 first-class matches, Bethell’s batting mean is simply a humble 25.44. He has made 5 fifties and nary hundreds.

England person retained religion successful the squad which mislaid 2-1  in Pakistan aft starring the bid 1-0 — that means vice-captain Ollie Pope volition proceed to bat astatine No 3 contempt managing conscionable 55 runs successful his 5 innings connected the tour.

Bethell, Cox and leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed are successful the Caribbean but volition alert to New Zealand successful clip for the First Test, starting connected November 27, successful Christchurch.