Should 'cracking kid' Bamber be awarded England call-up?

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Should England add Ethan Bamber to their battery of seam bowlers in Test cricket?

The Warwickshire star, 27, was the leading County Championship wicket-taker in the country in 2026, with his 69 scalps at an average of 19.39 helping the Bears to the Division One title.

Bamber is an Ollie Robinson figure as opposed to a Jofra Archer one, relying on skill and nagging accuracy rather than pace and hostility.

But with it now in vogue for wicketkeepers to stand up close to the stumps to seamers wobbling the ball, perhaps Bamber has a chance of a maiden international call-up?

Sky Sports' Michael Atherton said on the England prospects of the former Middlesex man, who has 308 scalps in 89 first-class matches at an average below 27: "A few years ago, you'd have said no - a bowler of 78, 80 miles an hour, wobbling it about.

Source: Sky Sports