Jacob Bethell keen to ignore media hype surrounding his rise with England

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tipped to be a “superstar” by Test captain Ben Stokes and interim white-ball head coach Marcus Trescothick, Bethell thumped 20 in an over off vaunted Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa and has made a couple of fifties in the Caribbean which have contributed to England wins. “When people say good things about you, it’s always nice but I know that as much as there’s good, there’s bad.” Bethell hopes England can wrap up a T20 series victory over the West Indies “sooner rather than later”, with the tourists looking to move into an unassailable 3-0 lead in St Lucia on Thursday. “I’ve always wanted to play Test cricket, so to to get the call-up for the squad was unbelievable,” he said. I've always wanted to play Test cricket, so to to get the call-up for the squad was unbelievable Jacob Bethell “Just being around the guys and learning off them will be really good and if there is an opportunity to play at some point, I’ll be looking to take it with both hands.” While Bethell was born in Barbados and raised there before leaving for a cricket scholarship in the UK aged 12, his family still live on the island and turned out in force for Saturday’s first T20 at the Kensington Oval.