26 Sep 2014 | Cricket
Glamorgan Cricket has confirmed that James Kettleborough, the highly promising 21 year-old opening batsman, has been offered a two-year contract with the Welsh county.
The right-hander made his first-class debut this season for Northamptonshire against the Sri Lankan tourists in June and he has subsequently appeared in eight matches in Division One of the LV=County Championship, scoring three half-centuries, including a career-best 73 against Middlesex at Lord's on his debut in the four-day competition.
James first played for Bedfordshire in 2009 in the Minor County Championship whilst he was still at Bedford School, where he went on to break Alastair Cook's batting record at the public school.
In confirming the offer to Kettleborough, Hugh Morris, Glamorgan's Chief Executive and Director of Cricket said At a time when we are re-building our squad, especially in four-day cricket, James' talent has impressed us. He has scored three half-centuries in the first division of the Championship to confirm that he is a young player of real potential, as testified by his outstanding record at Bedford School.
We believe that James, together with our highly promising crop of home-grown youngsters, can play a major part in the Club's development in the course of the next few years.