Full Name

Edward George Barnard

Born

November 20, 1995, Shrewsbury

Age

29y 237d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowling Allrounder

RELATIONS

(father),

(brother)

Ed Barnard, a combative seam-bowling allrounder who thrives on pressure, is one of a talented group of players developed through the Worcestershire Academy and promising better times for the club. Unlike Joe Clarke, who chose to join Nottinghamshire after the 2018 season to pursue his England ambitions, Barnard stayed put, believing that a relatively young side that had just won the T20 Blast for the first time had yet to reach its full potential.

Initially impressing in the professional game more as a bowler - he graduated to the first team in the summer of 2015 and soon made himself a first-choice selection in white-ball cricket - Barnard had previously won two man-of-the-match awards at England U-19 level for his batting: he made a century in an U-19 Test against South Africa in January 2013 - helping his side to victory despite slumping to 89 for 5 in their first innings - and 93 against the UAE in the U-19 World Cup in February 2014.

He had a solid first full season in 2016, his director of cricket Steve Rhodes arguing that he performed better in first-class cricket than his figures suggested (430 runs at 26.88 batting low in the order, and 31 wickets at 43.58).

2017 was even better. He claimed 47 Championship wickets - and averaged 36.25 with the bat - to play a big part in Worcestershire's promotion. In white ball cricket, he played an ever greater part with the bat topping the team's batting averages in the Royal London Cup (albeit boosted by several 'not outs') and bowled only 43 balls in T20 cricket. That bowling return did not waver in Division One, as Worcestershire were relegated. Although his pace was not quite high enough to excite England, the respect for his talents was evident.

A former pupil of Shrewsbury School - he became the eighth pupil from the school to sign for a first-class county in six years when he agreed a summer contract in 2014 - Barnard previously represented Shropshire in Minor Counties cricket and Shrewsbury in the Birmingham League - and first attracted attention as part of England Under-19s World Cup squad that year.
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Ed Barnard Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC12922318865102343356/3711/8930.543.2556.31471
List A787632432993954/214/2131.505.5334.1200
T20s13010917202590663/293/2939.249.0326.0000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC129190315752177*36.171043555.1293070424750
List A7865191970173*42.82204096.564819527330
T20s130942512176717.63884137.660311735650

Ed Barnard T20 Stats

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Vitality Blast2 teams1301091720259066 3/29 3/2939.249.0326.0000

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Vitality Blast2 teams130942512176717.63884137.660311735650

Recent Matches of Ed Barnard

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Bears vs Northants6--13-Jul-2025BirminghamT20
Bears vs Worcs23--11-Jul-2025WorcesterT20
Bears vs Lancashire54--09-Jul-2025BirminghamT20
Bears vs Durham49--06-Jul-2025Chester-le-StreetT20
Bears vs Leics5*1/1404-Jul-2025LeicesterT20

Photos of Ed Barnard

Ed Barnard hit 67 off 40 balls
Ed Barnard drives as Ben Foakes looks on
Ed Barnard and Olly Hannon-Dalby blocked their way to the draw
Ed Barnard is applauded on reaching his hundred
Ed Barnard continued his prolific form to resurrect Warwickshire
Ed Barnard was expensive with the ball