Barnes is the latest recruit for Foxes as they bid to strengthen their squad
SEAMER SIGNS THREE-YEAR DEAL AT GRACE ROAD
PACE bowler Ed Barnes has become Leicestershire County Cricket Club’s latest signing.
Barnes, 22, joins the Running Foxes from Yorkshire CCC on a three-year deal.
The talented right-arm seamer spent a large part of the condensed 2020 season on loan at Derbyshire CCC where he made his first-class and T20 debuts.
Barnes made his first-class debut at the ground he now calls home, Grace Road, where he claimed his maiden first-class wicket in the Bob Willis Trophy fixture.
In six professional appearances, two in the Bob Willis Trophy and four in the Vitality Blast, he has claimed six wickets. As well as performing well against the Running Foxes with the red ball, Barnes delivered an impressive spell of T20 death bowling against Lancashire Lightning, where he picked up the wickets of Dane Vilas and Josh Bohannon.
Barnes is the third promising youngster to join the ranks at Grace Road in the last few weeks following
Rishi Patel and Scott Steel. Head coach Paul Nixon and captain Colin Ackermann want to assemble a young, talented, hungry squad to take the club into the future.
Barnes said: “It is really pleasing to sign for Leicestershire. We had been in talks for a few weeks from when I first got approached by Nico [Paul Nixon] and Sean [Jarvis].
“I’m just really happy to get it done and I am really looking forward to the summer and to get cracking.”
Nixon said: “Ed is a talented, young bowler as we saw from the fixture against Derbyshire here at Grace Road last season.
“He is a welcome addition to our squad and we’re all excited to see the competition that he brings to the bowling unit.”