New kid on block

BETHELL COCKING A DEAF 'UN TO OUTSIDE NOISE

-  DAVID CHARLESWORTH

JACOB BETHELL is ignoring the hype that has followed his swift rise with England.

Blond-haired, blue-eyed Bethell has become the poster boy of England's limited-overs reset and has delivered some dazzling moments in his dozen matches.

Tipped to be a "superstar" by Test captain Ben Stokes and interim whiteball head coach Marcus Trescothick, Bethell thumped 20 in an over off Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa and has made a couple of fifties in the Caribbean.

But the 21-year-old insisted all the external hype surrounding his potential falls on deaf ears.