{"id":59887,"date":"2025-08-11T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/59887\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T19:34:07","slug":"archie-bailey-durham-sign-gloucestershire-pace-bowler-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/59887\/","title":{"rendered":"Archie Bailey: Durham sign Gloucestershire pace bowler on three-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durham have signed Gloucestershire fast bowler Archie Bailey on a three-year contract from next season.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old seamer signs his first professional deal having made his debut for Gloucestershire last season.<\/p>\n

He claimed 4-30 against Middlesex<\/a> at Lord’s on his first appearance in a County Championship fixture last September.<\/p>\n

“This is a big step in my career, and I’m ready to give everything I’ve got to contribute both on and off the field,” Bailey said., external<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to grow as a player under some top tier coaches and be part of a team with such strong ambitions.”<\/p>\n

Bailey, son of Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning horse racing trainer Kim Bailey, signed his first rookie contract in 2023 and has also featured for the First Class Counties Select XI against Zimbabwe in May.<\/p>\n

“We felt it was important to strengthen our fast-bowling ranks and Archie fits the bill perfectly as someone we can nurture and improve at Durham,” director of cricket Marcus North said.<\/p>\n

“We look forward to welcoming Archie to Durham in the winter.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Durham have signed Gloucestershire fast bowler Archie Bailey on a three-year contract from next season. The 20-year-old seamer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-59887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}