James Edward Kenneth Rew (born 11 January 2004) is an English

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er. In July 2021, Rew was named in the County Select XI squad to play a three-day match against

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, during their tour of England. Rew made his first-class debut in the match on 20 July 2021. He made his

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debut on 1 August 2021, for Somerset in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup. In December 2021, he was named in England's team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. He made his

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debut on 27 May 2022, for Somerset against the Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI during their tour of England. In July 2022, in the

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match against

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, Rew scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. Rew was included in the England Lions squad to tour Australia in January 2025. In May 2025, Rew became the youngest Englishman to score 10 first-class hundreds since

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in 1939. Later that month, he was called up to the England test squad as an injury replacement for Jordan Cox.

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* 2004 births Living people English cricketers Somerset cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Lambeth People from Lambeth People educated at King's College, Taunton 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-2000s-stub