Ed Middleton

{{Short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ed Middleton

| full_name = Edward William Osborne Middleton

| image = 1 41 Ed Middleton.jpg

| caption = Middleton in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Exeter, Devon, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-break

| role =

| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = {{nowrap|2023–present}}

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 17 May

| debutyear1 = 2024

| debutfor1 = Gloucestershire

| debutagainst1 = Derbyshire

| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 6

| runs1 = 116

| bat avg1 = 23.20

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 39*

| deliveries1 = 733

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 49.44

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/92

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1158590.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 28 September

| year = 2024

}}

Edward William Osborne Middleton (born 28 December 2000) is an English cricketer, who plays for Gloucestershire as a right-hand batter and right-arm leg spin bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1158590.html |title=Ed Middleton |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 June 2024}} In May 2023, he signed a short term deal for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/leg-spinning-all-rounder-ed-middleton-signs-for-gloucestershire-on-short-term-deal/ |title=Leg spinning all-rounder Ed Middleton signs for Gloucestershire on short-term deal |work=Gloucestershire CCC |access-date=27 June 2024}} Later in December 2023, the contract extended for one year.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloscricket.co.uk/news/leg-spinner-ed-middleton-signs-one-year-contract-extension-with-gloucestershire/ |title=Leg spinner Ed Middleton signs one-year contract extension with Gloucestershire |work=Gloucestershire CCC |access-date=27 June 2024}} He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire on 10 September 2023, against Derbyshire in the 2023 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/county-championship-division-two-2023-1347098/gloucestershire-vs-derbyshire-1347198/full-scorecard |title=GLOUC vs DERBS Cricket Scorecard, Bristol, September 10 - 13, 2023 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 June 2024}}