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Bethan Ellis

Bethan Ellis
Personal information
Full name
Bethan Louisa Ellis
Born (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2020Warwickshire
2016→ Shropshire (on loan)
2017–2018→ Worcestershire (on loan)
2020–2022Lightning
2021Derbyshire
2022–presentWarwickshire
2023–2024Central Sparks
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 52 56
Runs scored 784 551
Batting average 23.05 19.67
100s/50s 0/6 0/2
Top score 74 57*
Balls bowled 1,321 665
Wickets 35 46
Bowling average 26.02 14.56
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/20 4/21
Catches/stumpings 14/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 October 2024

Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire. She plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler, as a well as a right-handed top-order batter. She has previously played for Shropshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire, Lightning and Central Sparks.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Ellis was born on 7 July 1999, and grew up in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. She has a degree in Sports Science from the University of Birmingham.[3]

Domestic career

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Ellis began playing for Warwickshire at Under-13 level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2015, in a match against Surrey.[3] She scored 2* and did not bowl.[4] In 2016, she went on loan to Shropshire, and was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in their win of Division 4 S&W in the County Championship.[5] In 2017 and 2018, Ellis split her time between Warwickshire and Worcestershire. In the 2017 Women's County Championship, she achieved her List A best bowling of 4/20 against Wales.[6]

In 2019, Ellis played every match for Warwickshire, in a season that saw them win the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] She was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in Division 1, with 10 wickets at an average of 13.00.[7] She also achieved her List A high score of 74 in a County Championship match against Kent.[8] Ahead of the 2021 season, Ellis joined Derbyshire, and was the side's leading run-scorer in that season's Twenty20 Cup, with 140 runs.[9] She also achieved her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 55* against Shropshire.[10] She re-joined Warwickshire for the 2022 season, taking five wickets and scoring 78 runs in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[11] In the Group 3 final against Somerset, Ellis hit 57* to guide her side to victory.[12]

In 2020, Ellis played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She took 6 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 35.00, as well as scoring 62 in a match against Central Sparks, sharing a 148-run opening stand with Sarah Bryce.[13][14] In December 2020, it was announced that Ellis was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[15] In 2021, Ellis only played one match for Lightning, and was forced to withdraw from the Welsh Fire squad for The Hundred due to injury.[16][17][18] She played nine matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 74 runs but bowling just two deliveries.[19][20]

Ahead of the 2023 season, it was announced that Ellis had joined Central Sparks from Lightning.[21] That season, she played 13 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 9 wickets at an average of 13.33.[22][23] In 2024, she played 15 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring 215 runs and taking 10 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bethan Ellis". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Surrey Women v Warwickshire Women, 25 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 S&W - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Wales Women v Worcestershire Women, 14 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Kent Women v Warwickshire Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Derbyshire Women v Shropshire Women, 25 April 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Somerset Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Central Sparks v Lightning, 11 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Mark Wood replaced at London Spirit, Sandeep Lamichhane withdraws from Oval Invincibles on the eve of the men's Hundred". the Cricketer. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Central Sparks 2023 Squad Announcement". Central Sparks. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  22. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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