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Full name | Bethan Louisa Ellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 7 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | → Shropshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Worcestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2023 |
Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. 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 and Lightning.[1][2][3]
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Bethan Ellis". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Surrey Women v Warwickshire Women, 25 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 S&W - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Worcestershire Women, 14 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Warwickshire Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Derbyshire Women v Shropshire Women, 25 April 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Warwickshire Women v Somerset Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Central Sparks v Lightning, 11 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Central Sparks 2023 Squad Announcement". Central Sparks. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Bethan Ellis at ESPNcricinfo
- Bethan Ellis at CricketArchive (subscription required)