Bethan Ellis

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Bethan Ellis
Personal information
Full nameBethan Louisa Ellis
Born (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 22)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2020Warwickshire
2016→ Shropshire (on loan)
2017–2018→ Worcestershire (on loan)
2020–presentLightning
2021–presentDerbyshire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 28 26
Runs scored 419 168
Batting average 23.27 14.00
100s/50s 0/4 0/0
Top score 74 38*
Balls bowled 811 397
Wickets 22 24
Bowling average 21.68 15.16
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 4/20 4/21
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2021

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

Early life[]

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[]

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]

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.[9][10] In December 2020, it was announced that Ellis was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[11]

In April 2021, Ellis was announced in the Derbyshire squad for the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[12] Later that year, Ellis signed for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, but withdrew from the tournament just before it began due to injury.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ "Central Sparks v Lightning, 11 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  12. ^ "DCF Women & Girls Pathway". Twitter. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  14. ^ "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.

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