Bethan Ellis
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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–present | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "DCF Women & Girls Pathway". Twitter. Retrieved 23 April 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.
External links[]
- Bethan Ellis at ESPNcricinfo
- Bethan Ellis at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Warwickshire women cricketers
- Shropshire women cricketers
- Worcestershire women cricketers
- Derbyshire women cricketers
- Lightning (women's cricket) cricketers