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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]