![]() Threlkeld keeping-wicket for North West Thunder in May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Eleanor Threlkeld | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Knowsley, Merseyside, England | 16 November 1998|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 October 2024 |
Eleanor Threlkeld (born 16 November 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and Manchester Originals. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She previously played for Lancashire Thunder and North West Thunder. [1] [2]
Threlkeld was born on 16 November 1998 in Knowsley,Merseyside. [2] She attends Loughborough University. [3]
Threlkeld made her county debut in 2013,for Lancashire against Warwickshire. She scored 3*,as well as keeping wicket. [4] She became a regular for the side from 2014,but did not score her first half-century for the club until 2019,scoring 72 in a victory over Nottinghamshire in the County Championship. She also achieved her Twenty20 high score that season,hitting 56* against Sussex. [5] [6] Threlkeld was part of the Lancashire team that won the County Championship and Twenty20 Cup double in 2017. [7] She played four matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 101 runs including one half-century,52 against Cumbria. [8] [9] She captained Lancashire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,as well as scoring 63 runs at an average of 21.00. [10] She played two matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [11]
Threlkeld was also part of Lancashire Thunder's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2016 to 2019. She appeared in all 30 of the side's matches. [12] She hit two half-centuries in her time there,53* against Yorkshire Diamonds in 2018 (a match in which she also made four stumpings) and 52 against the same opponents in 2019. [13] [14] [12]
In 2020,Threlkeld played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches,scoring 114 runs at an average of 19.00,with a best of 52 in a victory over Lightning. [15] [16] In December 2020,it was announced that Threlkeld was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. [17] She was ever-present for the side in 2021,with a top-score of 70* in Thunder's victory over South East Stars. [18] [19] [20] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with 10 dismissals. [21] She was also ever-present for Manchester Originals in The Hundred,scoring 29 runs and making 7 dismissals. [22]
Ahead of the 2022 season,Threlkeld was appointed as captain of North West Thunder,replacing Alex Hartley. [23] She was the side's leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with 266 runs at an average of 53.20. [24] She made two half-centuries in the competition,91 against Lightning and 79 against Southern Vipers. [25] [26] She was also ever-present for Manchester Originals in The Hundred,scoring 32 runs. [27] She played 19 matches for the side in 2023,and was the side's leading-run scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,including scoring her maiden List A century,with 107* against Western Storm. [28] [29] [30] She also played six matches for Manchester Originals in The Hundred,making six dismissals. [31] In 2024,she played 22 matches for North West Thunder,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring one half-century and making 13 dismissals. [32] [33]
Threlkeld has also appeared for various England Academy and Development teams,and toured South Africa with the England Academy in 2018. [34]
In December 2021,Threlkeld was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia,with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes. [35] She played all six matches on the tour,taking three catches and making two stumpings. [36] [37]