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| Full name | Ella May McCaughan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 2002 Southampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,18 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ella May McCaughan (born 26 September 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex and Welsh Fire. She plays as a right-handed batter. [1] [2]
McCaughan was born on 26 September 2002 in Southampton. She attended Seaford Head School. [2]
McCaughan made her county debut in 2018,for Sussex against Surrey. [3] She played four matches in the County Championship as her side won Division 2 and were promoted. [4] [5] In 2019,she was Sussex's joint-second leading run-scorer,with 135 runs,in the County Championship,helping her side to third place. [6] [7] She scored 96 runs for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,including her Twenty20 high score of 40*. [8] [9] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,McCaughan was Sussex's leading run-scorer,scoring 189 runs,including her maiden Twenty20 half-century,scoring 52* against Kent. [10] [11] She also took four wickets for the side,including 3/6 against Hampshire. [12] [13] She played four matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [14]
In 2020,McCaughan played for Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all seven matches as her side won the tournament,scoring 172 runs at an average of 28.66. [15] She hit her first two half-centuries,scoring 50 against South East Stars and 63 against Western Storm,as well as scoring 35 in the final against Northern Diamonds. [16] [17] [18] McCaughan played ten matches for the side in 2021,with a top score of 41,as the side defended the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [19] [20] She was also in the Southern Brave squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [21] She played 13 matches for Southern Vipers in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 227 runs. [22] [23] She made her List A high score against Lightning,making 72. [24] She was also again in the Southern Brave squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [25] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that McCaughan had signed her first professional contract with Southern Vipers. [26]
In 2023,she played 20 matches for Southern Vipers,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,including scoring two half-centuries in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [27] [28] She also played two matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred. [29] In 2024,she played 16 matches for Southern Vipers,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring one half-century. [30] [31]