Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Lightning. She plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler, as a well as a right-handed lower-order batter. She has previously played for Shropshire, Worcestershire and Derbyshire.[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Bethan Louisa Ellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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