Bethan Ellis | |
Female: | true |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Bethan Louisa Ellis |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1999 |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Role: | All-rounder |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 2015–2020 |
Club2: | → Shropshire (on loan) |
Year2: | 2016 |
Club3: | → Worcestershire (on loan) |
Year3: | 2017–2018 |
Club4: | Lightning |
Year4: | 2020–2022 |
Club5: | Derbyshire |
Year5: | 2021 |
Club6: | Warwickshire |
Year6: | 2022–present |
Club7: | Central Sparks |
Year7: | 2023–present |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | WLA |
Matches1: | 40 |
Runs1: | 569 |
Bat Avg1: | 20.32 |
100S/50S1: | 0/5 |
Top Score1: | 74 |
Deliveries1: | 979 |
Wickets1: | 25 |
Bowl Avg1: | 24.92 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 4/20 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 12/– |
Column2: | WT20 |
Matches2: | 53 |
Runs2: | 548 |
Bat Avg2: | 19.57 |
100S/50S2: | 0/2 |
Top Score2: | 57 |
Deliveries2: | 635 |
Wickets2: | 43 |
Bowl Avg2: | 14.90 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 4/21 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 11/– |
Date: | 4 October 2023 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1475/1475258/1475258.html CricketArchive |
Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. 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 and Lightning.[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]