Bethan Ellis

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 lower-order batter. She has previously played for Shropshire, Worcestershire, Derbyshire and Lightning.[1][2][3]

Bethan Ellis
Personal information
Full name
Bethan Louisa Ellis
Born (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2020Warwickshire
2016→ Shropshire (on loan)
2017–2018→ Worcestershire (on loan)
2020–2022Lightning
2021Derbyshire
2022–presentWarwickshire
2023–presentCentral Sparks
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 40 53
Runs scored 569 548
Batting average 20.32 19.57
100s/50s 0/5 0/2
Top score 74 57*
Balls bowled 979 635
Wickets 25 43
Bowling average 24.92 14.90
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/20 4/21
Catches/stumpings 12/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2023

Early life

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]

Domestic career

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]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Bethan Ellis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "Bethan Ellis". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. "Surrey Women v Warwickshire Women, 25 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 S&W - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. "Wales Women v Worcestershire Women, 14 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  8. "Kent Women v Warwickshire Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  9. "Batting and Fielding for Derbyshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  10. "Derbyshire Women v Shropshire Women, 25 April 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  11. "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. "Warwickshire Women v Somerset Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. "Central Sparks v Lightning, 11 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy/Lightning Bowling". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  16. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  17. "Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  18. "Mark Wood replaced at London Spirit, Sandeep Lamichhane withdraws from Oval Invincibles on the eve of the men's Hundred". the Cricketer. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  19. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  20. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  21. "Central Sparks 2023 Squad Announcement". Central Sparks. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  22. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  23. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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