Eleanor Threlkeld

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]

Threlkeld has also appeared for various England Academy and Development teams, and toured South Africa with the England Academy in 2018.[32]

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.[33] She played all six matches on the tour, taking three catches and making two stumpings.[34][35]

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