Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and Central Sparks. She plays primarily as a right-arm

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bowler, as a well as a right-handed lower-order batter. She has previously played for

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and

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Early life

Ellis was born on 7 July 1999, and grew up in Leamington Spa,

. She has a degree in Sports Science from the

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Domestic career

Ellis began playing for

at Under-13 level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2015, in a match against Surrey. She scored 2 * and did not bowl. In 2016, she went on loan to

, and was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in their win of Division 4 S&W in the

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. In 2017 and 2018, Ellis split her time between Warwickshire and

. In the

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, she achieved her List A best bowling of 4/20 against

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. In 2019, Ellis played every match for Warwickshire, in a season that saw them win the

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. She was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in Division 1, with 10 wickets at an average of 13.00. She also achieved her List A high score of 74 in a

match against

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. Ahead of the 2021 season, Ellis joined

, and was the side's leading run-scorer in that season's

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, with 140 runs. She also achieved her maiden

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half-century, scoring 55 * against

. She re-joined

for the 2022 season, taking five wickets and scoring 78 runs in the

. In the Group 3 final against

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, Ellis hit 57 * to guide her side to victory. In 2020, Ellis played for

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. In December 2020, it was announced that Ellis was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. In 2021, Ellis only played one match for Lightning, and was forced to withdraw from the

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squad for The Hundred due to injury. She played nine matches for Lightning in 2022, across the

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and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 74 runs but bowling just two deliveries. Ahead of the 2023 season, it was announced that Ellis had joined Central Sparks from Lightning. That season, she played 13 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

, and was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 9 wickets at an average of 13.33.

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