Chloe N Skelton (born 20 June 2001) is an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er who currently plays for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

Western Storm Western Storm are a women's cricket team representing South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They play their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol and Sophia Gardens ...

and

Welsh Fire Welsh Fire ( cy, Tân Cymreig) are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Cardiff. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Somerset in the newly founded competiti ...

. She plays as a right-arm

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bowler and right-handed batter.

Domestic career

Skelton made her county debut in 2018, for

against Oxfordshire. In her second match, Skelton made 134 * from 143 balls in a 228-run victory for her side against Buckinghamshire. In 2019, Skelton was Gloucestershire's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 103 runs at an average of 25.75. In 2021, Skelton was the fifth-highest run-scorer across the whole competition in the

Twenty20 Cup The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...

, with 201 runs at an average of 67.00, including 70 * made against

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. In the

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, she was Gloucestershire's leading wicket-taker, with 7 wickets including her

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best bowling figures of 4/24 taken against

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, as well as scoring 98 runs. In February 2021, Skelton was named in the

Academy for the upcoming season. She scored 109 for the Academy in a match against

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Academy in July 2021. In September 2021, Skelton was added to the full Western Storm squad, and made her debut for the side on 10 September, against

Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...

in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 30 from 51 balls. She went on to play two more matches for the side that season, batting once more, scoring 13 * against

. She played four matches for Western Storm in 2022, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and was the side's second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with 10 wickets at an average of 17.20. Against

South East Stars South East Stars are a women's cricket team that represent the London & South East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Beck ...

, Skelton took her maiden five-wicket haul, returning figures of 5/54 from her 10 overs. At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Skelton had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm. In 2023, she played 20 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tourn ...

, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 14 wickets at an average of 31.28. She was also signed by

for The Hundred, but did not play a match.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skelton, Chloe 2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Gloucestershire women cricketers Western Storm cricketers