Ella Reseigh Chandler (born 19 October 2000) is an English

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er who currently plays for Hampshire. She plays as a right-handed

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as well as bowling occasional right-arm off break. She has previously played for Southern Vipers, as well as spending one season playing for Canterbury in 2019/20.

Early life

Chandler was born on 19 October 2000 in Frimley,

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. She attended Farnham Heath End secondary school. She is currently training to become a paramedic.

Domestic career

Chandler made her county debut in 2016, for Hampshire against

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, in which she scored her maiden county half-century, hitting 58. In 2017, she was her side's second-highest run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup, including hitting two half-centuries, as well as helping her side to promotion to Division 1 of the County Championship. In 2018, Chandler was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup, with 206 runs, as well as taking 4/12 against Northamptonshire. She also played six matches and hit one half-century in the County Championship as Hampshire won Division 1. She was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 127 runs at an average of 25.40. She played seven matches for the side in the

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, scoring 102 runs at an average of 14.57. Chandler also spent one season with Canterbury in 2019/20. Her best performances came in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, in which she hit 153 runs, including scoring 57 in a match against Central Districts. In 2020, Chandler played for Southern Vipers in the

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. She appeared in one match, against

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, scoring 5 runs. In 2021, she played three matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring 27 runs in two innings. Chandler was not initially included in the Southern Vipers squad for the 2022 season; she returned to the squad in July 2022, but did not play a match for the side that season.

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