Ella Claridge
Personal information
Full name
Ella Caterina Claridge
Born (2002-09-28) 28 September 2002
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentBuckinghamshire
2021–2022Trent Rockets
2021–presentThe Blaze
2023–presentLeicestershire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 19 40
Runs scored 425 810
Batting average 25.00 22.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/6
Top score 57 96
Catches/stumpings 12/4 7/11
Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2023

Ella Caterina Claridge (born 28 September 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire and The Blaze. She plays as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Trent Rockets.[1][2]

Domestic career

Claridge made her county debut in 2017, for Buckinghamshire against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, in which she top-scored with 57 from 52 balls in a 79-run victory.[3] The following season, 2018, she was Buckinghamshire's leading run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup, with 196 runs including two half-centuries, both against Dorset.[4][5][6] Claridge was again Buckinghamshire's leading run-scorer in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 100 runs, including 51 made against Lincolnshire.[7][8] Claridge's 166 runs in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup again made her Buckinghamshire's leading run-scorer for the competition, including two half-centuries, made against Norfolk and Huntingdonshire.[9][10][11] She was again Buckinghamshire's leading run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 199 runs at an average of 24.87.[12] Against Huntingdonshire, Claridge made her Twenty20 high score, scoring 96 from 61 deliveries.[13] Ahead of the 2023 season, she joined Leicestershire, for the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, playing one match, whilst remaining with Buckinghamshire for the South Central Counties Cup.[14][15]

In 2021, Claridge was included in Lightning's Academy squad for the season.[16] She was also included in the Trent Rockets squad for the 2021 season, but did not play a match.[17] Claridge made her debut for the senior Lightning team on 28 August 2021, in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Central Sparks.[18] She appeared three times for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy later that season, scoring 46 runs including 39* made against Western Storm.[19][20] She played six matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 118 runs with a top score of 41.[21][22] She was also once again part of the Trent Rockets squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[23] She played four matches for The Blaze (the new name for Lightning) in 2023, scoring 58 runs at an average of 19.33.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Ella Claridge". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Ella Claridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Women v Buckinghamshire Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Buckinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Buckinghamshire Women v Dorset Women, 17 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Buckinghamshire Women v Dorset Women, 24 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Buckinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Buckinghamshire Women v Lincolnshire Women, 9 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Buckinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Buckinghamshire Women v Norfolk Women, 3 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Buckinghamshire Women v Huntingdonshire Women, 9 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Buckinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Huntingdonshire Women v Buckinghamshire Women, 2 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Leicestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "South Central Regional Cup: Dorset Cricket v Bucks Cricket, 26 July 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Lightning Cricket". Loughborough University. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Bristol, Sep 12 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  23. ↑ "NCCC News : Marlow, Claridge & Mike Join Rockets Party". Trent Bridge. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  24. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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