| Ellie Threlkeld | |
| Female: | true |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Eleanor Threlkeld |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Knowsley, Merseyside, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Lancashire |
| Year1: | 2013–present |
| Club2: | Lancashire Thunder |
| Year2: | 2016–2019 |
| Club3: | North West Thunder |
| Club4: | Manchester Originals |
| Year4: | 2021–present |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 85 |
| Runs1: | 1,534 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.91 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/7 |
| Top Score1: | 107 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 47/34 |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 140 |
| Runs2: | 1,259 |
| Bat Avg2: | 14.98 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/4 |
| Top Score2: | 56 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 41/77 |
| Date: | 17 October 2024 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1018/1018539/1018539.html CricketArchive |
Eleanor Threlkeld (born 16 November 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and Manchester Originals. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She previously played for Lancashire Thunder and North West Thunder.[1] [2]
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] In 2024, she played 22 matches for North West Thunder, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and making 13 dismissals.[32] [33]
Threlkeld has also appeared for various England Academy and Development teams, and toured South Africa with the England Academy in 2018.[34]
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.[35] She played all six matches on the tour, taking three catches and making two stumpings.[36] [37]