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Chloe Skelton

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Chloe Skelton
Skelton bowling for Western Storm in May 2023
Personal information
Full name
Chloe Nadine Skelton
Born (2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 23)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–2024Gloucestershire
2021–2024Western Storm
2023Welsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 47 46
Runs scored 567 511
Batting average 28.35 17.62
100s/50s 1/1 0/1
Top score 134* 70*
Balls bowled 1,544 573
Wickets 45 29
Bowling average 27.22 20.44
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/29 4/24
Catches/stumpings 10/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Chloe Nadine Skelton (born 20 June 2001) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Gloucestershire, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter.[1][2]

Domestic career

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Skelton made her county debut in 2018, for Gloucestershire against Oxfordshire.[3] In her second match, Skelton made 134* from 143 balls in a 228-run victory for her side against Buckinghamshire.[4] In 2019, Skelton was Gloucestershire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 103 runs at an average of 25.75.[5] In 2021, Skelton was the fifth-highest run-scorer across the whole competition in the Twenty20 Cup, with 201 runs at an average of 67.00, including 70* made against Cornwall.[6][7] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was Gloucestershire's leading wicket-taker, with 7 wickets including her Twenty20 best bowling figures of 4/24 taken against Warwickshire, as well as scoring 98 runs.[8][9][10]

In February 2021, Skelton was named in the Western Storm Academy for the upcoming season.[11] She scored 109 for the academy in a match against Lightning Academy in July 2021.[12] 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 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 30 from 51 balls.[13] She went on to play two more matches for the side that season, batting once more, scoring 13* against Lightning.[14] 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.[15] Against South East Stars, Skelton took her maiden five-wicket haul, returning figures of 5/54 from her 10 overs.[16] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Skelton had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm.[17]

In 2023, she played 20 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 14 wickets at an average of 31.28.[18][19] She was also signed by Welsh Fire for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[20] In 2024, she played 23 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 21 wickets with best bowling figures of 5/29.[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Chloe Skelton". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Chloe Skelton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Gloucestershire Women v Oxfordshire Women, 6 May 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Buckinghamshire Women v Gloucestershire Women, 7 May 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Gloucestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Gloucestershire Women v Cornwall Women, 25 April 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's County T20 2021 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Gloucestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Gloucestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Gloucestershire Women v Warwickshire Women, 2 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Western Storm announce selections for Regional Academy Programme". Western Storm. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Western Storm Academy v Lightning Academy, 23 July 2021". NV Play. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Chester-le-Street, Sep 10 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Bristol, Sep 12 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  16. ^ "All-round Alice Davidson-Richards leads Stars to victory". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Storm confirm 8 contracts". Western Storm. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  20. ^ "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
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