Nathan Ellis

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nathan Ellis

• Nathan Ellis liked playing sports since childhood. His first sport was Tee-ball, which he didn’t like so he started playing cricket with his friends.

• He wasn’t very interested in his studies but liked participating in activities such as sports and dancing functions.

  

• He took private cricket coaching at Cricket NSW from September 2011 to February 2016.

  

• In May 2013, he ran a marathon ‘Relay For Life’ for charity.

  

• From September 2013 to September 2016, he worked as a part-time landscaper at the DC Mowing in Sutherland Shire.

• In 2017, he injured his ankle after which an operation was done to treat the injury.

  

• He met a lawyer named Connie Edwards who was working as a bar staff at Banstead Cricket Club in 2017. They later started dating and got married.

  

• He played for many local teams but had to move to Tasmania in 2017 to play domestic cricket where he worked many odd jobs to sustain himself.

• He worked as a marketing and sales assistant at The Real Learning Company from September 2017 to July 2019.

• He also worked as a labourer in a construction company but left it because it made him tired.

• He later worked as a furniture mover but left it also. During this time, he didn’t meet his family for 5 years.

• In 2019, he decided to quit cricket, but the coach Adam Griffith told him to do pre-season with the full squad.

• Since it didn’t guarantee a contract, he was confused but said yes as he didn’t want to regret the decision to quit.

• In March 2019, he got a job as a teaching aide at St. Virgil’s College in Tasmania, till May 2020 which provided him with enough money to live.

• In 2019, he got a contract from Cricket Tasmania and started playing domestic cricket regularly.

• In 2021, he was first chosen as the travelling reserve player for the Australian cricket team in the 2021 T20 World Cup, but later got a place in the squad that won the tournament. He took 4 wickets at an average of 18.50 and an economy rate of 6.73.

  

• On his T20I debut against Bangladesh, he took a hat-trick but the match was not broadcast in Australia due to YouTube geo-block.

  

• In the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, he was acquired by Punjab Kings (PBKS) for Rs 75 lakhs.

  

• On 3 December 2023, during a T20I match against India, he hit a shot that hit the on-field umpire Virender Sharma, which otherwise would have gone to the boundary. Australia lost the match by 6 runs.

• He is considered a very good death bowler. In the 2023 calendar year, he had the most wickets in T20Is (66).

• In the 2025 IPL auction, Chennai Super Kings acquired him for Rs 2 crore against his base price of Rs 1.25 crore.

• He likes to drink alcoholic beverages such as beer during parties or celebrations.

• He likes sneakers more than watches.

• When asked which actor should play him in a biopic, he chose Ryan Gosling.

• His preferred superpower, if he could have, is to fly.

• He is an animal lover and has a pet dog.

  

• He would like to go out with Ricky Gervais one day

• If he could change one rule in cricket, he would shorten the overs from 6 deliveries to 4.

• He likes playing video games and watching Netflix during his free time.

• He is a blood donor for Red Cross Blood Services.