London Lions | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
League | WBBL | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Camden, London, England | 13 March 1989||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2013 | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||
2020-2021 | Leicester Riders | ||||||||||||||
2021- | London Lions | ||||||||||||||
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