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Full name | Lauren Louise Filer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bristol, England | 22 December 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 167) | 22 June 2023 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 14 December 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 143) | 9 September 2023 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 September 2023 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 61) | 19 March 2024 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 11 July 2024 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2024 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 |
Lauren Louise Filer (born 22 December 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Durham and Manchester Originals. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Somerset,Western Storm,Welsh Fire and London Spirit. [1] [2]
She made her international debut for England in June 2023,in a Test match against Australia. [3]
Filer was born on 22 December 2000 in Bristol. [2] Her twin sister,Jodie,has played for Somerset alongside her. [4]
Filer made her debut for Somerset in 2018 against Nottinghamshire,taking one wicket. [5] She achieved her best List A bowling figures in 2019,taking 3/21 against Essex. [6] She appeared in one match for Somerset as they won the West Midlands Group of the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [7] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,she took five wickets in five matches for Somerset,at an average of 8.80. [8]
In 2020,Filer played for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in 3 matches,taking 3 wickets at an average of 23.33,including taking 2/24 against Sunrisers. [9] [6] The following season,she appeared in all seven matches for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking five wickets at an average of 42.40. [10] She also played four matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking two wickets. [11] She also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred,but did not play a match. [12] In 2022,she played eight matches for Western Storm,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [13] [14] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,she was the side's leading wicket-taker,with 11 wickets at an average of 22.63,and hit her maiden half-century,scoring 58* against Central Sparks. [13] [15] She was also ever-present for Welsh Fire in The Hundred,taking two wickets in six matches. [16] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Filer had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm. [17]
In 2023,she played 11 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 13 wickets. [18] [19] She also played six matches for London Spirit in The Hundred,taking two wickets. [20] In 2024,she played eight matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking nine wickets. [21] [22]
In June 2023,Filer was named in an England squad for the first time,being called up for the side's Test match against Australia. [23] She made her Test debut in that match,on 22 June 2023. [3] She took four wickets on debut,two in each innings. [3] She was later named in the ODI squad in the same series,but did not play a match. [24] Later that summer,she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka. [25] She made her One Day International debut during the 1st ODI of the series,taking 3/27. [26] She took eight wickets overall in the three-match series,and was subsequently named Player of the Series. [27] In December 2023,she was awarded a development contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board. [28] She played her second Test match for England on the side's tour of India in December 2023,but did not take a wicket. [29]
In February 2024,she was selected to the England's T20I squad for the series against New Zealand. [30] [31] She made her Twenty20 International debut in the 1st T20I of the series on 19 March 2024. [32] [33]
Filer was named in England's squad for their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024 [34] [35] and the following month was included in the party for the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia. [36] [37]