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Full name | Lauren Patricia Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chester, Cheshire, England | 14 February 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test(cap 147) | 22 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 117) | 15 November 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 9 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 30) | 12 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 18 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002–2013 | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2019 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,16 January 2021 |
Lauren Patricia Griffiths (born 14 February 1987) is an English former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She represented England in all three formats of the game,playing 1 Test match,5 One Day Internationals and 5 Twenty20 Internationals. She played domestic cricket for Kent and Cheshire.
Griffiths was born on 14 February 1987 in Chester,Cheshire. [1]
In county cricket,Griffiths played for Cheshire from 2002 to 2013,captaining them from 2007 to 2011. [2] [3] On 23 June 2013 she made her county high score of 59 and took her best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 25 runs in a County Championship match against Devon. [4]
Griffiths moved to Kent ahead of the 2014 season. [2] She helped the county win the County Championship in 2014,2016 and 2019 as well as the Twenty20 Cup in 2016. [5] [6] [7] [8] She formally collected the 2019 County Championship trophy on behalf of the Kent team in a ceremony at the House of Lords on 3 March 2020. [9]
She also played for Sapphires in the now-defunct Super Fours competition. [10]
Griffiths was named in the Loughborough Lightning squad for the 2016 Women's Cricket Super League but she did not play a match. [11] [12]
At the age of 21,Griffiths received her first England call-up for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. [13] England won the tournament but she did not feature in any matches. [14] [15]
Griffiths made her England debut in a One Day International against Sri Lanka at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground,Colombo on 15 November 2010,scoring seven runs and taking one catch as England won by 5 runs. [16] She played in four further One Day Internationals,all in late 2010 and early 2011. [17]
Griffiths made her Twenty20 International debut against Australia at Adelaide Oval on 12 January 2011. [18] She played in all five Twenty20 Internationals of the series but did not appear in any future matches in the format. [19]
Griffiths' sole Test match was the Ashes Test against Australia at Bankstown Oval,Sydney on 22 January 2011. Australia won by 7 wickets to regain the Ashes. [20] This was her last match for England.
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