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| Full name | Lauren Amy Parfitt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1994 Pontypool, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–present | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018,2020-2022 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lauren Amy Parfitt (born 1 April 1994) is a Welsh cricketer who is currently captain of Wales. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She has previously played for Western Storm. [1] [2]
Parfitt was born on 1 April 1994 in Pontypool,Wales. Her sister,Georgia,plays for Wales alongside her. [2]
Parfitt made her debut for Wales in 2007 against Worcestershire in the County Challenge Cup. [3] In 2011,she was her side's leading run-scorer in the County Championship,with 132 runs. [4] In 2013,she hit her maiden half-century for the side,scoring 52 against Devon. [5] In 2014 she took her maiden five-wicket haul,taking 5/20 from 10 overs before hitting 31* in Wales' 9-wicket victory over Worcestershire. [6]
In 2015 she was the ninth-highest run-scorer across the County Championship,with 268 runs including her maiden List A century,109* made against Essex. [7] [8] She was also her side's leading run-scorer in the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup,with 161 runs. [9] In 2016,Parfitt was her side's leading run-scorer across both competitions. [10] [11] Parfitt became captain of Wales in 2017,and led the side to promotion to Division 1 of the Twenty20 Cup in 2018. [12] [13] In 2019,she scored 177 runs in the County Championship,including two half-centuries. [14] In 2021,Parfitt was Wales' leading run-scorer in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,with 149 runs including 70*,made against Somerset. [15] [16] She played seven matches for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 80 runs and taking 7 wickets. [17] She played five matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 115 runs including one half-century. [18]
Parfitt was also in Western Storm's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2017 and 2018,but did not play a match for the side. [19] [20]
In 2020,Parfitt returned to Western Storm for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in 5 matches,scoring 89 runs at an average of 22.25,with a high score of 33*. [21] In 2021 she was retained in the squad,and scored 91 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Central Sparks as well as taking 3 wickets at an average of 27.66 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [22] [23] She played one match for Western Storm in 2022,against Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 9 runs and taking two wickets. [24] [25]