Lauren Filer
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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–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023 |
Lauren Louise Filer (born 22 December 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Manchester Originals. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Welsh Fire and London Spirit.[1][2]
She made her international debut for England in June 2023, in a Test match against Australia.[3]
Early life
[edit]Filer was born on 22 December 2000 in Bristol.[2] Her twin sister, Jodie, plays for Somerset alongside her.[4]
Domestic career
[edit]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 wickeets.[18][19] She also played six matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, taking two wickets.[20]
International career
[edit]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.[21] 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.[22] Later that summer, she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[23] She made her One Day International debut during the 1st ODI of the series, taking 3/27.[24] She took eight wickets overall in the three-match series, and was subsequently named Player of the Series.[25] In December 2023, she was awarded a development contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board.[26] She played her second Test match for England on the side's tour of India in December 2023, but did not take a wicket.[27]
In February 2024, she was selected to the England's T20I squad for the series against New Zealand.[28][29] She made her Twenty20 International debut in the 1st T20I of the series on 19 March 2024.[30][31]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Lauren Filer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Lauren Filer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Only Test, Nottingham, June 22 - 26, 2023, Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Twins selected for Somerset county cricket squad". Weston Mercury. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 7 May 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b "List A Matches played by Lauren Filer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Sarah Glenn plays starring role as Central Sparks defeat Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Storm confirm 8 contracts". Western Storm. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "England name Danielle Gibson, Lauren Filer in Ashes Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "England Women name squad for We Got Game ODI Ashes series". England and Wales Cricket Board. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "England Women name squads for Sri Lanka ODI and IT20 series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Gaur, Filer enjoy dream debuts as England stroll to seven-wicket win". ESPNcricinfo. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Lauren's "Whirlwind" Summer". Western Storm. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "England Women 2023/24 Central Contracts announced". ECB. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Records/England Women in India Test Series/England Women Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "ECB 'explored every option' to avoid WPL clash with NZ tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "England name two T20 squads for New Zealand tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "1st T20I, Dunedin, March 19, 2024, England Women tour of New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Women v England Women, 1st Twenty20, England Women in New Zealand 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lauren Filer at ESPNcricinfo
- Lauren Filer at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Bristol
- English women cricketers
- England women One Day International cricketers
- Somerset women cricketers
- Western Storm cricketers
- Welsh Fire cricketers
- England women Test cricketers
- England women Twenty20 International cricketers
- London Spirit cricketers
- Manchester Originals cricketers