Lauren Louise Filer (born 22 December 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]
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Full name | Lauren Louise Filer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 21) Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2022 |
Filer was born on 22 December 2000 in Bristol.[2] Her twin sister, Jodie, plays for Somerset alongside her.[3]
Filer made her debut for Somerset in 2018 against Nottinghamshire, taking one wicket.[4] She achieved her best List A bowling figures in 2019, taking 3/21 against Essex.[5] She appeared in one match for Somerset as they won the West Midlands Group of the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[6] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took five wickets in five matches for Somerset, at an average of 8.80.[7]
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.[8][5] 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.[9] She also played four matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking two wickets.[10] She also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[11] In 2022, she played eight matches for Western Storm, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12][13] 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.[12][14] She was also ever-present for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking two wickets in six matches.[15] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Filer had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm.[16]
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