Lauren Griffiths

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Fullname
Lauren Patricia Griffiths
Born (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 (age 38)
Chester, Cheshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Lauren Griffiths
Personal information
Full name
Lauren Patricia Griffiths
Born (1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 (age 38)
Chester, Cheshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 147)22 January 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 117)15 November 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI9 January 2011 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 30)12 January 2011 v Australia
Last T20I18 January 2011 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2013Cheshire
2014–2019Kent
2016Loughborough Lightning
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 1 5 5 110
Runs scored 3 11 10 893
Batting average 3.00 11.00 5.00 11.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2
Top score 3 7 8 59
Balls bowled 120
Wickets 6
Bowling average 9.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/25
Catches/stumpings 2/0 4/1 0/0 86/–
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]

Domestic career

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]

International career

References

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