Lauren Parfitt
Personal information
Full name
Lauren Amy Parfitt
Born (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994
Pontypool, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentWales
2017–2018Western Storm
2020–2022Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 83 69
Runs scored 1,652 1,233
Batting average 22.32 24.66
100s/50s 1/8 0/6
Top score 109* 74*
Balls bowled 1,052 544
Wickets 26 30
Bowling average 27.19 18.46
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/20 3/11
Catches/stumpings 37/– 17/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2023

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]

Early life

Parfitt was born on 1 April 1994 in Pontypool, Wales. Her sister, Georgia, plays for Wales alongside her.[2]

Domestic career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Lauren Parfitt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Lauren Parfitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Worcestershire Women v Wales Women, 14 July 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/LV Women's County Championship 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Devon Women v Wales Women, 26 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wales Women v Worcestershire Women, 26 May 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Wales Women v Essex Women, 4 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "List A Matches played by Lauren Parfitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Women's Twenty20 Cup/Division 2 - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 3 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played by Lauren Parfitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  20. ↑ "Three Welsh Dragons to roar for Western Storm in 2018". Western Storm. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  21. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Birmingham, May 31 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  23. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  24. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  25. ↑ "Loughborough, July 2 2022, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Lightning v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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