Lauren Griffiths

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.

Lauren Griffiths

Personal information
Full name	Lauren Patricia Griffiths
Born	(1987-02-14) 14 February 1987 (age 38) Chester, Cheshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	England (2010–2011)
Only Test (cap 147)	22 January 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 117)	15 November 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	9 January 2011 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 30)	12 January 2011 v Australia
Last T20I	18 January 2011 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–2013	Cheshire
2014–2019	Kent
2016	Loughborough 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

Early life

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

At the age of 21, Griffiths received her first England call-up for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.^[13] England won the tournament but she did not feature in any matches.^[14][15]

Griffiths made her England debut in a One Day International against Sri Lanka at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on 15 November 2010, scoring seven runs and taking one catch as England won by 5 runs.^[16] She played in four further One Day Internationals, all in late 2010 and early 2011.^[17]

Griffiths made her Twenty20 International debut against Australia at Adelaide Oval on 12 January 2011.^[18] She played in all five Twenty20 Internationals of the series but did not appear in any future matches in the format.^[19]

Griffiths' sole Test match was the Ashes Test against Australia at Bankstown Oval, Sydney on 22 January 2011. Australia won by 7 wickets to regain the Ashes.^[20] This was her last match for England.