Lauren Amy Parfitt (born 1 April 1994) is a Welsh

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er who is currently

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of Wales, as well as playing for

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. She plays as a right-handed

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and occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

Early life

Parfitt was born on 1 April 1994 in

Pontypool Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970. Location It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ri ...

, Wales. Her sister, Georgia, plays for Wales alongside her.

Domestic career

Parfitt made her debut for Wales in 2007 against Worcestershire in the County Challenge Cup. In 2011, she was her side's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 132 runs. In 2013, she hit her maiden half-century for the side, scoring 52 against Devon. 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. In 2015 she was the ninth-highest run-scorer across the County Championship, with 268 runs including her maiden

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century, 109 * made against Essex. She was also her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 161 runs. In 2016, Parfitt was her side's leading run-scorer across both competitions. Parfitt became

of Wales in 2017, and led the side to promotion to Division 1 of the Twenty20 Cup in 2018. In 2019, she scored 177 runs in the County Championship, including two half-centuries. In 2021, Parfitt was Wales' leading run-scorer in the

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, with 149 runs including 70 *, made against Somerset. She played seven matches for the side in the

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, scoring 80 runs and taking 7 wickets. Parfitt was also in

's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2017 and 2018, but did not play a match for the side. In 2020, Parfitt returned to Western Storm for the

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. She appeared in 5 matches, scoring 89 runs at an average of 22.25, with a high score of 33 *. In 2021 she was retained in the squad, and scored 91 in a

match against

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as well as taking 3 wickets at an average of 27.66 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. She played one match for Western Storm in 2022, against Lightning in the

, scoring 9 runs and taking two wickets.

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