Lauren Bell is a British cricketer who has played for Berkshire Women’s cricket team, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and Middlesex Women’s cricket team. In 2023, she was selected by UP Warriorz for the Women’s Premier League 2023. She is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Wiki/Biography
Lauren Katie Bell was born on Tuesday, January 2, 2001 (age 22 years; in 2022) in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He continued his studies in sports science at Loughborough University, England. When he was 16, he was selected by the Vipers academy. At this time, his father asked him to choose between football and cricket as he could not afford both games. He chose cricket and started training at the Vipers academy.
Physical appearance
Height: 6′ 0″
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Black
Family
Parents & Siblings
Lauren’s father’s name is Andy. His mother’s name is Morag Bell, who is a teacher.
Lauren Bell with her parents
His sister’s name is Colette Bell, a cricketer.
Lauren Bell with her sister
Career
Domestic Cricket
When she was 16, she started playing cricket for Hungerford Cricket Club and became the first girl to play for Bradfield College. In 2015, she joined the Berkshire Women’s Cricket team and participated in the Women’s County Championship. In the tournament, he took seven wickets in eight matches. In 2019, his team Berkshire loaned him to the Middlesex Women’s cricket team for the Twenty20 Cup. In 2018, she made her debut for Southern Vipers in the Women’s Cricket Super League. In the 2019 season of the league, his team reached the finals but lost the match to the Western Storm. In 2019, he played in the Kia Super League against Loughborough Lightning. In 2020, she represented the Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and won the tournament in the 2021 season.
Lauren Bell with her team after winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
In December 2020, she became one of 41 women cricketers to receive a full-time domestic cricket contract. In 2020, he joined the Southern Brave team for The Hundred Tournament but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled. He got an opportunity to play for the Southern Brave in the 2021 season. In April 2022, he represented the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.
Lauren Bell with the Southern Brave team
International Cricket
In 2019, she was included in the England women’s Academy squad and played against Australia A. She also received a contract for the 2019-2020 season. In 2020, when the England team announced training during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was among the 24 cricketers who got a call-up, but he was not included in the playing squad. In December 2021, she was included in the England Women’s Ashes A squad for the tour of Australia. In January 2022, he was selected for the England squad for a one-off Test match. In February 2022, she was a reserve player in the England squad for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.
Lauren Bell with the England squad for the World Cup
She made her test debut in June 2022 for the England women’s cricket team. He was included in the Test squad for the one-off match against South Africa. On 2 July 2022, he was included in the One Day International (WODI) squad against South Africa and on 15 July 2022, he made his WODI debut against South Africa. In November 2022, he signed his first England center contract.
Women’s Premier League
In 2023, she was bought by UP Warriorz for the Women’s Premier League auction held in February 2023.
Domestic/State Team
- 2018–present: Southern Vipers
- 2021–present: Southern Brave
- 2023-present: UP Warriorz
Facts/Trivia
- He was nicknamed ‘The Shard’ by his teammates because of his height.
- She trains under her trainer Lisa Keightley.
- His England jersey number is 63.
- In an interview, he spoke about the incident that took place in the 2022 ODI series between India and England where Deepti Sharma ran out the England players in Charlie Dean’s ‘Mankad’ style. The incident became a topic of discussion at that time. In the interview, he said,
England as a team have put it behind us and hopefully India will too. It’s a new World Cup and a new game so that’s the focus. We didn’t think about it and didn’t talk about it as a team. There is no talk about backing up your folds. It was just something that happened in the summer and it was left there for sure.”
- In September 2022, in a T20I match between England Women and India Women, he bowled the fastest delivery to Smriti Mandhana. with a speed of 172kph.
- In August 2022, he got the chance to inspire young players of the charity organization Chance to Shine.
- He often posts pictures of himself drinking alcohol on social media.
Lauren Bell (center) holds a glass of wine
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
