Lauren Roma Cheatle (born 6 November 1998) is an Australian

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er who plays as a left-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batter. She plays domestic cricket for

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in the

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(WNCL) and the

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in the

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(WBBL). Between 2016 and 2019, she played 11 matches for the

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Domestic cricket

Cheatle plays for the

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in the

. She played her first match for the Breakers on 1 November 2015. Cheatle previously played for the

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in the

. In the 2015–16 season, she took 18 wickets finishing equal 4th in the most wickets list. She was at the bowler's end when the Thunder won the inaugural WBBL final when Claire Koski scored two runs off an overthrow. She joined the

ahead of the

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International career

Cheatle played her first match for the

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in a

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against

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on 29 January 2016. On 26 February 2017, she made her

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(WODI) debut against New Zealand. After missing out on Australia's squad for the 2017 World Cup in England, Cheatle was recalled to the side as part of their squad for the

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. She was named in both the ODI squad and the Test squad. However, after playing in a pink ball warm-up match against the

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, she was unable, due to a back injury, to make a Test debut. In April 2019,

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awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season. In December 2023, she was named in Australia's squad for their Test series against India. She made her Women's Test debut for Australia on 21 December 2023.

Off the field

, Cheatle was combining her professional cricket career with part-time work for What Ability, a disability support service.

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