Lauren Winfield-Hill (; born 16 August 1990) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds were a women's cricket team that represented the traditional areas of the Northumbria (modern), North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches ...

Oval Invincibles Oval Invincibles is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in South London. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Surrey and Kent in the newly founded The Hundred (cricket), The Hundred competition, which t ...

Perth Scorchers The Perth Scorchers are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Scorchers wear an orange uniform and are based in Perth in the Australian state of Western Australia. Their home gr ...

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and

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. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional

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. She made her international debut in 2013, and was part of the England team that won the 2017 World Cup. She has previously played for

Northern Superchargers Northern Superchargers are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the English city of Leeds. The team represents the areas of North East England and Yorkshire in The Hundred competition, which first took place during the 2021 English and W ...

in The Hundred and

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's and women's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who playe ...

Hobart Hurricanes Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in Australia's domestic Big Bash League. The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at Ninja Stadium ...

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and

Melbourne Stars Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. The Stars wear a green uniform and play their home matches at the Melbou ...

in the

Big Bash The Big Bash League (BBL), also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Australia. Established in 2011 by Cricket Australia, the Big Bash League replaced the previous competitio ...

Career

In the summer of 2014 she appeared 5 times in various games including the one against

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. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Winfield was a member of the winning women's team at the

2017 Women's Cricket World Cup The 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup was an international women's cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England (after ...

held in England.England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!
''The Guardian'', 23 July 2017. In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the

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(ECB) for 2019. In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the

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. In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the

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in Australia. On 18 June 2020, Winfield was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the

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. In June 2021, Winfield-Hill was named as in England's

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squad for their one-off match against India. In 2021, she was drafted by

for the inaugural season of The Hundred. In December 2021, Winfield-Hill was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the

. In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the

2022 Women's Cricket World Cup The 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup was the twelfth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, which was held in New Zealand in March and April 2022. It was originally scheduled for 6 February to 7 March 2021 but was postponed by one year due ...

in New Zealand. In April 2022, she was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. She was named as Player of the Year in the

2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the third edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which took place between 2 July and 25 September 2022. It featured eight teams playing in ...

, as the tournament's leading run-scorer with 470 runs at an average of 78.30. She was again the leading run-scorer in the

2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the fourth edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which took place between 22 April and 24 September 2023. It featured eight teams playing in ...

, with 663 runs at an average of 51.00.

Personal life

Winfield's

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is "Loz". In October 2019, Winfield-Hill was diagnosed with

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. In March 2020, she married Australian sportswoman

Courtney Hill Courtney Winfield-Hill (; born 9 January 1987) is an Australian-born sportswoman who formerly played rugby league for and Leeds Rhinos. Originally Winfield-Hill played cricket as a pace bowler for Queensland Fire and Brisbane Heat, before mov ...

. The two have lived together in England since 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winfield-Hill, Lauren Living people 1990 births Adelaide Strikers (WBBL) cricketers Brisbane Heat (WBBL) cricketers Cricketers from York English lesbian sportswomen English women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Australia LGBTQ cricketers LGBTQ people from Yorkshire Melbourne Stars (WBBL) cricketers Northern Diamonds cricketers Northern Superchargers cricketers Oval Invincibles cricketers Perth Scorchers (WBBL) cricketers Wicket-keepers Yorkshire women cricketers Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Queensland Fire cricketers Essex women cricketers

Career

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