Lauren Winfield
Quick Facts
Biography
Lauren Winfield (born 16 August 1990) is an English cricket player. On 8 May 2014 she along with Tammy Beaumont and Kathryn Cross have joined the Chance to Shine Programme and became its ambassador.
Career
In the summer of 2014 she appeared 5 times in various games including the one against South Africa. 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 held in England.
In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019. In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes. In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup 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 COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal life
Winfield's nickname is "Loz". In March 2020, she married Australian sportswoman Courtney Hill. The two have lived together in England since 2018.