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Lauren Filer: The pace that changed my life

England seamer Lauren Filer on how realising she was quicker than everyone else led her from supermarket shelf-stacker to international bowler.

England seamer Lauren Filer on how realising she was quicker than everyone else led her from supermarket shelf-stacker to international bowler. Interview by Adam Hopkins
Early development and work trade-off

I got an award at my local cricket club when I was 13 for hitting 50mph. I knew I was quicker than most other girls I’d played with but it was nice to receive recognition that others thought the same.
Back then, if I bowled at the stumps I knew I was going to be successful, but getting it accurate was the hard thing!
Girls were allowed to play boys’ cricket two years under their age. I w...

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