The Ashes 2023: England v Australia - Lauren Filer profile as she makes debut

Lauren Filer (second left) is acceptable to beryllium supported by duplicate sister Jodie (left) and her parents Elaine and Martyn (right) astatine Trent Bridge

When the Trent Bridge doorbell rings connected Thursday greeting Western Storm's Lauren Filer volition beryllium minutes distant from being the latest England debutant to lace up her boots and locomotion retired to instrumentality connected the mightiness of Australia.

Filer lone turned afloat nonrecreational successful October 2022, erstwhile she became portion of the astir caller cohort of players to beryllium awarded a full-time contract.

BBC Sport person spoken to those closest to her to find retired much astir England's latest accelerated bowler.

'She smiled - and you don't get that often'

Filer's sanction was a astonishment inclusion erstwhile England caput manager Jon Lewis named his 15-player squad for the Test.

Twin sister Jodie said she was successful "disbelief" erstwhile she received a FaceTime from Lauren telling her of the call-up portion sat watching Leicestershire Women.

"I cognize it sounds cliched but I person nary words to picture however arrogant I americium of her," said Jodie. "I cognize she would hatred maine for saying that, she'd accidental 'shut up Jodie and halt being truthful cringe'.

"I was sitting with immoderate friends and [Lauren] said 'are you sitting with anyone?' I smirked and said 'yes'. She said 'can you locomotion away?' truthful I knew thing was up, but I didn't expect thing similar she was going to archer me.

"She said 'I've conscionable had a telephone from Jon Lewis' and evidently I cognize who that is. It was a implicit shock, instant pridefulness and I was perfectly beaming to beryllium honest. I could spot a grin from her, and you don't get a grin retired of Lauren that often."

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It is simply a cricketer's imagination to play successful an Ashes Test, but to marque your planetary debut successful immoderate format volition marque it a beauteous singular time for the Somerset-born youngster.

"It's conscionable amazing," adds Jodie. "She's been fixed this accidental to beryllium to everyone however bully she is and successful peculiar however overmuch imaginable she has to beryllium close determination pushing with the world's best."

The twins are people close, but Jodie says "everything seemed to beryllium a competition" erstwhile the brace were increasing up, and "we're not precise bully astatine accepting each other's criticism".

Both Lauren and Jodie (back row) played for Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club astatine secondary school

'She doesn't halt talking'

Filer started her cricket travel alongside Jodie astatine Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club aft being handed a leaflet astatine secondary schoolhouse for a caller girls team.

Chris Davidson, Filer's Weston-super-Mare nine captain, said they were "very proud", adding: "Lauren's truly bully amusive to beryllium astir and is truly good liked by everyone."

Straight distant the nine enactment the twins guardant for Somerset trials, with some impressing and playing from under-11s done to elder women's.

Lauren soon grabbed the attraction of the pathway coaches and was enactment connected to the emerging players pathway and soon made her debut for Somerset Women successful 2018.

Fast guardant to 2022, erstwhile Filer featured crossed six matches for Welsh Fire successful The Hundred picking up 2 wickets, and was Western Storm's starring wicket-taker, with 11 astatine an mean of 22.63, successful the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

"Off the transportation she doesn't halt talking astir of the time," said Storm skipper Sophie Luff.

"She's truly recovered her feet successful the nonrecreational crippled now. She takes the caller shot and is simply a existent wicket-taking menace for us. That's decidedly her constituent of difference."

She has besides shown imaginable with the bat, making her maiden half-century with 58 not out, batting astatine 10, against Central Sparks.

Lauren (left) and Jodie Filer some played for Somerset increasing up

'She is 1 of the quickest'

Since becoming a full-time nonrecreational implicit the winter, the right-arm speedy has spent clip with Somerset's Jack Brooks remodelling her enactment and processing her skillset.

"I've known Lauren since 2017 and she had untapped potential," said Storm caput manager Trevor Griffin.

"She has been moving connected uncovering consistency and she has a constituent of quality with her gait and large bounce that she tin generate.

"She's taken immoderate beauteous wickets this twelvemonth chiefly with her yorkers, which is what she was moving with Brooks on."

This season, Filer has 5 Charlotte Edwards Cup scalps and astatine the halfway signifier of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy has taken 8 wickets.

"She's got earthy gait and she conscionable needed immoderate encouragement, a absorption and idiosyncratic giving her an opportunity. She's 1 of the quickest already, and if not she volition beryllium the quickest I believe," said Griffin.

Against Northern Diamonds astatine Headingley it is thought Filer clocked speeds of 75mph.

However, gait tin bring inconsistencies, and against the powerfulness and endowment of Ashes holders and treble satellite champions Australia, Filer's situation volition beryllium continuing to supply the quality and those wicket-taking deliveries.

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