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| Full name | Natasha Eleni Farrant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (age 28) Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-armfast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 125) | 3 November 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 February 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 32) | 5 July 2013 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 9 September 2021 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–present | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natasha Eleni Farrant (born 29 May 1996) is an Englishcricketer who currently plays forKent,South East Stars,Oval Invincibles andEngland. She plays as a left-armfast-mediumbowler. She has previously played forSouthern Vipers in theWomen's Cricket Super League, as well as spending a season withWestern Australia.[1]
Farrant was born inAthens, Greece.[1] She started playing for aKent Women junior team at the age of eight.[2] She attendedSevenoaks School, and at the age of 11, she joined the boys' school team.[3]
Farrant made her Kent senior team debut in 2012, and took 5/9 in the match.[4] She was part of the Kent side that won the2016 Women's County Championship after winning seven of their eight matches.[5] In that season's match between Kent Women andStaffordshire Women, Farrant took six wickets for 16 runs.[6]
In 2016, Farrant signed forSouthern Vipers ahead of the inauguralWomen's Cricket Super League.[6] During the2018 Women's Cricket Super League, Farrant took ahat-trick for Southern Vipers againstLancashire Thunder. Thunder won the match nevertheless.[7] She took 12 wickets in the group stage of the2019 Women's Cricket Super League, more than any other player,[8] and 14 wickets in the whole tournament.[9] In the final, Farrant took 2/19, the best figures by a Vipers bowler, as they lost toWestern Storm.[10] Since 2019, Farrant has worked withTrent College coachScott Boswell,[2] and she has worked as the head of girls' cricket at Trent College.[11]
Farrant was given a regional retainer contract for the 2020 season.[4] She captained theSouth East Stars in that season'sRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12] Farrant chose to represent the South East regional hub after she rejected an offer from the East Midlands hub.[2] In December 2020, Farrant was one of 41 women's cricketers given a full-time domestic cricket contract.[11][13] In 2021, she was signed by theOval Invincibles forThe Hundred[14] and won the title with them.[15]
Farrant was again signed by theOval Invincibles for the2022 season ofThe Hundred, and played one match for South East Stars in the2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, but missed the rest of the 2022 season due to a back injury.[16][17][18]
Farrant has played for the England under-19s.[3] In 2013, at the age of 17, she received her first call up for theEngland women's cricket team, for a series againstPakistan.[19] Regular bowlersKatherine Brunt andLaura Marsh were injured, which allowed Farrant to be called up.[20] Farrant made herWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut in the series. She took two wickets in her second over,[21] and finished with figures of 2/15.[22] Later in the year, Farrant played oneWomen's One Day International (WODI) against theWest Indies.[20] She was the youngest member of the England squad that won the2013–14 Ashes in Australia.[23]
In April 2014, she was one of 18 players awarded the first set ofEngland and Wales Cricket Board central contracts for women players.[24] She was the youngest recipient of a central contract.[25] In April 2015, she was named in the England women's Academy squad tour toDubai, where England women played their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games, and two Twenty20 matches.[26] Between 2014 and 2016, Farrant did not play any international matches, but she returned to the England squad in 2016 replacing the injured Katherine Brunt.[22] Farrant was named in the England squad for the2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, the first time that she has been selected for anICC event.[27][28] She did not play any matches, but kept her squad place for thePakistan ODI series.[29] In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[30][31] She did not make an appearance in the tournament.[32] Between 2013 and 2018, Farrant made 15 appearances for England.[11] In 2019, Farrant's ECB central contract was terminated.[32]
In January 2021, Farrant was recalled to the England team for theirseries against New Zealand, asAnya Shrubsole andKatie George were injured.[33] She played in a warm up game, taking 1/17 in her first appearance in an England shirt since 2018.[11] She played in the first match of the series, her first WODI appearance in eight years. She took two wickets in the match.[25] In June 2021, Farrant was named as in England'sTest squad for their one-off matchagainst India.[34][35] In November 2021, Farrant regained her central contract with England.[36] The following month, Farrant was named in England's squad for theirtour to Australia to contest theWomen's Ashes.[37] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[38]
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