Renowned for her sharp swinging deliveries that often uproot the opposition batter’s stumps, Lauren Bell is an English cricketer who represents the women’s national team. Born on the day after New Year’s Eve in 2001, Bell grew up in Wiltshire, England. Apart from her academics, Lauren had an active interest in sports, especially football and cricket. The tall, lanky girl slowly transitioned to the higher level in football as a teenager, where she represented the Reading FC Academy. She went on to represent her State in Football and athletics, making a positive mark in the respective sports. However, at the age of 16, her career transitioned to cricket, where she took up the gentleman’s game positively. Bell’s father suggested she focus on one sport, as the family wasn’t able to afford her playing multiple sports. This is where her focus completely shifted to cricket, and she took up the sport seriously. As a late-teenage, she made an entry into the Southern Vipers cricket academy. The decision was not only governed by her father but also by her own assessment of skills in the game. The good thing about Lauren Bell was that she had an elder sister, Colette, whom she looked up to. Colette followed a similar path, led by an example in the Bell family. The family's healthy environment fostered her love for cricket, and she took giant steps at a young age. Bell was the first girl to represent Bradfield College’s 1st XI cricket team, and by the age of 14, she had already made her Women’s County Championship debut for Berkshire, marking her greatness in the sport despite playing football and taking part in athletics. In 2018, Bell debuted for the Vipers in the Women’s Cricket Super League and went on to play the final, where the Western Storm doused them to emerge victorious. The next year, the right-arm pacer was loaned to Middlesex for the Women’s Twenty20 Cup before returning to the Vipers squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. L
