1. Lauren Kaye Ebsary was born on 15 March 1983 and is an Australian cricketer.
57 Facts About Lauren Ebsary
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Lauren Ebsary was selected in every match in her first three seasons, but in that time, scored only 136 runs at a batting average of 8.50 and took 13 wickets from 24 matches.
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Lauren Ebsary made 37 runs at 18.50, and after scoring 207 runs in the WNCL season, was retained in the national team.
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In January 2000, at the age of 16, Lauren Ebsary was chosen for the South Australian team for the Under-19 interstate championships.
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Lauren Ebsary made her debut against reigning champions New South Wales, and after not batting, took one wicket for the loss of six runs from two overs as South Australia lost by seven wickets.
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Lauren Ebsary did not have a significant impact in the other matches, never taking more than one wicket per match or reaching double figures with the bat.
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Lauren Ebsary ended the season with 67 runs at 9.57 and six wickets at 30.83 at an economy rate of 3.62.
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Lauren Ebsary was 18 during the season and still eligible for the Under-19s and she represented her state during the tournament, which was held in the middle of a break in the WNCL.
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Lauren Ebsary bowled only 23 overs and took two wickets at 34.00.
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Lauren Ebsary had little effect with the bat, scoring 63 runs at 11.50 with a best score of 18.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 91 runs at 15.16, her highest season aggregate and average to date, with a best of 26.
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Lauren Ebsary played in three matches for Australia Youth against New Zealand A at the end of the season, scoring 29 runs at 29.00 and taking three wickets at 16.66 at an economy rate of 4.54.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 125 runs at 20.83, averaging more than 20 for the first time in a season.
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Lauren Ebsary bowled 37 overs and conceded 4.35 runs per over.
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Lauren Ebsary's batting continued to progress; she scored 149 runs at 29.80, including a best of 43 against Victoria.
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Lauren Ebsary took only three wickets at 60.33 and an economy rate of 5.14, the worst average and economy rate she had recorded for a WNCL season.
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Lauren Ebsary never took more than one wicket in any match.
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Lauren Ebsary's batting regressed, making 101 runs at 14.42, more than half coming in a 51 against New South Wales in the last match of the season.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 236 runs at 29.50; her previous best WNCL aggregate was 149.
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Lauren Ebsary was not as successful in the fledgling Twenty20 format; in two matches for the season, her first in the most abbreviated form of cricket, she scored 33 runs at 16.50 and conceded 51 runs at an economy rate of 7.46 without taking a wicket.
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Lauren Ebsary took a single off each of the five balls she faced, rotating the strike as her partner Lisa Sthalekar completed an unbeaten century.
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Lauren Ebsary went on to play in the last four matches of the series.
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Lauren Ebsary was promoted to the No 4 position in the next match, but failed to capitalise on her opportunity, making a duck.
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Lauren Ebsary bowled five overs without taking a wicket in a 54-run win.
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Lauren Ebsary then made 32 from 43 balls as an opener, hitting six boundaries in the fourth ODI at Manuka Oval in Canberra, helping to set up a 118-run win.
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Lauren Ebsary ended her debut series with 37 runs at 18.50 and two wickets at 34.50 at an economy rate of 3.83.
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Lauren Ebsary remained productive with the bat, scoring 207 runs at 25.87, making 43 and 57, her two highest scores of the season, in the double-header against Victoria.
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Lauren Ebsary made 34 and 25 in her two T20 matches for the season, but had no success with the ball, conceding a total of 36 runs from three overs without taking a wicket.
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Ahead of the 2009 World Cup, the Australians headed to New Zealand for a Rose Bowl series, Lauren Ebsary was left out of the first two ODIs against New Zealand, but was recalled for the next two matches at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 30 from 47 balls in the first match before making her ODI top-score of 86 the next day.
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The teams returned to Australia where Lauren Ebsary made her T20 international debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Lauren Ebsary did not bat or bowl in a rain-affected Australian win.
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In two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup in Australia, Lauren Ebsary made 18 and 8 against England and Sri Lanka respectively.
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Nevertheless, Lauren Ebsary was retained for the match against New Zealand, scoring one at No 7 as Australia failed in their run-chase.
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Lauren Ebsary was dropped for the second match against South Africa, which Australia won, and recalled for the last group match against the West Indies.
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Lauren Ebsary made 15 from 28 balls at No 5, in a 47-run win to reach the next round.
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Lauren Ebsary was then promoted to No 3 in the following match, making 51 from 71 balls against Pakistan after Leah Poulton and Shelley Nitschke had put on a century opening stand, as the Australians completed a 107-run win.
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Lauren Ebsary was left out of the final Super Six match against England, which Australia won, which was not enough for them to reach the final.
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Lauren Ebsary missed the third-place playoff against India, which was lost.
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Lauren Ebsary ended with 106 runs at 35.33 from her four matches.
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Lauren Ebsary was selected for Australia's team for the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 held in England in 2009.
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Lauren Ebsary then made 13 in the team's warm-up match on English soil, against the hosts, but was nevertheless retained for all the matches.
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Lauren Ebsary made a duck as Australia lost their opening match against New Zealand, and was not required to bat in the win over the West Indies.
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Lauren Ebsary made 23 run out in the final group match as Australia defeated South Africa to reach the semi-finals.
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Lauren Ebsary ended the tournament with 44 runs at 22.00.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 24 not out as Australia upset England in the only T20 by 34 runs.
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Lauren Ebsary played in all of the five ODIs, and after making 23,38 and 40, her form tapered away in the last two matches, making single-figure scores to end with 112 runs at 22.40.
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Lauren Ebsary made her Test debut against England in a one-off match at County Road in Worcestershire.
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Lauren Ebsary scored 3 from 15 balls before being trapped leg before wicket by Katherine Brunt, as Australia were dismissed for 309.
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Lauren Ebsary claimed her maiden Test wicket by having Taylor caught by Poulton for 10 and then had Jenny Gunn caught behind by Jodie Fields for 41.
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Lauren Ebsary was then promoted to No 4 and made 21 as Australia set the hosts a target of 273 before the match was drawn.
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Lauren Ebsary had a successful time in the domestic T20s, now part of a full interstate tournament instead of a series of one-off matches, scoring 137 runs at 22.83 and taking four wickets at 26.25 at an economy rate of 7.50.
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Lauren Ebsary was retained for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand and played in the first four ODIs in Australia in February 2010.
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Lauren Ebsary made 31 runs at 15.50 in the first two matches and, after Poulton had made a century in the fourth match, was dropped for the fifth and final match as the hosts took a clean sweep.
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Lauren Ebsary played in the first four T20 games, scoring 39 runs at 9.75 before being left out of the final match as New Zealand took a clean sweep.
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Lauren Ebsary was overlooked for the three ODIs in New Zealand, which the tourists swept.
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From October 2010 until November 2015, Lauren Ebsary played domestic cricket in the South Australia Women's team.