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Natasha Eleni Farrant is an English former cricketer who played for Surrey, Oval Invincibles and England. She played as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. She had previously played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League, as well as spending a season with Western Australia.

Early life
Farrant was born in Athens, Greece. She started playing for a Kent Women junior team at the age of eight. She attended Sevenoaks School, and at the age of 11, she joined the boys' school team. ==Domestic career==
Domestic career
Farrant made her Kent senior team debut in 2012, and took 5/9 in the match. She was part of the Kent side that won the 2016 Women's County Championship after winning seven of their eight matches. In that season's match between Kent Women and Staffordshire Women, Farrant took six wickets for 16 runs. Farrant signed for Surrey in September 2024. In 2016, Farrant signed for Southern Vipers ahead of the inaugural Women's Cricket Super League. She took 12 wickets in the group stage of the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, more than any other player, and 14 wickets in the whole tournament. In the final, Farrant took 2/19, the best figures by a Vipers bowler, as they lost to Western Storm. Since 2019, Farrant has worked with Trent College coach Scott Boswell, Farrant chose to represent the South East regional hub after she rejected an offer from the East Midlands hub. In 2021, she was signed by the Oval Invincibles for The Hundred and won the title with them. Farrant was again signed by the Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred, and played one match for South East Stars in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, but missed the rest of the 2022 season due to a back injury. In September 2024 she signed for Surrey for the 2025 season. ==International career==
International career
Farrant has played for the England under-19s. Regular bowlers Katherine Brunt and Laura Marsh were injured, which allowed Farrant to be called up. Farrant made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut in the series. She took two wickets in her second over, and finished with figures of 2/15. Later in the year, Farrant played one Women's One Day International (WODI) against the West Indies. In April 2014, she was one of 18 players awarded the first set of England and Wales Cricket Board central contracts for women players. She was the youngest recipient of a central contract. In April 2015, she was named in the England women's Academy squad tour to Dubai, where England women played their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games, and two Twenty20 matches. 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. She did not play any matches, but kept her squad place for the Pakistan ODI series. In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. She did not make an appearance in the tournament. Between 2013 and 2018, Farrant made 15 appearances for England. In 2019, Farrant's ECB central contract was terminated. She played in a warm up game, taking 1/17 in her first appearance in an England shirt since 2018. In November 2021, Farrant regained her central contract with England. The following month, Farrant was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes. In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. Retirement On 16 February 2026, it was announced that Farrant had been forced to retire from all professional cricket, due to a recurring back injury. ==References==
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