Filer was born on 22 December 2000 in Bristol.[2] Her twin sister, Jodie, has played for Somerset alongside her.[4]
Domestic career
Filer made her debut for Somerset in 2018 against Nottinghamshire, taking one wicket.[5] She achieved her best List A bowling figures in 2019, taking 3/21 against Essex.[6] She appeared in one match for Somerset as they won the West Midlands Group of the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took five wickets in five matches for Somerset, at an average of 8.80.[8]
In 2020, Filer played for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in 3 matches, taking 3 wickets at an average of 23.33, including taking 2/24 against Sunrisers.[9][6] The following season, she appeared in all seven matches for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking five wickets at an average of 42.40.[10] She also played four matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking two wickets.[11] She also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[12] In 2022, she played eight matches for Western Storm, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[13][14] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, she was the side's leading wicket-taker, with 11 wickets at an average of 22.63, and hit her maiden half-century, scoring 58* against Central Sparks.[13][15] She was also ever-present for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking two wickets in six matches.[16] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Filer had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm.[17]
In June 2023, Filer was named in an England squad for the first time, being called up for the side's Test match against Australia.[23] She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.[3] She took four wickets on debut, two in each innings.[3] She was later named in the ODI squad in the same series, but did not play a match.[24] Later that summer, she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[25] She made her One Day International debut during the 1st ODI of the series, taking 3/27.[26] She took eight wickets overall in the three-match series, and was subsequently named Player of the Series.[27] In December 2023, she was awarded a development contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board.[28] She played her second Test match for England on the side's tour of India in December 2023, but did not take a wicket.[29]
