Jo Gardner

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Jo Gardner
Personal information
Full nameJoanne Lynda Gardner
Born (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 24)
Newport, Isle of Wight, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2016Northamptonshire
2017–presentWarwickshire
2018–2019Loughborough Lightning
2020–presentSunrisers
2021→ Essex (on loan)
2021–presentOval Invincibles
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 59 54
Runs scored 824 399
Batting average 20.09 12.87
100s/50s 0/5 0/2
Top score 86 55*
Balls bowled 1,737 675
Wickets 58 20
Bowling average 18.46 32.55
5 wickets in innings 3 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 6/21 3/25
Catches/stumpings 17/– 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 March 2021

Joanne Lynda Gardner (born 25 March 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Essex, Sunrisers and Oval Invincibles. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed. She has previously played for Northamptonshire, as well as Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League.[1][2]

Early life[]

Gardner was born on 25 March 1997 in Newport, Isle of Wight.[2] She attended Loughborough University.[3]

Domestic career[]

Gardner made her county debut in 2011, for Northamptonshire against Derbyshire. She scored 2 runs and bowled 7 overs for no wicket.[4] 2013 was a breakthrough year for Gardner, as she took 15 Championship wickets at an average of 14.26, as well as taking her maiden five-for, with 6/21 against Oxfordshire.[5][6] In 2014, was the leading wicket-taker across the whole Championship, taking 19 wickets at an average of 9.47.[7] She took 5/23 against both Scotland and Hampshire.[8][9] She hit her maiden county half-century in 2015, against Leicestershire, and went on to hit three more in 2016, and was the leading run-scorer for her side in both competitions.[10][11][12]

In 2017, Gardner joined Warwickshire.[3] She hit 54* in her first match for her new side, in a 2 wicket victory over Kent.[13] Gardner was part of the Warwickshire team that won the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14]

In 2021, after playing in the Twenty20 Cup for Warwickshire, Gardner went on loan to Essex for the Women's London Championship in order to play 50-over cricket.[15]

Gardner was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2018 and 2019. She played one match in 2018, but did not bat or bowl.[14] She played three matches in 2019, including the semi-final, and took two wickets.[16]

In 2020, Gardner played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches, and was her side's leading run-scorer and joint leading wicket-taker, with 193 runs and 7 wickets. She scored one half-century, 54, in a losing cause against Western Storm.[17][18][19] In December 2020, it was announced that Gardner was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[20] She has also signed to play for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Joanne Gardner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Jo-Anne Gardner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Jo Gardner". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Derbyshire Women, 19 June 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Oxfordshire Women, 27 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Scotland Women, 4 May 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Hampshire Women v Northamptonshire Women, 27 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Leicestershire Women, 24 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Northamptonshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Northamptonshire Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Kent Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Jo Gardner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  15. ^ "The Trevor Griffin Way". the Cricketer. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Bowling for Loughborough Lightning/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Sunrisers v Western Storm, 5 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  21. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

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