Laura Jackson (cricketer)

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Laura Jackson
Personal information
Full nameLaura Jackson
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015Cheshire
2016–presentLancashire
2019→ Cumbria (on loan)
2020–presentNorth West Thunder
2021–presentManchester Originals
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 22 23
Runs scored 96 74
Batting average 8.00 12.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 24
Balls bowled 704 325
Wickets 22 17
Bowling average 16.81 16.70
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 7/9 3/9
Catches/stumpings 5/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 March 2021

Laura Jackson is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Cheshire and Cumbria.[1][2]

Domestic career[]

Jackson made her county debut in 2015, for Cheshire against Oxfordshire.[3] She took six wickets in her first County Championship season, at an average of 16.50.[4]

Jackson joined Lancashire ahead of the 2016 season, but did not become a regular for the side until the 2018 season.[5] She was the side's leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 9 wickets at an average of 15.33.[6] In 2019, Jackson played one County Championship match for Cumbria, against Scotland, and took 7 wickets for 9 runs off her 10 overs, all bowled, as Scotland were all out for 72.[7] Due to this performance, she was Cumbria's leading wicket-taker in the County Championship.[8] She was also Lancashire's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 6 wickets at an average of 14.66.[9]

In 2020, Jackson played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in three matches, scoring 23 runs and taking 2 wickets at an average of 21.50.[10] Her best performance came against Northern Diamonds, where she hit 22 runs and took 2/23 from 9 overs.[11]

In July 2021, it was announced that Jackson had signed for Manchester Originals in The Hundred.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Laura Jackson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Laura Jackson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Oxfordshire Women v Cheshire Women, 3 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling for Cheshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Laura Jackson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Cumbria Women v Scotland Women, 12 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Cumbria Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  11. ^ "North West Thunder v Northern Diamonds, 10 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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