Laura Jackson (cricketer)
{{short description|English cricketer (born 1997)}}
{{About|the English cricketer|other people named Laura Jackson|Laura Jackson (disambiguation){{!}}Laura Jackson}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Laura Jackson
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| fullname = Laura Elizabeth Jackson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|12|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = All-rounder
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| club1 = Cheshire
| year1 = 2015
| club2 = Lancashire
| year2 = 2016–2024
| club3 = Cumbria
| year3 = 2019
| club4 = North West Thunder
| year4 = 2020–2024
| club5 = Manchester Originals
| year5 = 2021–2023
| club6 = Cumbria
| year6 = 2022
| club7 = Somerset
| year7 = 2025
| columns = 2
| column1 = WLA
| matches1 = 37
| runs1 = 197
| bat avg1 = 9.38
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 30
| deliveries1 = 1,315
| wickets1 = 42
| bowl avg1 = 20.40
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 7/9
| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–
| column2 = WT20
| matches2 = 59
| runs2 = 280
| bat avg2 = 15.55
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 53
| deliveries2 = 883
| wickets2 = 42
| bowl avg2 = 19.47
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/5
| catches/stumpings2 = 10/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1307/1307490/1307490.html CricketArchive
| date = 17 October
| year = 2024
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Laura Elizabeth Jackson (born 27 December 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset and Manchester Originals. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and North West Thunder.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/879347.html|title=Player Profile: Laura Jackson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=31 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1307/1307490/1307490.html|title=Player Profile: Laura Jackson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}}
Domestic career
Jackson made her county debut in 2015, for Cheshire against Oxfordshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/745/745863.html|title=Oxfordshire Women v Cheshire Women, 3 May 2015|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} She took six wickets in her first County Championship season, at an average of 16.50.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/24/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2015/Cheshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Cheshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}}
Jackson joined Lancashire ahead of the 2016 season, but did not become a regular for the side until the 2018 season.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1307/1307490/Womens_List_A_Matches.html|title=Women's List A Matches played by Laura Jackson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} She was the side's leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 9 wickets at an average of 15.33.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2018/Lancashire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1101/1101047.html|title=Cumbria Women v Scotland Women, 12 May 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} Due to this performance, she was Cumbria's leading wicket-taker in the County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2019/Cumbria_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Cumbria Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} She was also Lancashire's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 6 wickets at an average of 14.66.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2019/Lancashire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 March 2021}} She took two wickets for the side at an average of 11.50 in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/Lancashire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 September 2021}} Jackson played for Cumbria in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking three wickets at an average of 29.00.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2022/Cumbria_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Cumbria Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=4 October 2022}} She played four matches for Lancashire in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking five wickets and scoring her maiden Twenty20 half-century, with 53 against Cumbria.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2023/Lancashire_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2023/Lancashire_Women_Bowling.html |title=Bowling for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1282/1282227.html |title=Cumbria Women v Lancashire Women, 23 April 2023 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=16 October 2023}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13711;team=6771;type=tournament|title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Thunder|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=31 March 2021}} Her best performance came against Northern Diamonds, where she hit 22 runs and took 2/23 from 9 overs.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2020-1229289/thunder-vs-northern-diamonds-north-group-1229338/full-scorecard|title=North West Thunder v Northern Diamonds, 10 September 2020|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=31 March 2021}} In 2021, she took four wickets for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and one in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13889;team=6771;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=29 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13890;team=6771;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=29 September 2021}} She also played four matches for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, taking four wickets.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aaron-finch-nicholas-pooran-meg-lanning-withdraw-from-the-hundred-1268469|title=Aaron Finch, Nicholas Pooran, Meg Lanning withdraw from the Hundred|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=2 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13891;team=6692;type=tournament |title=Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Manchester Originals (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=29 September 2021}} At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Jackson had signed a professional contract with North West Thunder.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/women/news/2312968/ecb-fund-sixth-professional-contract-at-each-womens-regional-team |title=ECB fund sixth professional contract at each women's regional team |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=29 October 2021}} She played 12 matches for North West Thunder in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking 11 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14446;team=6771;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=4 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14448;team=6771;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=4 October 2022}} She was again in the Manchester Originals squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/thehundred/the_hundred_2022_womens_team_guide_manchester_originals.html |title=The Hundred 2022 - women's team guide: Manchester Originals |publisher=the Cricketer |access-date=4 October 2022}}
In 2023, she played four matches for North West Thunder, taking five wickets at an average of 20.20.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2023-15157?team=6771 |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=16 October 2023}} She was also again in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/64709074 |title=The Hundred 2023: Squads in full |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=16 October 2023}} In 2024, she played one match for North West Thunder.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2024-16243?team=6771 |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=17 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/charlotte-edwards-cup-2024-15944?team=6771 |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=17 October 2024}}
On 22 January 2025 it was announced Jackson had signed a one-year professional deal with Somerset.{{Cite web |last=Bishop |first=Spencer |date=2025-01-22 |title=Laura Jackson joins Somerset |url=https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/first-xi/laura-jackson-joins-somerset/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Somerset |language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=879347}}
- {{cricketarchive|id=1307490}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Ormskirk
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