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Joanne Lynda Gardner (born 25 March 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Sunrisers and Southern Brave. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed. She has previously played for Northamptonshire, Loughborough Lightning and Oval Invincibles.[1][2]

Jo Gardner

Personal information
Full name	Joanne Lynda Gardner
Born	(1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 25) Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2016	Northamptonshire
2017–present	Warwickshire
2021	→ Essex (on loan)
2018–2019	Loughborough Lightning
2020–present	Sunrisers
2021	Oval Invincibles
2022–present	Southern Brave
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 72 72 Runs scored 981 599 Batting average 19.23 14.97 100s/50s 0/5 0/2 Top score 86 55* Balls bowled 2,052 813 Wickets 65 26 Bowling average 21.30 31.53 5 wickets in innings 3 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 6/21 3/25 Catches/stumpings 19/– 20/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 October 2022

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] Gardner played 11 matches for the side in 2021, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking two wickets and with a top score of 42, made off 30 balls against Northern Diamonds.[21][22][23] She also played nine matches in Oval Invincibles' victorious campaign in The Hundred.[24] She played eleven matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 193 runs and taking eleven wickets.[25][26] She moved to Southern Brave in The Hundred, but did not a play a match for her new side.[27]

References

External links

• Jo Gardner at ESPNcricinfo
• Jo Gardner at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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