Laura Elizabeth Jackson (born 27 December 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire, Cumbria, 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.[1][2]
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Full name | Laura Elizabeth Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 24) Ormskirk, Lancashire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2022 |
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] She took two wickets for the side at an average of 11.50 in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[10] Jackson played for Cumbria in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking three wickets at an average of 29.00.[11]
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.[12] Her best performance came against Northern Diamonds, where she hit 22 runs and took 2/23 from 9 overs.[13] In 2021, she took four wickets for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and one in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[14][15] She also played four matches for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, taking four wickets.[16][17] At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Jackson had signed a professional contract with North West Thunder.[18] She played 12 matches for North West Thunder in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking 11 wickets.[19][20] She was again in the Manchester Originals squad in the The Hundred, but did not play a match.[21]
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