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| Full name | Laura Elizabeth Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1997 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. [1] [2]
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] 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. [12] [13] [14]
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. [15] Her best performance came against Northern Diamonds,where she hit 22 runs and took 2/23 from 9 overs. [16] In 2021,she took four wickets for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and one in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [17] [18] She also played four matches for Manchester Originals in The Hundred,taking four wickets. [19] [20] At the end of the 2021 season,it was announced that Jackson had signed a professional contract with North West Thunder. [21] She played 12 matches for North West Thunder in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking 11 wickets. [22] [23] She was again in the Manchester Originals squad in The Hundred,but did not play a match. [24]
In 2023,she played four matches for North West Thunder,taking five wickets at an average of 20.20. [25] She was also again in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [26] In 2024,she played one match for North West Thunder. [27] [28]
On 22 January 2025 it was announced Jackson had signed a one-year professional deal with Somerset. [29]