| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Leah Christie Dobson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 2001 Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Northern Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Leah Christie Dobson (born 6 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Durham. She plays as a right-handed batter. [1] [2]
Dobson was born on 6 October 2001 in Scarborough,North Yorkshire. [2] At youth level for Yorkshire,she was the Under-17 Batter of the Season in 2018,and hit 161 from 81 balls in an Under-17 T20 match. [3]
Dobson made her county debut in 2018,for Yorkshire against Kent. [4] In 2019,she scored 92 runs at an average of 18.40 in the County Championship,including her career high score of 40 in a 2 wicket victory over Nottinghamshire. [5] [6] She only played one match for Yorkshire in 2021,scoring 4* against North East Warriors before rain cut the match short. [7]
Dobson was selected in the Northern Diamonds squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,but did not play a match that season. [8] She made her debut for the side in 2021,in their opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup against North West Thunder. [9] She went on to score 111 runs in the tournament for her side,including her Twenty20 high score of 44*. [10] She also played five times in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,including scoring 49 against Southern Vipers. [11] [12] Dobson appeared in six matches for Northern Diamonds in 2022 across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with a top score of 34* in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final,helping Diamonds to their first title. [13] [14] [15] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Dobson had signed her first professional contract with Northern Diamonds. [16]
In 2023,she played 17 matches for Northern Diamonds,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,and scored her maiden List A half-century,with 68* against Western Storm. [17] [18] [19] She also played five matches for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred. [20] In 2024,she played 15 matches for Northern Diamonds,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring two half-centuries. [21] [22]