| Laura Jackson | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Laura Elizabeth Jackson |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Ormskirk, Lancashire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Cheshire |
| Year1: | 2015 |
| Club2: | Lancashire |
| Year2: | 2016–present |
| Club3: | Cumbria |
| Year3: | 2019 |
| Club4: | North West Thunder |
| Year4: | 2020–2024 |
| Club5: | Manchester Originals |
| Year5: | 2021–2023 |
| Club6: | Cumbria |
| Year6: | 2022 |
| 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 |
Laura Elizabeth Jackson (born 27 December 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and Manchester Originals. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Cheshire, Cumbria 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]