| Leah Dobson | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Leah Dobson |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Batter |
| Club1: | Yorkshire |
| Year1: | 2018–present |
| Club2: | Northern Diamonds |
| Club3: | Northern Superchargers |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 366 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 68 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 32 |
| Runs2: | 294 |
| Bat Avg2: | 13.36 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 47 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1674/1674238/1674238.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 4 October |
| Year: | 2023 |
Leah Dobson (born 6 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds and Northern Superchargers. 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]