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Full name | Leah Dobson | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England | 6 October 2001|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Northern Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 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]