Laura Spragg

Laura Spragg (born 16 June 1982) is an English former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler and left-handed batter. She played for Yorkshire in domestic cricket and played for England in international cricket.

Laura Spragg

Personal information
Born	(1982-06-16) 16 June 1982 (age 43) Keighley, West Yorkshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England (1999–2004)
Only Test (cap 140)	7 August 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 89)	20 July 1999 v Denmark
Last ODI	10 August 2004 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2016	Yorkshire
2016	Yorkshire Diamonds
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA WT20 Matches 1 13 141 8 Runs scored 2 114 1,265 64 Batting average 2.00 11.40 14.21 9.14 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 2 33 58 30 Balls bowled 114 354 5,289 168 Wickets 0 10 122 8 Bowling average – 18.70 25.40 21.37 5 wickets in innings – 0 1 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 3/8 5/11 2/11 Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 15/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 February 2021

Early life and education

Spragg was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire in June 1982. She attended Craven School before studying at Leeds Metropolitan University. Aside from playing cricket, Spragg also played football and rugby union.^[1]

Domestic cricket

At the age of 14, Spragg made her debut for Yorkshire.^[2]

In 2016, Spragg made one appearance for Yorkshire Diamonds in the Women's Cricket Super League.^[3]

International cricket

Spragg made her One Day International debut against Denmark in 1999.^[4]

She appeared in one Test match and 13 One Day Internationals for England. She also played for England under-23s. She played her sole Test match against South Africa in 2003.

Her best international bowling performance of 3 wickets for 8 runs came against the Netherlands. Her highest international score of 33 came against Scotland in the 2001 European Championship. ^[5][6]