Jo Gardner
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Full name | Joanne Lynda Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newport, Isle of Wight, England | 25 March 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2016 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2022 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | → Essex (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 October 2023 |
Joanne Lynda Gardner (born 25 March 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire, Sunrisers and Trent Rockets. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm off break and batting right-handed. She has previously played for Warwickshire, Essex, Loughborough Lightning, Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Gardner was born on 25 March 1997 in Newport, Isle of Wight.[2] She attended Loughborough University.[3]
Domestic career
[edit]Gardner made her county debut in 2011, for Northamptonshire against Derbyshire. She scored 2 runs and bowled 7 overs for no wicket.[4] 2013 was a breakthrough year for Gardner, as she took 15 Championship wickets at an average of 14.26, as well as taking her maiden five-for, with 6/21 against Oxfordshire.[5][6] In 2014, was the leading wicket-taker across the whole Championship, taking 19 wickets at an average of 9.47.[7] She took 5/23 against both Scotland and Hampshire.[8][9] She hit her maiden county half-century in 2015, against Leicestershire, and went on to hit three more in 2016, and was the leading run-scorer for her side in both competitions.[10][11][12]
In 2017, Gardner joined Warwickshire.[3] She hit 54* in her first match for her new side, in a 2 wicket victory over Kent.[13] Gardner was part of the Warwickshire team that won the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14]
In 2021, after playing in the Twenty20 Cup for Warwickshire, Gardner went on loan to Essex for the Women's London Championship in order to play 50-over cricket.[15] She re-joined former side Northamptonshire ahead of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[16] She took six wickets in eight matches for the side that season.[17]
Gardner was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2018 and 2019. She played one match in 2018, but did not bat or bowl.[14] She played three matches in 2019, including the semi-final, and took two wickets.[18]
In 2020, Gardner played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches, and was her side's leading run-scorer and joint leading wicket-taker, with 193 runs and 7 wickets. She scored one half-century, 54, in a losing cause against Western Storm.[19][20][21] In December 2020, it was announced that Gardner was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[22] Gardner played 11 matches for the side in 2021, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking two wickets and with a top score of 42, made off 30 balls against Northern Diamonds.[23][24][25] She also played nine matches in Oval Invincibles' victorious campaign in The Hundred.[26] Ahead of the 2022 season, Gardner remodelled her bowling action, becoming an off break bowler, having previously bowled medium pace.[27] She played eleven matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 193 runs and taking eleven wickets.[28][29] She moved to Southern Brave in The Hundred, but did not a play a match for her new side.[30]
In 2023, she played 15 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a top score of 37*.[31][32] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, scoring 57 runs.[33]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Joanne Gardner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Jo-Anne Gardner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Jo Gardner". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Derbyshire Women, 19 June 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Oxfordshire Women, 27 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Scotland Women, 4 May 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Hampshire Women v Northamptonshire Women, 27 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Leicestershire Women, 24 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Northamptonshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Northamptonshire Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Warwickshire Women v Kent Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Jo Gardner". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "The Trevor Griffin Way". the Cricketer. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Suffolk Women v Northamptonshire Women, 16 April 2023 @ 11:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Bowling for Loughborough Lightning/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Sunrisers v Western Storm, 5 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Taylor proves Diamonds are forever with matchwinning innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Oval Invincbles (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Jo Gardner". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Trent Rockets (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jo Gardner at ESPNcricinfo
- Jo Gardner at CricketArchive (subscription required)