Leah Dobson

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] In 2024, she played 15 matches for Northern Diamonds, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring two half-centuries.^[21][22]

• Leah Dobson at ESPNcricinfo
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