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	Harris's younger sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer [[Grace Harris]].<ref name="The Courier-Mail - Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash -5 January 2016">{{cite news \|last1=Heslehurst \|first1=Brayden \|title=Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/laura-harris-looks-to-show-her-skills-in-cricket-with-the-brisbane-heat-in-the-big-bash/news-story/ec1ed1443259f13fc1c59fbd84f03180 \|access-date=27 January 2019 \|work=[[The Courier-Mail]] \|date=5 January 2016}}</ref> In November 2019, she proposed to her Brisbane Heat teammate [[Delissa Kimmince]], after dating for four years.<ref name="Courier Mail 2019">{{cite web \|last1=Whiting \|first1=Frances \|title=Brisbane Heat: Delissa Kimmince's triumph over personal tragedy \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qweekend/brisbane-heat-delissa-kimminces-triumph-over-personal-tragedy/news-story/a3ae823d2c9608e4173cb9862a35990c \|website=[[The Courier-Mail]] \|publisher=News Corp Australia \|access-date=5 February 2020 \|date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="9Honey 2019">{{cite web \|last1=Preston \|first1=Kahla \|title=How We Met: 'I said, "If we win the final, I'll buy her a ring"' \|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/delissa-kimmince-laura-harris-relationship-how-we-met/4df4dfc6-0700-41a9-bdd3-e8fb400668de \|website=9Honey \|date=30 November 2019 \|publisher=Nine Digital Pty Ltd \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> They married in [[Marburg, Queensland]] in August 2020.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Lifetime off-field Partnership for Delissa Kimmince and Laura Harris, announced marriage via Instagram \|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/14097-lifetime-off-field-partnership-for-delissa-kimmince-and-laura-harris-announced-marriage-via-instagram.html \|access-date=22 September 2020 \|work=Female Cricket \|date=17 August 2020}}</ref~~><ref name="Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat" /~~> Harris has worked as a nurse when not playing cricket.<ref name="Courier-Mail Feb 2019">{{cite news \|last1=Williams \|first1=Elise \|title=Women's Big Bash League final: Brisbane Heat batter Laura Harris juggles cricket with nursing career \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/swoop/womens-big-bash-league-final-brisbane-heat-opener-laura-harris-juggles-cricket-with-nursing-career/news-story/59fe47cacb9dd9ef1ada5d3eefe71dfe&usg=AOvVaw0pi8t4C_M95g00pQJXczyW \|access-date=5 February 2020 \|work=The Courier-Mail \|publisher=News Corp Australia \|date=25 January 2019}}</ref>		Harris's younger sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer [[Grace Harris]].<ref name="The Courier-Mail - Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash -5 January 2016">{{cite news \|last1=Heslehurst \|first1=Brayden \|title=Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/laura-harris-looks-to-show-her-skills-in-cricket-with-the-brisbane-heat-in-the-big-bash/news-story/ec1ed1443259f13fc1c59fbd84f03180 \|access-date=27 January 2019 \|work=[[The Courier-Mail]] \|date=5 January 2016}}</ref> In November 2019, she proposed to her Brisbane Heat teammate [[Delissa Kimmince]], after dating for four years.<ref name="Courier Mail 2019">{{cite web \|last1=Whiting \|first1=Frances \|title=Brisbane Heat: Delissa Kimmince's triumph over personal tragedy \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qweekend/brisbane-heat-delissa-kimminces-triumph-over-personal-tragedy/news-story/a3ae823d2c9608e4173cb9862a35990c \|website=[[The Courier-Mail]] \|publisher=News Corp Australia \|access-date=5 February 2020 \|date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="9Honey 2019">{{cite web \|last1=Preston \|first1=Kahla \|title=How We Met: 'I said, "If we win the final, I'll buy her a ring"' \|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/delissa-kimmince-laura-harris-relationship-how-we-met/4df4dfc6-0700-41a9-bdd3-e8fb400668de \|website=9Honey \|date=30 November 2019 \|publisher=Nine Digital Pty Ltd \|access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> They married in [[Marburg, Queensland]] in August 2020.<ref name="Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat" /><ref>{{cite news \|title=Lifetime off-field Partnership for Delissa Kimmince and Laura Harris, announced marriage via Instagram \|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/14097-lifetime-off-field-partnership-for-delissa-kimmince-and-laura-harris-announced-marriage-via-instagram.html \|access-date=22 September 2020 \|work=Female Cricket \|date=17 August 2020}}</ref> Harris has worked as a nurse when not playing cricket.<ref name="Courier-Mail Feb 2019">{{cite news \|last1=Williams \|first1=Elise \|title=Women's Big Bash League final: Brisbane Heat batter Laura Harris juggles cricket with nursing career \|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/swoop/womens-big-bash-league-final-brisbane-heat-opener-laura-harris-juggles-cricket-with-nursing-career/news-story/59fe47cacb9dd9ef1ada5d3eefe71dfe&usg=AOvVaw0pi8t4C_M95g00pQJXczyW \|access-date=5 February 2020 \|work=The Courier-Mail \|publisher=News Corp Australia \|date=25 January 2019}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Laura Harris
| female = true
| image =File:Cricketer Laura Harris 26 October 2025.jpg
| alt =
| caption =Harris in October 2025
| country = Australia
| full_name = Laura May Harris
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|08|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ipswich, Queensland]], Australia
| death_date =
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| nickname =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batter]]
| family = {{ubl|[[Grace Harris]] (sister)<br>[[Delissa Kimmince]] (wife)}}
| international =
| internationalspan =

| club1 = [[Brisbane Heat (WBBL)|Brisbane Heat]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2024}}
| club2 = [[Queensland Fire|Queensland]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2016/17–present}}
| club3 = [[Northern Superchargers]]
| year3 = 2021
| club4 = [[Wellington Blaze|Wellington]]
| year4 = 2022/23
| club5 = [[Delhi Capitals (WPL)|Delhi Capitals]]
| year5 = 2023
| club6 = [[Welsh Fire]]
| year6 = 2023
| club7 = [[Barbados Royals (WCPL)|Barbados Royals]]
| year7 = 2023–2024
| club8 = [[Oval Invincibles]]
| year8 = 2024
| club9 = [[Warwickshire Women cricket team|Warwickshire]]
| year9 = 2025
| club10 = [[Sydney Thunder (WBBL)|Sydney Thunder]]
| year10 = 2025
| columns = 2
| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
| matches1 = 66
| runs1 = 1,216
| bat avg1 = 24.32
| 100s/50s1 = 1/7
| top score1 = 101
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| catches/stumpings1 = 36/–

| column2 = [[Women's Twenty20|WT20]]
| matches2 = 176
| runs2 = 2,081
| bat avg2 = 17.63
| 100s/50s2 = 1/4
| top score2 = 102[[not out|*]]
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| catches/stumpings2 = 52/–

| date = 6 August
| year = 2025
| source = https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1951/1951821/1951821.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Laura May Harris''' (born 18 August 1990) is an Australian [[cricket]]er who plays as a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batter]] for [[Queensland Fire]] in the [[Women's National Cricket League]] (WNCL) and [[Sydney Thunder (WBBL)|Sydney Thunder]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]] (WBBL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/951163.html|title=Laura Kimmince|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qldcricket.com.au/teams/queensland-fire|title=Queensland Fire|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307092159/https://www.qldcricket.com.au/teams/queensland-fire|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/players|title=Players|work=Brisbane Heat|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>

== Career ==
She made her Queensland debut in the [[2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season|2016–17 WNCL]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/999/999037.html|title=Queensland Women v Tasmania Women|work=CricketArchive|date=13 October 2016|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> She has played for [[Brisbane Heat (WBBL)|Brisbane Heat]] since the inception of the WBBL in 2015 and hit the winning runs in their title wins in both [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season|2018–19]] and [[2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season|2019–20]].<ref name="Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat">{{cite web|title=Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat|url=https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/players/laura-kimmince|website=brisbaneheat.com.au|publisher=Brisbane Heat|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017030250/https://www.brisbaneheat.com.au/players/laura-kimmince|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, she was drafted by [[Northern Superchargers]] for the [[2021 season of The Hundred|inaugural season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/54646061 |access-date=2022-03-09}}</ref> She played for them in six games and scored 61 runs in total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Northern Superchargers (Women) Cricket Team Records & Stats |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13891&team=6694&type=tournament |access-date=2022-03-09 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In January 2023, she signed for [[Wellington Blaze]] for the remainder of the [[2022–23 Super Smash (women's cricket)|2022–23 Super Smash]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Blaze add some Heat! |work=Cricket Wellington |url=https://www.cricketwellington.co.nz/newsarticle/123902?newsfeedId=858507 |date=21 January 2023 |access-date=21 January 2023}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Harris's younger sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer [[Grace Harris]].<ref name="The Courier-Mail - Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash -5 January 2016">{{cite news |last1=Heslehurst |first1=Brayden |title=Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/laura-harris-looks-to-show-her-skills-in-cricket-with-the-brisbane-heat-in-the-big-bash/news-story/ec1ed1443259f13fc1c59fbd84f03180 |access-date=27 January 2019 |work=[[The Courier-Mail]] |date=5 January 2016}}</ref> In November 2019, she proposed to her Brisbane Heat teammate [[Delissa Kimmince]], after dating for four years.<ref name="Courier Mail 2019">{{cite web |last1=Whiting |first1=Frances |title=Brisbane Heat: Delissa Kimmince's triumph over personal tragedy |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qweekend/brisbane-heat-delissa-kimminces-triumph-over-personal-tragedy/news-story/a3ae823d2c9608e4173cb9862a35990c |website=[[The Courier-Mail]] |publisher=News Corp Australia |access-date=5 February 2020 |date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="9Honey 2019">{{cite web |last1=Preston |first1=Kahla |title=How We Met: 'I said, "If we win the final, I'll buy her a ring"' |url=https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/delissa-kimmince-laura-harris-relationship-how-we-met/4df4dfc6-0700-41a9-bdd3-e8fb400668de |website=9Honey |date=30 November 2019 |publisher=Nine Digital Pty Ltd |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> They married in [[Marburg, Queensland]] in August 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lifetime off-field Partnership for Delissa Kimmince and Laura Harris, announced marriage via Instagram |url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/14097-lifetime-off-field-partnership-for-delissa-kimmince-and-laura-harris-announced-marriage-via-instagram.html |access-date=22 September 2020 |work=Female Cricket |date=17 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat" /> Harris has worked as a nurse when not playing cricket.<ref name="Courier-Mail Feb 2019">{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Elise |title=Women's Big Bash League final: Brisbane Heat batter Laura Harris juggles cricket with nursing career |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/swoop/womens-big-bash-league-final-brisbane-heat-opener-laura-harris-juggles-cricket-with-nursing-career/news-story/59fe47cacb9dd9ef1ada5d3eefe71dfe&usg=AOvVaw0pi8t4C_M95g00pQJXczyW |access-date=5 February 2020 |work=The Courier-Mail |publisher=News Corp Australia |date=25 January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Nic |title='Outrageous': Queenslander Laura Harris smashes fastest century in WNCL history |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/outrageous-queenslander-laura-harris-smashes-fastest-century-in-wncl-history/news-story/8f284d08b6f0477b62648ee70339954a |work=news.com.au |access-date=26 February 2023 |date=1 October 2022}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=951163}}
*{{cricketarchive|id=1951821}}
*[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/laura-kimmince/9SOcXB-mikqKBE1nZSvMCQ Laura Kimmince] at [[Cricket Australia]]

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