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==Personal life==
==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>
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==

Latest revision as of 14:09, 10 September 2026

Laura Harris
Personal information
Full nameLaura May Harris
Born (1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 36)
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatter
Relations
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–2024Brisbane Heat
2016/17–presentQueensland
2021Northern Superchargers
2022/23Wellington
2023Delhi Capitals
2023Welsh Fire
2023–2024Barbados Royals
2024Oval Invincibles
2025Warwickshire
2025Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 66 176
Runs scored 1,216 2,081
Batting average 24.32 17.63
100s/50s 1/7 1/4
Top score 101 102*
Catches/stumpings 36/– 52/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 August 2025

Laura May Harris (born 18 August 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[1][2][3]

Career[edit | edit source]

She made her Queensland debut in the 2016–17 WNCL.[4] She has played for Brisbane Heat since the inception of the WBBL in 2015 and hit the winning runs in their title wins in both 2018–19 and 2019–20.[5] In 2021, she was drafted by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[6] She played for them in six games and scored 61 runs in total.[7] In January 2023, she signed for Wellington Blaze for the remainder of the 2022–23 Super Smash.[8]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Harris's younger sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer Grace Harris.[9] In November 2019, she proposed to her Brisbane Heat teammate Delissa Kimmince, after dating for four years.[10][11] They married in Marburg, Queensland in August 2020.[5][12] Harris has worked as a nurse when not playing cricket.[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Laura Kimmince". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Queensland Fire". Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Players". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Queensland Women v Tasmania Women". CricketArchive. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Laura Kimmince - Brisbane Heat". brisbaneheat.com.au. Brisbane Heat. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Northern Superchargers (Women) Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Blaze add some Heat!". Cricket Wellington. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  9. ↑ Heslehurst, Brayden (5 January 2016). "Laura Harris looks to show her skills in cricket with the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. ↑ Whiting, Frances (22 November 2019). "Brisbane Heat: Delissa Kimmince's triumph over personal tragedy". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Preston, Kahla (30 November 2019). "How We Met: 'I said, "If we win the final, I'll buy her a ring"'". 9Honey. Nine Digital Pty Ltd. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Lifetime off-field Partnership for Delissa Kimmince and Laura Harris, announced marriage via Instagram". Female Cricket. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  13. ↑ Williams, Elise (25 January 2019). "Women's Big Bash League final: Brisbane Heat batter Laura Harris juggles cricket with nursing career". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

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External links[edit | edit source]

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