25 Facts About Jo Gardner

Joanne Lynda Gardner was born on 25 March 1997 and is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and Oval Invincibles.

Jo Gardner plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm off break and batting right-handed.

Jo Gardner has previously played for Warwickshire, Essex, Loughborough Lightning, Sunrisers, Southern Brave and Trent Rockets.

Jo Gardner was born on 25 March 1997 in Newport, Isle of Wight.

Jo Gardner made her county debut in 2011, for Northamptonshire against Derbyshire.

Jo Gardner scored 2 runs and bowled 7 overs without taking a wicket.

Jo Gardner 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.

Jo Gardner hit 54* in her first match for her new side, in a 2 wicket victory over Kent.

Jo Gardner was part of the Warwickshire team that won the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

In 2021, after playing in the Twenty20 Cup for Warwickshire, Jo Gardner went on loan to Essex for the Women's London Championship in order to play 50-over cricket.

Jo Gardner re-joined former side Northamptonshire ahead of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Jo Gardner took six wickets in eight matches for the side that season.

Jo Gardner was part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2018 and 2019.

Jo Gardner played one match in 2018, but did not bat or bowl.

Jo Gardner played three matches in 2019, including the semi-final, and took two wickets.

In 2020, Jo Gardner played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

Jo Gardner appeared in all 6 matches, and was her side's leading run-scorer and joint leading wicket-taker, with 193 runs and 7 wickets.

Jo Gardner scored one half-century, 54, in a losing cause against Western Storm.

In December 2020, it was announced that Jo Gardner was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.

Jo 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.

Jo Gardner played nine matches in Oval Invincibles' victorious campaign in The Hundred.

Ahead of the 2022 season, Jo Gardner remodelled her bowling action, becoming an off break bowler, having previously bowled medium pace.

Jo Gardner 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.

Jo Gardner moved to Southern Brave in The Hundred, but did not a play a match for her new side.

Jo Gardner played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, scoring 57 runs.