Laura Kelly Newton (born Macleod, 27 November 1977) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and

off break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which spi ...

bowler. She appeared in 13 Test matches, 73 WODIs and 3 WT20Is games for the

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. She played domestic cricket for Lancashire and Cheshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire,

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and Lancashire Thunder. Newton was born in Congleton, Cheshire. She made her one-day international debut in 1997 against South Africa and her Test debut in 1999 against India before touring Australia. She scored one test century and nine one day half centuries and developed over her career from a middle order batsman to an opener. She took 12 test wickets and 19 in one day internationals, changing bowling styles from medium pace to off spin over time. She retired from the international game in May 2007, citing the increased pressures of representing her country.

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