{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Use British English|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Katie Thompson | female = true | image = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Katie Cordelia Thompson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|9|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightcm = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm unorthodox | role = Bowler | family =
| international = true | country = United Arab Emirates | internationalspan = 2025
| odidebutdate = 26 September | odidebutyear = 2025 | odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe | odicap = 11 | lastodidate = 28 September | lastodiyear = 2025 | lastodiagainst = Zimbabwe
| T20Idebutdate = 3 May | T20Idebutyear = 2025 | T20Idebutagainst = Hong Kong | T20Icap = 40 | lastT20Iagainst = Malaysia | lastT20Idate = 9 May | lastT20Iyear = 2025
| club1 = Yorkshire | year1 = 2014–2021 | club2 = Yorkshire Diamonds | year2 = 2016–2018 | club3 = North Representative XI | year3 = 2021
| columns = 2
| column1 = WLA | matches1 = 29 | runs1 = 72 | bat avg1 = 12.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 27* | deliveries1 = 1,340 | wickets1 = 46 | bowl avg1 = 11.04 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/10 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| column2 = WT20 | matches2 = 41 | runs2 = 63 | bat avg2 = 9.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 13 | deliveries2 = 883 | wickets2 = 44 | bowl avg2 = 12.56 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 4/4 | catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/871/871236/871236.html CricketArchive | date = 2 October | year = 2021 }} '''Katie Cordelia Thompson''' (born 28 September 1996) is an English cricketer who plays as a slow left-arm unorthodox bowler. She has played for Yorkshire and North Representative XI, as well as playing for Yorkshire Diamonds in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/874233.html|title=Player Profile: Katie Thompson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="CAprof">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/871/871236/871236.html|title=Player Profile: Katie Thompson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
==Domestic career== Thompson made her county debut in 2014, for Yorkshire against Essex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/602/602060.html|title=Essex Women v Yorkshire Women, 29 June 2014|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> In 2015, Thompson helped her side to their 6th County Championship title, and took 5 wickets at an average of 26.80.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/24/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2015/Yorkshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> The following season, she was her side's leading wicket-taker in the 2016 Women's County Championship, with 12 wickets at an average of 12, including taking 6/10 against Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/27/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2016/Yorkshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/909/909417.html|title=Somerset Women v Yorkshire Women, 29 August 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> In 2018, Thompson was again successful, taking 11 wickets in both the County Championship and Twenty20 Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2018/Yorkshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2018/Yorkshire_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> In 2019, Thompson was the joint-leading wicket-taker across the whole Championship, with 15 wickets at an average of 8.40.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2019/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> She also took her Twenty20 best bowling figures, with 4/4 against Durham.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1101/1101160.html|title=Yorkshire Women v Durham Women, 30 June 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Thompson was named as part of the Yorkshire contingent of the North Representative XI squad for the Twenty20 Cup, taking one wicket in four matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2021-news/lancashire-set-for-vitality-womens-county-t20/ |title=Lancashire set for Vitality Women's County T20 |publisher=Lancashire Cricket |accessdate=24 April 2021 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115072356/https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/news/2021-news/lancashire-set-for-vitality-womens-county-t20/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/North_Representative_Womens_XI_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for North Representative Women's XI/Vitality Women's County T20 2021|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>
Thompson also played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2018. She played four matches across the three seasons, with her best performance coming in a 2018 match against Loughborough Lightning, in which she took 2/18 from her four overs.<ref name="CAprof"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wcsl-2018-1127387/yorkshire-diamonds-vs-loughborough-lightning-29th-match-1127421/full-scorecard|title=Yorkshire Diamonds v Loughborough Lightning, 18 August 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 March 2021}}</ref>
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{cite news |last1=Radley |first1=Paul |title=From Harrogate to Ajman, then the world: Katie Thompson is living the dream after UAE call up |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2025/05/06/from-harrogate-to-ajman-then-the-world-katie-thompson-is-living-the-dream-after-uae-call-up/ |access-date=6 May 2025 |work=The National (Abu Dhabi) |date=6 May 2025 |language=en}} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=874233}} *{{cricketarchive|id=871236}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Katie}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Yorkshire women cricketers Category:North Representative XI cricketers Category:Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Category:Emirati women cricketers Category:United Arab Emirates women Twenty20 International cricketers Category:United Arab Emirates women One Day International cricketers Category:21st-century English sportswomen