Laura Julyen Harper (born 22 January 1984) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.
[citation needed] Harper started playing cricket aged eight and began bowling off spin at ten.
She played with Cornwall boys under-11s and progressed through the age groups, touring South Africa in 1997.
She was selected for an England boys under-15 trial but chose to play for Somerset in the Women's County Championship instead.
She made her One Day International debut against the Netherlands in 1999 in the Women's European Championships at the age of 15 and won the player of the match award after taking 5/12, her best ODI bowling figures.