Laurence Damien Harper (born 10 December 1970 in Deniliquin, New South Wales) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the Victorian Bushrangers as a left-handed middle order batsman. He played 38 first class games for the Bushrangers, making 2316 runs at 36.18 with 5 hundreds and took one wicket. He was regarded as one of the best slip fieldsman of the time which was fortunate as speed in the covers was not a strong point. Harper won his state's Player of the Year title in 1997-98 edging out Dean Jones for the award.

Laurie Harper
Personal information
Full name
Laurence Damien Harper
Born (1970-12-10) 10 December 1970 (age 53)
Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–1999/00Victorian Bushrangers
Career statistics
Competition FC List A
Matches 38 16
Runs scored 2,316 364
Batting average 36.18 28.00
100s/50s 5/10 0/3
Top score 207* 61
Balls bowled 138
Wickets 1
Bowling average 85.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/34
Catches/stumpings 40/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 May 2024

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