![]() Collins batting for North West Thunder in May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Danielle Louise Collins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bury, Greater Manchester, England | 7 June 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Cumbria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,17 October 2024 |
Danielle Louise Collins (born 7 June 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire. She plays as a left-handed batter. [1] [2]
Collins was born on 7 June 2000 in Bury,Greater Manchester. [2]
Collins made her county debut in 2018,for Lancashire against Middlesex,in which she scored 19 off 17 balls. [3] In 2019,she scored 77 runs in the County Championship at an average of 19.25. [4]
Collins was also part of the Lancashire Thunder squad in the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League,but did not play a match. [5]
In 2020,after the departure of captain Evelyn Jones,Collins took on the captaincy of Lancashire for two friendlies against Scotland. [6] In 2021,Collins was dual-registered for both Lancashire and Cumbria,appearing for both sides in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [7] [8] She scored 127 runs for Lancashire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,including her maiden Twenty20 half-century,made against Derbyshire. [9] [10] She played two matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 50 runs. [11]
In 2020,Collins played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in three matches,scoring 27 runs at an average of 9.00,with a high score of 18 against Northern Diamonds. [12] [13] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [14] [15] She was also in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [16] She played nine matches for North West Thunder in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 118 runs. [17] [18]
In 2023,she played 15 matches for North West Thunder,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,with a high score of 25. [19] [20] During the season,in June,it was announced that Collins had signed her first professional contract with the side,until the end of the season. [21] In 2024,she played 16 matches for North West Thunder,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,with a high score of 30. [22] [23]