Personnel | |||
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Captain | Hollie Armitage (2020–) | ||
Coach | Danielle Hazell (2020–) | ||
Team information | |||
Colours | Dark blue | ||
Established | 2020 | ||
Home ground | Headingley Cricket Ground Riverside Ground South Northumberland Cricket Club North Marine Road Ground Clifton Park Ground | ||
History | |||
RHFT wins | 1 | ||
CEC wins | 0 | ||
Official website | Northern Diamonds | ||
Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Roseworth Terrace, North Marine Road and Clifton Park Ground. [1] [2] They are captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by former England cricketer Danielle Hazell. [3]
The team carries over elements of the WCSL team Yorkshire Diamonds, and are partnered with Yorkshire and North East Warriors. [4] The Diamonds reached the final of the first three tournaments that they competed in, but lost each time. [5] They won their first title in 2022, winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [6]
In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket. [7] Northern Diamonds were one of the sides created under this structure, effectively replacing the Women's Cricket Super League team Yorkshire Diamonds and representing the North East and Yorkshire, partnering with Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. [4] The side was to be captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by Danielle Hazell. [8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [9] Northern Diamonds won the North Group in the competition, winning five of their six matches to progress to the final. [10] In the final, they faced Southern Vipers, who scored 231 batting first. However, Charlotte Taylor's 6/34 helped bowl out the Diamonds for 193, meaning they finished as runners-up. [11] At the end of the season, five Diamonds players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Hollie Armitage, Beth Langston, Linsey Smith, Phoebe Graham and Jenny Gunn. [12]
The following season, 2021, Northern Diamonds competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly formed Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side topped Group B with four wins from their six matches, just edging out Western Storm on Net Run Rate to qualify for the play-off on Finals Day. [13] In the play-off, Diamonds beat Southern Vipers by 18 runs to qualify for the final, where they faced South East Stars. [14] Batting first, Northern Diamonds made 138/4 with captain Armitage making 59*. However, Stars chased the target down with 2 overs to spare to win by 5 wickets. [15] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Northern Diamonds again qualified for the knockout stages, finishing second in the group with five wins from their seven matches. [16] They faced Central Sparks in the play-off, and beat them by 6 wickets thanks to Ami Campbell's 76 to progress to the final, where they again faced Southern Vipers. [17] Batting first in the final, the Diamonds made 183, with Campbell again top-scoring with 60. However, despite reducing Vipers to 109/7, the side went on to lose the final by 3 wickets with 2 balls to spare. [18]
In 2022, the side finished second in their Charlotte Edwards Cup group, with three wins from their six games, missing out on qualifying for Finals Day as the worst second-placed team. [19] The side topped the group in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, however, going unbeaten. [20] They faced Southern Vipers in the final, for the third consecutive time in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, but this time emerged victorious by two runs. [6] Diamonds batter Lauren Winfield-Hill was the leading run-scorer in the competition, and bowler Linsey Smith was the joint leading wicket-taker. [21] [22]
In 2023, they finished fourth out of eight in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and sixth out of eight in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [23] [24] Diamonds batter Lauren Winfield-Hill was again the leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 663 runs including one century. [25]
Venue | Games hosted by season | ||||
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20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Total | |
Riverside Ground | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Headingley Cricket Ground | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
South Northumberland Cricket Club | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
North Marine Road Ground | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Clifton Park Ground | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
As per 2024 season. [26]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
10 | Leah Dobson | England | 6 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
17 | Phoebe Turner | England | 8 August 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
18 | Rebecca Duckworth | England | 30 October 2000 | Right-handed | – | |
22 | Sterre Kalis ‡ | Netherlands | 30 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-rounders | ||||||
15 | Abigail Glen | England | 2 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
29 | Erin Burns ‡ | Australia | 22 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
57 | Hollie Armitage ‡ | England | 14 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Club captain |
70 | Katherine Fraser ‡ | Scotland | 9 April 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
25 | Bess Heath ‡ | England | 20 August 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
58 | Lauren Winfield-Hill ‡ | England | 16 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Bowlers | ||||||
2 | Lizzie Scott | England | 1 September 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
7 | Emma Marlow | England | 12 April 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
12 | Grace Hall | England | 24 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
19 | Jessica Woolston | England | 25 February 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
23 | Katie Levick | England | 17 July 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
42 | Beth Langston ‡ | England | 6 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
72 | Rachel Slater ‡ | Scotland | 20 November 2001 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
– | Sophia Turner | England | 23 April 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
The Northern Diamonds Academy team plays against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The academy selects players from across the North East region. Players in the 2024 Academy are listed below: [27]
Name | County |
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Mary Butler | North East Warriors |
Trudy Johnson | North East Warriors |
Lucy Lindley | Yorkshire |
Frances Lonsdale | Yorkshire |
Olivia Miller | North East Warriors |
Ellie Nightingale | Yorkshire |
Amelia Oliver | Yorkshire |
Elicia Pollard | Yorkshire |
Lucy Randle-Bissell | Yorkshire |
Harriet Robson | North East Warriors |
Freya Rook | North East Warriors |
Bethany Slater | Yorkshire |
Erin Thomas | Yorkshire |
Grace Thompson | North East Warriors |
Maddie Ward | Nottinghamshire |
Emily Whiting | North East Warriors |
As of the 2023 season. [28]
Season | Final standing | League standings [29] | Notes | ||||||||
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P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Pos | |||
2020 | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | +1.000 | 1st | Lost to Southern Vipers in the final |
2021 | Runners-up | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | +1.182 | 2nd | Lost to Southern Vipers in the final |
2022 | Champions | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | +0.851 | 1st | Won against Southern Vipers in the final |
2023 | Group stage | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | –0.034 | 6th | DNQ |
Season | Final standing | League standings | Notes | ||||||||
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P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Pos | |||
2021 | Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | +0.655 | 1st | Lost to South East Stars in the final |
2022 | Group stages | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | –0.102 | 2nd | DNQ |
2023 | Group stages | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | –0.129 | 4th | DNQ |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % |
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2020 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 |
2021 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
2022 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.50 |
2023 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42.86 |
Total | 38 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 63.16 |
Opposition | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % |
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Central Sparks | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
North West Thunder | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
South East Stars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 |
Southern Vipers | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28.57 |
Sunrisers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
The Blaze | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Western Storm | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % |
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2021 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
2022 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
2023 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
Total | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
Opposition | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % |
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Central Sparks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
North West Thunder | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
South East Stars | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
Southern Vipers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
Sunrisers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
The Blaze | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
Western Storm | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
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