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| Founded | 2019 | |
| Home ground | Headingley | |
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Northern Superchargers are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the English city of Leeds. The team represents the areas of North East England and Yorkshire in The Hundred competition, [1] which first took place during the 2021 English and Welsh cricket season. Both sides play at Headingley Cricket Ground.
The announcement of the new eight-team men's and women's tournament series in 2019 was not without controversy, with the likes of Virat Kohli criticising the England and Wales Cricket Board for pursuing a shift away from Test cricket, [2] while others argued the format should have followed the established and successful Twenty20 format. The ECB however decided it needed a more unique format to draw crowds.
In August 2019 the side announced that former former England Women player Danielle Hazell had been appointed coach of the women's team, while former Australian batsman Darren Lehmann would be the men's team's first coach. [3]
The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019 and saw the Superchargers claim Lauren Winfield-Hill as their headline women's draftee, and Ben Stokes as the men's headliner. They were joined by England internationals Linsey Smith, Adil Rashid and David Willey. [4]
Both men's and women's sides play at Headingley Cricket Ground, the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the Headingley area of Leeds. The women's side was originally due to play matches at York Cricket Club and South Northumberland Cricket Club, but the team's matches were brought together at the same ground as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||||
| 18 | Phoebe Litchfield |  Australia | 18 April 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| 23 | Marie Kelly |  England | 9 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 57 | Hollie Armitage | England | 14 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain |
| — | Davina Perrin | England | 8 September 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 24 | Alice Davidson-Richards | England | 29 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Annabel Sutherland | Australia | 12 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 25 | Bess Heath | England | 20 August 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
| — | Ella Claridge | England | 28 September 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| 3 | Grace Ballinger | England | 3 April 2002 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 16 | Kate Cross | England | 3 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| 7 | Lucy Higham | England | 17 October 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 32 | Georgia Wareham | Australia | 26 May 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| 50 | Linsey Smith | England | 10 March 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| 2 | Matthew Short | Australia | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| 21 | Adam Hose | England | 25 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 88 | Harry Brook | England | 22 February 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| — | Graham Clark | England | 16 March 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 55 | Ben Stokes | England | 4 June 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Centrally contracted player |
| — | Tom Lawes | England | 25 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| — | Daniel Sams | Australia | 27 October 1992 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 45 | Ollie Robinson | England | 1 December 1998 | Right-handed | — | |
| — | Nicholas Pooran |  West Indies | 2 October 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| 23 | Reece Topley | England | 21 February 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | |
| 35 | Matthew Potts | England | 29 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 99 | Brydon Carse | England | 31 July 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| 10 | Callum Parkinson | England | 24 October 1996 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 95 | Adil Rashid | England | 17 February 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Season | Group stage | Playoff stage | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | ||
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6th | Did not progress | [5] | |
| 2022 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5th | Did not progress | [6] | |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2nd | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | RU | [7] |
| Season | Group stage | Playoff stage | Ref. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | Pos | Pld | Pos | ||
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5th | Did not progress | [8] | |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6th | Did not progress | [9] | |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8th | Did not progress | [10] | |
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