Yorkshire Women cricket team

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Yorkshire Women
Yorkshire Women cricket team logo.png
Personnel
Captain Hollie Armitage
CoachMark Harrison
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1935
Home ground St George's Road, Harrogate
History
WCC  wins6
T20 Cup  wins0
Official website Yorkshire Women

The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play their home games at St George's Road, Harrogate, and are captained by Hollie Armitage. [1] In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [2] Yorkshire have contributed some players to making up a North Representative XI, and they are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds. [3] [4]

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History

1935–1996: Early History

Yorkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Yorkshire Cricket Federation Women. They went on to play various one-off matches, often against neighbouring teams such as Lancashire, as well as against touring sides such as Australia and New Zealand. [5] Yorkshire joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996. Yorkshire won the Area Championship six times, including all of the final five tournaments. [6]

1997– : Women's County Championship

Yorkshire joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, and won five of the first six titles, their run only interrupted by East Midlands in 1999. [7] Key for Yorkshire in this period were players such as Kathryn Leng and Melissa Reynard. [8] Soon after this successful period, however, Yorkshire fell away and were relegated in 2005, and then again in 2007, ending up in Division 3. [9] Their return was swift, however, as they were promoted twice, in 2008 and 2009, including an unbeaten season in Division Two. [10]

Ever since, Yorkshire have played in Division One of the Championship, winning the title once more, in 2015. Yorkshire topped Division One with 6 wins from 8 games, and bowler Katie Levick was the second-highest wicket-taker in the division, with 20 at an average of just 9.65. [11] [12] Yorkshire also recorded three 2nd place finishes in a row, between 2017 and 2019. [13]

Yorkshire have also competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup since 2009. In 2010, they reached the Final but lost to Berkshire by 46 runs. [14] In the following two seasons, Yorkshire reached the semi-finals, but lost to Berkshire again in 2011 and to Sussex in 2012. [15] [16] Yorkshire came close to winning the title again in 2015, finishing the season joint on point with winners Sussex, but with a marginally worse Net Run Rate. [17] Yorkshire struggled over following seasons, and were relegated in 2018 before finishing 4th in Division Two in 2019. [18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with two wins and six matches abandoned due to rain. [19] They reached the Group 1 final in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Lancashire. [20] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, after all of their initial group stage matches were rained-off, they won one of two matches on a group finals day. [21] In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [22] [23]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps. [24]

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Hannah BuckFlag of England.svg  England 11 February 1992 (age 32)Right-handedUnknown
Leah Dobson Flag of England.svg  England 6 October 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Millie GrayFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Erin ThomasFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Phoebe Turner Flag of England.svg  England 8 August 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Hollie Armitage  Flag of England.svg  England 14 June 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Club captain
Annie BrownFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Abigail Glen Flag of England.svg  England 2 April 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Elicia PollardFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Rhia SedhaFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Jessica Woolston Flag of England.svg  England 25 February 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Elise GoodFlag of England.svg  England 23 September 1996 (age 28)Right-handed
Bess Heath  Flag of England.svg  England 20 August 2001 (age 23)Right-handed
Lauren Winfield-Hill  Flag of England.svg  England 16 August 1990 (age 34)Right-handed
Bowlers
Leah BurkinshawFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Robyn DenningtonFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Ellie EastonFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Grace Hall Flag of England.svg  England 24 December 2002 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Beth Langston  Flag of England.svg  England 6 September 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Katie Levick Flag of England.svg  England 17 July 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Lucy LindleyFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Emma Marlow Flag of England.svg  England 12 April 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Rachel Slater  Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 20 November 2001 (age 22)Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Ella Telford Flag of England.svg  England 5 April 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Notable players

Players who have played for Yorkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [25]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [26] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
1997 Division 155000411011stChampions
1998 Division 155000401001stChampions
1999 Division 15320040.576.52nd
2000 Division 155000421021stChampions
2001 Division 15500040.5100.51stChampions
2002 Division 15300223.581.51stChampions
2003 Division 15230034.558.54th
2004 Division 15320036.572.53rd
2005 Division 16130224.558.54thRelegated
2006 Division 26320110742nd
2007 Division 26050114244thRelegated
2008 Division 36500141101stPromoted
2009 Division 2101000002001stPromoted
2010 Division 1105500531034th
2011 Division 110440234744th
2012 Division 18020611118th
2013 Division 186200511112nd
2014 Division 18240235557th
2015 Division 186101471071stChampions
2016 Division 18420234744th
2017 Division 17520048982nd
2018 Division 176100461062nd
2019 Division 17520043932nd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [27] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 231101−0.0533rd
2010 Division M&N 133000+1.6461stRunners-up
2011 Division M&N 133000+2.3061stLost semi-final
2012 Division M&N 133000+0.8061stLost semi-final
2013 Division M&N 132100+0.0942nd
2014 Division 1C42200+0.9484th
2015 Division 186200+0.51242nd
2016 Division 172302+0.79106th
2017 Division 183500−0.21127th
2018 Division 182600−0.6688thRelegated
2019 Division 284202+1.34184th
2021 North82006+3.89144th
2022 Group 164200–0.20162ndLost final
2023 Group 160006+0.0066th
2024 Group 173202+0.44693rd

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [28] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 142200194th

Honours

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