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Northern Diamonds

Northern Diamonds were a women's cricket team that represented the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches at Headingley and the Riverside.[1][2] They were captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by former England cricketer Danielle Hazell.[3]

Northern Diamonds
Personnel
CaptainHollie Armitage
CoachDanielle Hazell
Team information
Colours  Dark blue
Established2020
Home groundYorkshire Headingley Cricket Ground
County Durham Riverside Ground
Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground
Yorkshire Clifton Park Ground
History
RHFT wins1
CEC wins0
Official websiteNorthern Diamonds

One-day

T20

The team carried over elements of the WCSL team Yorkshire Diamonds, and were 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]

At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a professionalised Durham team.[7]

History

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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.[8] 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.[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[10] Northern Diamonds won the North Group in the competition, winning five of their six matches to progress to the final.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

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.[14] In the play-off, Diamonds beat Southern Vipers by 18 runs to qualify for the final, where they faced South East Stars.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] 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.[19]

 
Northern Diamonds in the field in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final at Lord's.

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.[20] The side topped the group in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, however, going unbeaten.[21] 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.[22][23]

In 2023, they finished fourth out of eight in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and sixth out of eight in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[24][25] Diamonds batter Lauren Winfield-Hill was again the leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 663 runs including one century.[26] In 2024, the side finished sixth in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and finished top of the group in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, before losing to Sunrisers in the semi-finals.[27][28] Diamonds bowler Phoebe Turner was the leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 23 wickets.[29]

2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalised Durham team.[7]

Home grounds

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Venue Games hosted by season
20 21 22 23 24 Total
Riverside Ground 1 3 3 3 4 14
Headingley Cricket Ground 2 3 3 5 6 19
South Northumberland Cricket Club – 1 – 1 – 2
North Marine Road Ground – 1 – 1 2 4
Clifton Park Ground – – – 1 1 2

Players

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Current squad

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Final squad, 2024 season.[30]

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
10 Leah Dobson   England (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm medium
17 Phoebe Turner   England (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
18 Rebecca Duckworth   England (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 24) Right-handed –
22 Sterre Kalis ‡   Netherlands (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
15 Abigail Glen   England (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
57 Hollie Armitage ‡   England (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Club captain
70 Katherine Fraser ‡   Scotland (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
25 Bess Heath ‡   England (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 (age 23) Right-handed —
58 Lauren Winfield-Hill ‡   England (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium
89 Maddie Ward   England (2005-01-19) 19 January 2005 (age 19) Right-handed –
Bowlers
2 Lizzie Scott   England (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
7 Emma Marlow   England (2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm off break
12 Grace Hall   England (2002-12-24) 24 December 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
19 Jessica Woolston   England (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
23 Katie Levick   England (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
42 Beth Langston ‡   England (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
48 Sophia Turner   England (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
72 Rachel Slater ‡   Scotland (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Left-arm medium

Academy

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The Northern Diamonds Academy team played against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The academy selected players from across the North East region. Players in the 2024 Academy are listed below:[31]

Name County
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

Overseas players

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Coaching staff

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  • Head Coach: Danielle Hazell
  • Regional Director: James Carr
  • Assistant Coach: Kyle Coetzer
  • Cricket Operations Manager: Cecilia Allen
  • Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Isaac Leung
  • Head Physio: Jo Knowles
  • Head Academy Coach: Courtney Winfield-Hill
  • Sports Psychologist: Phill Lee
  • Sports Nutritionist: Sarah Chantler
  • Team Analyst: Harrison Allen
  • Performance Coach: Richard Waite

As of the 2024 season.[32]

Seasons

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

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Season Final standing League standings[33] Notes
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
2024 Semi-finals 14 9 4 0 1 3 41 +0.097 1st Lost to Sunrisers in the semi-finals

Charlotte Edwards Cup

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Season Final standing League standings Notes
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
2024 Group stages 10 3 7 0 0 1 13 –0.067 6th DNQ

Statistics

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy - summary of results[33]
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
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
2024 15 9 5 0 1 60.00
Total 53 33 17 0 3 62.26
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy - teamwise result summary[34]
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Central Sparks 9 5 4 0 0 55.55
North West Thunder 8 7 1 0 0 87.50
South East Stars 6 4 1 0 1 66.67
Southern Vipers 9 3 5 0 1 33.33
Sunrisers 7 4 3 0 0 57.14
The Blaze 8 4 3 0 1 50.00
Western Storm 6 6 0 0 0 100.00

Charlotte Edwards Cup

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Charlotte Edwards Cup - summary of results
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2021 8 5 3 0 0 62.50
2022 6 3 3 0 0 50.00
2023 7 4 3 0 0 57.14
2024 10 3 7 0 0 30.00
Total 31 15 16 0 0 48.39
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
Charlotte Edwards Cup - teamwise result summary
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Central Sparks 3 2 1 0 0 66.67
North West Thunder 7 3 4 0 0 42.86
South East Stars 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
Southern Vipers 5 1 4 0 0 20.00
Sunrisers 4 3 1 0 0 75.00
The Blaze 5 2 3 0 0 40.00
Western Storm 4 3 1 0 0 75.00

Records

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

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Charlotte Edwards Cup

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Honours

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See also

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References

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