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]

Northern Diamonds
Personnel
CaptainHollie Armitage (2020–)
CoachDanielle Hazell (2020–)
Team information
Colours  Dark blue
Established2020
Home groundYorkshire Headingley Cricket Ground
County Durham Riverside Ground
Northumberland South Northumberland Cricket Club
Yorkshire North Marine Road Ground
Yorkshire Clifton Park Ground
History
RHFT wins1
CEC wins0
Official websiteNorthern Diamonds

One-day

T20

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]

History

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]

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.[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]

Home grounds
Venue Games hosted by season
20212223Total
Riverside Ground133310
Headingley Cricket Ground233513
South Northumberland Cricket Club–1–12
North Marine Road Ground–1–12
Clifton Park Ground–––11

Players

Current squad

As per 2023 season.[26]

  • 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
8Frances Lonsdale EnglandUnknownRight-handedUnknown
10Leah Dobson England (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001Right-handedRight arm medium
17Phoebe Turner England (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Rebecca Duckworth England (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000Right-handed–
22Sterre Kalis ‡ Netherlands (1999-08-30) 30 August 1999Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
15Abigail Glen England (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium
57Hollie Armitage England (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm leg breakClub captain
70Katherine Fraser ‡ Scotland (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005Right-handedRight-arm off break
98Yvonne Graves England (1998-10-10) 10 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
9Ellie Nightingale England (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000Right-handed—
25Bess Heath ‡ England (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001Right-handed—
58Lauren Winfield-Hill ‡ England (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
2Lizzie Scott England (2004-01-09) 9 January 2004Right-handedRight-arm medium
7Emma Marlow England (2004-04-12) 12 April 2004Right-handedRight-arm off break
12Grace Hall England (2002-12-24) 24 December 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
19Jessica Woolston England (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
23Katie Levick England (1991-07-17) 17 July 1991Right-handedRight-arm leg break
42Beth Langston ‡ England (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium
72Rachel Slater ‡ Scotland (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001Right-handedLeft-arm medium

Academy

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 2023 Academy are listed below:[27]

Name County
Ciara BoadenNorth East Warriors
Mary ButlerNorth East Warriors
Trudy JohnsonNorth East Warriors
Lucy LindleyYorkshire
Frances LonsdaleYorkshire
Olivia MillerNorth East Warriors
Ellie NightingaleYorkshire
Harriet RobsonNorth East Warriors
Elicia PollardYorkshire
Bethany SlaterYorkshire
Erin ThomasYorkshire
Grace ThompsonNorth East Warriors
Ellie TiffinNorth East Warriors
Layla TiptonNorth East Warriors
Emily WhitingNorth East Warriors

Overseas players

Coaching staff
  • 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 2023 season.[28]

Seasons

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Season Final standing League standings[29] Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts NRR Pos
2020 Runners-up 65100323+1.0001st Lost to Southern Vipers in the final
2021 Runners-up 75200323+1.1822nd Lost to Southern Vipers in the final
2022 Champions 76001228+0.8511st Won against Southern Vipers in the final
2023 Group stage 146701430–0.0346th DNQ

Charlotte Edwards Cup
Season Final standing League standings Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts NRR Pos
2021 Runners-up 64200117+0.6551st Lost to South East Stars in the final
2022 Group stages 63300214–0.1022nd DNQ
2023 Group stages 74300117–0.1294th DNQ

Statistics

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy - summary of results[29]
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2020 7520071.43
2021 9630066.67
2022 8700187.50
2023 14670142.86
Total 3824120263.16
  • 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[30]
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Central Sparks7340042.86
North West Thunder6510083.33
South East Stars4300175.00
Southern Vipers7240128.57
Sunrisers4310075.00
The Blaze6420066.67
Western Storm44000100.00

Charlotte Edwards Cup
Charlotte Edwards Cup - summary of results
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2021 8530062.50
2022 6330050.00
2023 7430057.14
Total 211290057.14
  • 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 Sparks11000100.00
North West Thunder5230040.00
South East Stars2110050.00
Southern Vipers4130025.00
Sunrisers33000100.00
The Blaze3210066.67
Western Storm3210066.67

Records

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

Charlotte Edwards Cup

Honours

See also

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