Yorkshire Women cricket team

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 Women's County Championship and Division Two of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.[3]

Yorkshire Women

Personnel
Captain	Hollie Armitage
Coach	Matt Crowther
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1935
Home ground	St George's Road, Harrogate
History
WCC wins	6
T20 Cup wins	0
Official website	Yorkshire Women

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] Key for Yorkshire in this period were players such as Kathryn Leng and Melissa Reynard.[7] Soon after this successful period, however, Yorkshire fell away and were relegated in 2005, and then again in 2007, ending up in Division 3.[8] Their return was swift, however, as they were promoted twice, in 2008 and 2009, including an unbeaten season in Division Two.[9]

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.[10][11] Yorkshire also recorded three 2nd place finishes in a row, between 2017 and 2019.[12]

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.[13] In the following two seasons, Yorkshire reached the semi-finals, but lost to Berkshire again in 2011 and to Sussex in 2012.[14][15] 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.[16] Yorkshire struggled over following seasons, and were relegated in 2018 before finishing 4th in Division Two in 2019.[17]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2019 season. denotes players with international caps.[18]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Hollie Armitage	England	14 June 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Club captain
Katherine Brunt	England	2 July 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Hannah Buck	England	11 February 1992	Right-handed	Unknown
Adrianna Darlow	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Leah Dobson	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Abigail Freeborn	England	12 November 1996	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Abigail Glen	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Elise Good	England	23 September 1996	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Leigh Kasperek	New Zealand	15 February 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Beth Langston	England	6 September 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Katie Levick	England	17 July 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Alex Macdonald	England	3 October 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Rachel Slater	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ella Telford	England	5 April 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Katie Thompson	England	28 September 1996	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox
Jess Watson	England	27 July 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lauren Winfield-Hill	England	16 August 1990	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings[19]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	BP	Pts	Pos
1997	Division 1	5	5	0	0	0	41	101	1st	Champions
1998	Division 1	5	5	0	0	0	40	100	1st	Champions
1999	Division 1	5	3	2	0	0	40.5	76.5	2nd
2000	Division 1	5	5	0	0	0	42	102	1st	Champions
2001	Division 1	5	5	0	0	0	40.5	100.5	1st	Champions
2002	Division 1	5	3	0	0	2	23.5	81.5	1st	Champions
2003	Division 1	5	2	3	0	0	34.5	58.5	4th
2004	Division 1	5	3	2	0	0	36.5	72.5	3rd
2005	Division 1	6	1	3	0	2	24.5	58.5	4th	Relegated
2006	Division 2	6	3	2	0	1	10	74	2nd
2007	Division 2	6	0	5	0	1	14	24	4th	Relegated
2008	Division 3	6	5	0	0	1	4	110	1st	Promoted
2009	Division 2	10	10	0	0	0	0	200	1st	Promoted
2010	Division 1	10	5	5	0	0	53	103	4th
2011	Division 1	10	4	4	0	2	34	74	4th
2012	Division 1	8	0	2	0	6	11	11	8th
2013	Division 1	8	6	2	0	0	51	111	2nd
2014	Division 1	8	2	4	0	2	35	55	7th
2015	Division 1	8	6	1	0	1	47	107	1st	Champions
2016	Division 1	8	4	2	0	2	34	74	4th
2017	Division 1	7	5	2	0	0	48	98	2nd
2018	Division 1	7	6	1	0	0	46	106	2nd
2019	Division 1	7	5	2	0	0	43	93	2nd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings[20]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2009	Division 2	3	1	1	0	1	−0.05	3	3rd
2010	Division M&N 1	3	3	0	0	0	+1.64	6	1st	Runners-up
2011	Division M&N 1	3	3	0	0	0	+2.30	6	1st	Lost semi-final
2012	Division M&N 1	3	3	0	0	0	+0.80	6	1st	Lost semi-final
2013	Division M&N 1	3	2	1	0	0	+0.09	4	2nd
2014	Division 1C	4	2	2	0	0	+0.94	8	4th
2015	Division 1	8	6	2	0	0	+0.51	24	2nd
2016	Division 1	7	2	3	0	2	+0.79	10	6th
2017	Division 1	8	3	5	0	0	−0.21	12	7th
2018	Division 1	8	2	6	0	0	−0.66	8	8th	Relegated
2019	Division 2	8	4	2	0	2	+1.34	18	4th

Honours

• Women's Area Championship:
  • Champions (6) – 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
• County Championship:
  • Division One Champions (6) – 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2015

See also

• Yorkshire County Cricket Club
• Northern Diamonds

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