Durham Women cricket team

Durham Women
Personnel
CaptainHollie Armitage
CoachDanielle Hazell
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1930
Home groundRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteDurham Cricket

The Durham Women cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Durham. They play their home games at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, having previously used various grounds across the county, including Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham and Park Drive, Hartlepool.[1] They competed in the Women's County Championship from 2001 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2019.[2] In 2020, it was announced that Durham was merging its team with Northumberland, becoming North East Warriors.[3] They were partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.[4]

In 2024, Durham were selected as one of the eight counties to become a 'tier 1' professional women's cricket side from 2025, with all home matches to be played at the Riverside Ground.[5]

History

1930–2000: Early History

Durham Women played their first recorded match in 1930, against Lancashire and Cheshire Women, which they won by 16 runs.[6] Over the following years, Durham played various one-off matches against surrounding teams, often combined with Northumberland Women.[7] In the early 2000s, Durham also played various games against Scotland Women.[8]

2001– : Women's County Championship

In 2001, Durham Women played in the Emerging Counties competition, which they won, thereby earning promotion to the Women's County Championship.[9] In their first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, but were promoted the following season.[10] After being relegated in 2004, Durham then began a steady climb through the divisions, reaching Division 2 in 2012, where they remained for four seasons.[11] Subsequent years saw them challenging for promotion again, just missing out in 2017, losing a play-off against Northamptonshire, but achieving it in 2018, beating Oxfordshire by 85 runs.[12][13] In 2019, however, they finished bottom of Division Two.[14] In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, meanwhile, Durham were a consistent Division Two side, achieving their best finish, 2nd, in 2019.[15] In 2021, they competed as a joint team with Northumberland, as North East Warriors, after the two teams merged in 2020.[3]

Players

Current squad

  • 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
4 Emily Windsor  England (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 Right-handed Right-arm medium
7 Emma Marlow  England (2004-04-12) 12 April 2004 Right-handed Right-arm off break
10 Leah Dobson  England (2001-10-06) 6 October 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium
11 Suzie Bates  New Zealand (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player
All-rounders
14 Trudy Johnson  England (2006-11-02) 2 November 2006 Right-handed Right-arm medium
15 Abigail Glen  England (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium
17 Phoebe Turner  England (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 Right-handed Right-arm medium
22 Mady Villiers ‡  England (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 Right-handed Right-arm off break
57 Hollie Armitage ‡  England (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
70 Katherine Fraser ‡  Scotland (2005-04-09) 9 April 2005 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
25 Bess Heath ‡  England (2001-08-20) 20 August 2001 Right-handed — England development contract
64 Mia Rogers  England (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 Right-handed —
Bowlers
2 Lizzie Scott  England (2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 Right-handed Right-arm medium
23 Katie Levick  England (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
24 Lauren Filer ‡  England (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium England central contract
48 Sophia Turner  England (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 Right-handed Right-arm medium
88 Grace Thompson  England (2007-05-30) 30 May 2007 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Notable players

Players who have played for Durham and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[17] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Emerging Counties 2 - - - - - - 1st Promoted
2002 Division 3 5 1 2 0 2 20 54 5th
2003 Division 3 5 3 1 1 0 40.5 82.5 1st Promoted
2004 Division 2 5 0 5 0 0 23 23 6th Relegated
2005 County Challenge Cup G1 3 3 0 0 0 28 64 2nd
2006 County Challenge Cup G1 3 2 1 0 0 4 44 2nd
2007 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 1 0 1 4 39 2nd
2008 Division 5N 3 2 1 0 0 2 42 2nd Promoted
2009 Division 4 10 8 2 0 0 5 165 2nd
2010 Division 4 9 4 4 0 1 39 79 5th
2011 Division 4 10 7 2 0 1 61 131 1st Promoted
2012 Division 2 8 0 5 0 3 15 15 9th
2013 Division 2 8 1 5 0 2 26 36 9th
2014 Division 2 8 2 6 0 0 35 55 7th
2015 Division 2 8 3 5 0 0 38 68 8th Relegated
2016 Division 3 8 6 1 0 1 42 102 2nd
2017 Division 3A 6 5 0 0 1 26 76 1st Lost promotion playoff
2018 Division 3A 6 5 1 0 0 42 92 1st Promoted
2019 Division 2 7 1 6 0 0 36 46 8th Relegated

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[18] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 3 0 0 0 3 – 3 1st
2010 Division M&N 2 3 0 2 0 1 −1.73 1 4th Relegated
2011 Division M&N 3 3 2 1 0 0 +1.00 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 3 3 1 2 0 0 −1.27 2 3rd
2014 Division 2B 4 1 3 0 0 −2.99 4 7th
2015 Division 2 8 2 5 0 1 −0.55 9 7th
2016 Division 2 7 0 6 0 1 −2.48 1 8th
2017 Division 2 8 3 5 0 0 −0.21 12 6th
2018 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 −0.10 20 4th
2019 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 +0.54 20 2nd

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Alleyne has represented both the West Indies and Barbados in international cricket.

References

  1. ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Danielle Hazell heads up North East women's high performance pathway". Durham Cricket. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Northern Diamonds". Yorkshire CCC. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ Raf Nicholson (18 April 2024). "Durham selected ahead of Yorkshire to host professional women's county team". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Durham Women vs Lancashire and Cheshire Women, 21 June 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Emerging Counties 2001". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2003". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  12. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  14. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  15. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Durham Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  17. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  18. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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