Yorkshire Diamonds

Former English women's Twenty20 cricket team

Cricket team

Yorkshire Diamonds were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Leeds, Yorkshire. They were formed in 2016 to compete in the inaugural season of the Women's Cricket Super League.^[1] They played their home matches at grounds across Yorkshire, including Headingley Cricket Ground and Clifton Park, York, and were partnered with Yorkshire County Cricket Club.^[2] They were coached by Danielle Hazell^[3] and captained by Lauren Winfield.^[4] In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Yorkshire Diamonds were retained for a new team, the Northern Diamonds.^[5]

History

2016–2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Yorkshire Diamonds were formed in 2016 to compete in the new Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with Yorkshire CCC.^[6] In their inaugural season, they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, winning just one game, against Lancashire Thunder.^[7][8] They fared similarly in 2017, again finishing 5th, with two victories.^[9]

In 2018, an expansion in the format, to 10 games per team, saw no change to Yorkshire Diamonds' fortunes, again finishing 5th in the table, with three wins.^[10] In their final season, 2019, the Diamonds won five games to achieve their highest ever finish, in 4th, and were the only team to beat eventual winners Western Storm.^[11][12] Diamonds overseas player Jemimah Rodrigues was the second highest run-scorer in the tournament, with 401 runs, including 112* against Southern Vipers.^[13][14] This still meant they missed out on Finals Day, however, and the 2020 restructure of English domestic women's cricket meant that the Yorkshire Diamonds were disbanded, succeeded in spirit by the Northern Diamonds, who represent a larger area, but retain some of their players.^[15]

Home grounds

Players

Final squad, 2019 season.^[16]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.

Overseas players

• Shabnim Ismail – South Africa (2016)
• Beth Mooney – Australia (2016, 2018)
• Alex Blackwell – Australia (2016)
• Chamari Atapattu – Sri Lanka (2017–2018)
• Sophie Devine – New Zealand (2017)
• Suné Luus – South Africa (2017)
• Delissa Kimmince – Australia (2018)
• Alyssa Healy – Australia (2019)
• Jemimah Rodrigues – India (2019)
• Leigh Kasperek – New Zealand (2019)

Seasons

Statistics

Overall Results

• Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
• Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

Teamwise Result summary

Records

• Highest team total: 185/6, v Southern Vipers on 25 August 2019.^[19]
• Lowest team total: 64, v Southern Vipers on 30 July 2016.^[20]
• Highest individual score: 112*, Jemimah Rodrigues v Southern Vipers on 25 August 2019.^[21]
• Best individual bowling analysis: 5/26, Katherine Brunt v Southern Vipers on 2 August 2018.^[22]
• Most runs: 627 in 28 matches, Lauren Winfield.^[23]
• Most wickets: 29 wickets in 28 matches, Katie Levick.^[24]

References

1. "ECB names six Women's Super League hosts". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
2. "ECB unveil teams and schedule for Women's Cricket Super League". Cricinfo. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
3. "Danielle Hazell Appointed As Yorkshire Diamonds Head Coach". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
4. "Meet the Diamonds". Yorkshire CCC. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
5. "Women's Regional Hubs to play for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". the Cricketer. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
6. "Women's Cricket Super League: Six successful bids announced for new T20 league". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
7. "Women's Super League 2016 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
8. "Women's Super League 2016 Fixtures & Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
9. "Women's Cricket Super League 2017 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
10. "Women's Cricket Super League 2018 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
11. "Women's Cricket Super League 2019 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
12. "Western Storm vs Yorkshire Diamonds, Aug 28 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
13. "Women's Cricket Super League, 2019/Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
14. "Jemimah Rodrigues' 112* steers Yorkshire Diamonds to four-wicket win over Southern Vipers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
15. "ECB launches new plan to transform women's and girls' cricket". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
16. "Meet the Diamonds". Yorkshire CCC. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
17. "Women Cricket Super League match result summary". ESPNCricinfo.
18. "Yorkshire Diamonds opposition wise result summary". ESPNCricinfo.
19. "Yorkshire Diamonds Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
20. "Yorkshire Diamonds Lowest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
21. "Yorkshire Diamonds Highest scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
22. "Yorkshire Diamonds Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
23. "Yorkshire Diamonds Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
24. "Yorkshire Diamonds Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2020.