Yorkshire Women cricket team
English women's cricket team
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The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play their home games at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, and are captained by Lauren Winfield-Hill.
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| League | ECB Women's Tier 1 |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Lauren Winfield-Hill |
| Coach | Rich Pyrah |
| Overseas player | Jess Jonassen |
| Team information | |
| Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1935 |
| Home ground | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| History | |
| WCC wins | 6 |
| T20 Cup wins | 0 |
| WOD League 2 wins | 1 |
| Official website | |
As of the start of the 2025 season Yorkshire Women will play their cricket in Tier 2 of the new division set up after Project Darwin.[1] In 2026 they will move up to Tier 1 of the new division.
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] Key for Yorkshire in this period were players such as Kathryn Leng and Melissa Reynard.[5] Soon after this successful period, however, Yorkshire fell away and were relegated in 2005, and then again in 2007, ending up in Division 3.[6] Their return was swift, however, as they were promoted twice, in 2008 and 2009, including an unbeaten season in Division Two.[7]
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.[8][9] Yorkshire also recorded three 2nd place finishes in a row, between 2017 and 2019.[10]
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.[11] In the following two seasons, Yorkshire reached the semi-finals, but lost to Berkshire again in 2011 and to Sussex in 2012.[12][13] 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.[14] Yorkshire struggled over following seasons, and were relegated in 2018 before finishing 4th in Division Two in 2019.[15] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with two wins and six matches abandoned due to rain.[16] They reached the Group 1 final in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Lancashire.[17] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, after all of their initial group stage matches were rained-off, they won one of two matches on a group finals day.[18] In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[19][20]
In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[21] Yorkshire have contributed some players to making up a North Representative XI, and they were partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.[22][23]
2020 – 2024 : Regional Professional Team - Northern Diamonds
Between 2020 and 2024 the professional players within the Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland regions played for the Northern Diamonds. During this period Yorkshire Women's team still existed but as a non professional team.
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 | ||||||
| 6 | Ami Campbell |  England | 6 June 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 18 | Rebecca Duckworth | England | 30 October 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 22 | Sterre Kalis ‡ |  Netherlands | 30 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 3 | Sarah Glenn ‡ | England | 7 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | England central contract |
| 12 | Grace Hall | England | 24 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 21 | Jess Jonassen ‡ |  Australia | 11 June 1992 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| 27 | Ines Blackwell | England | 30 May 2009 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 42 | Beth Langston ‡ | England | 6 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 44 | Olivia Thomas | England | 3 May 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 77 | Ria Fackrell | England | 16 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 19 | Maddie Ward | England | 19 January 2005 | Right-handed | – | |
| 35 | Alice Clarke | England | 4 August 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | On loan from Lancashire |
| 40 | Amelia Oliver | England | 17 January 2008 | Right-handed | — | |
| 58 | Lauren Winfield-Hill ‡ | England | 16 August 1990 | Right-handed | – | Club captain |
| 66 | Erin Thomas | England | 26 June 2006 | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 11 | Claudie Cooper | England | 1 May 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 16 | Jessica Woolston | England | 25 February 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 17 | Holly Garton | England | 7 January 2009 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 26 | Hannah Rainey ‡ |  Scotland | 2 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 34 | Lucy Randle-Bissell | England | 4 January 2008 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 72 | Rachel Slater ‡ | Scotland | 20 November 2001 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Source:[24] Updated: 15 March 2026 | ||||||
2026 Yorkshire Women's Academy Players
Alice Acklam, Amelia Kemp, Amelia Love, Amelia Oliver, Elicia Pollard, Ellie Nightingale, Holly Garton, Ines Blackwell, Jeanie Lee, Lucy Randle Bissell, Maiya Charlesworth, Nat Brown, Olivia Breese. [25]
2026 Yorkshire Women's Emerging Player Programme (EPP)
Anishka Nayak, Anushri Wadehra, Ashwin Krishnan, Chiara Kariyawasan, Eva Venn, Florrie McKenna, India Leach, Izzy Fidler, Libby Fellows, Lois George, Maiya Shaw, Poppy Smith, Sophia Horsfall Samb
Notable players
Players who have played for Yorkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[26]
Mona Greenwood (1937)- Mary Duggan (1949)
- Mary Johnson (1949)
- Barbara Wood (1949)
- Margaret Lockwood (1951)
- Polly Marshall (1954)
- Ruth Westbrook (1957)
- Helen Sharpe (1957)
- Mollie Hunt (1960)
- Lesley Clifford (1966)
- June Stephenson (1966)
- Rosemary Goodchild (1966)
Jill Need (1968)- Julia Greenwood (1973)
- Sue Hilliam (1973)
- Margaret Peear (1979)
- Janet Tedstone (1979)
- Karen Jobling (1982)
- Jane Powell (1984)
- Sue Metcalfe (1984)
- Jill Stockdale (1984)
- Gillian Smith (1986)
- Amanda Stinson (1986)
- Joan Lee (1986)
Mary-Pat Moore (1987)- Debra Maybury (1988)
- Clare Taylor (1988)
- Cathy Cooke (1989)
- Helen Plimmer (1989)
Jet van Noortwijk (1989)- Alison Elder (1990)
- Linda Burnley (1990)
- Kathryn Leng (1995)
- Melissa Reynard (1995)
- Bev Nicholson (1996)
- Nicola Holt (1996)
- Laura Spragg (1999)
- Helen Wardlaw (2002)
- Jenny Gunn (2004)
- Katherine Brunt (2004)
- Danielle Hazell (2009)
- Alyssa Healy (2010)
- Liz Perry (2010)
- Lauren Winfield-Hill (2013)
- Beth Langston (2013)
Leigh Kasperek (2015)- Beth Mooney (2016)
Becky Glen (2018)- Rachel Slater (2022)
- Bess Heath (2023)
- Hollie Armitage (2024)
Katie Thompson (2025)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
| Season | Division | League standings[27] | 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[28] | 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 | |
| 2021 | North | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.89 | 14 | 4th | |
| 2022 | Group 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –0.20 | 16 | 2nd | Lost final |
| 2023 | Group 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.00 | 6 | 6th | |
| 2024 | Group 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.44 | 69 | 3rd | |
ECB Women's County One-Day
Honours
- Women's Area Championship:
- Champions (6) – 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
- County Championship: