Durham Women cricket team
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Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1930 |
Home ground | VariousIncluding Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham |
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WCC wins | 0 |
T20 Cup wins | 0 |
Official website | Durham Cricket |
The Durham Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Durham. They play their home games at 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 wre 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
Notable players
Players who have played for Durham and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]
Kari Carswell (2001)
Danielle Hazell (2009)
Morna Nielsen (2010)
Louise McCarthy (2010)
Becky Glen (2018)
Aaliyah Alleyne[a] (2019)
Elysa Hubbard (2022)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
Season | Division | League standings[17] | Notes | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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
- ^ Alleyne has represented both the West Indies and Barbados in international cricket.
References
- ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Danielle Hazell heads up North East women's high performance pathway". Durham Cricket. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Northern Diamonds". Yorkshire CCC. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ Raf Nicholson (18 April 2024). "Durham selected ahead of Yorkshire to host professional women's county team". The Guardian.
- ^ "Durham Women vs Lancashire and Cheshire Women, 21 June 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Women's Emerging Counties 2001". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2003". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Durham Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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