The 2020 season was Northern Diamonds' first season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side topped the North Group of the competition, winning 5 of their 6 games, progressing to the final. However, they lost to Southern Vipers in the final by 38 runs.
After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with Northern Diamonds being one of the new teams, replacing Yorkshire Diamonds and representing the North East and Yorkshire. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Northern Diamonds were captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by Danielle Hazell. They played two home matches at Headingley Cricket Ground and one at the Riverside Ground.
Squad Northern Diamonds named their squad on 19 August 2020. Age given is at the start of Northern Diamonds's first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Ami Campbell Left-handed Right-arm medium Leah Dobson Right-handed Right-arm medium Rachel Hopkins Right-handed Right-arm medium Sterre Kalis Right-handed Right-arm medium Lauren Winfield-Hill Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Hollie Armitage Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain Katherine Brunt Right-handed Right-arm fast medium Jenny Gunn Right-handed Right-arm medium Alex MacDonald Left-handed Right-arm medium Nat Sciver Right-handed Right-arm medium Layla Tipton Left-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Bess Heath Right-handed — Bowlers Helen Fenby Right-handed Right-arm leg break Phoebe Graham Right-handed Right-arm medium Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break Rachel Slater Right-handed Right-arm medium Linsey Smith Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Ella Telford Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
North Group
Fixtures
Group stage
Final
Statistics
Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Hollie Armitage 7 7 1 176 54* 29.33 62.19 0 1 21 2 Katherine Brunt 2 1 0 5 5 5.00 55.55 0 0 1 0 Ami Campbell 5 5 0 70 43 14.00 86.41 0 0 6 3 Helen Fenby 2 2 1 17 11 17.00 89.47 0 0 1 0 Phoebe Graham 5 4 2 60 29* 30.00 89.55 0 0 5 1 Jenny Gunn 7 6 2 149 50* 37.25 59.83 0 1 18 0 Bess Heath 7 5 0 37 23 7.40 63.79 0 0 3 1 Rachel Hopkins 4 4 0 54 35 13.50 35.76 0 0 5 1 Sterre Kalis 7 6 1 197 87 39.40 74.62 0 3 29 0 Beth Langston 7 5 1 93 37 23.23 78.81 0 0 7 0 Katie Levick 7 3 3 16 8* – 66.66 0 0 2 0 Alex MacDonald 7 6 0 122 92 20.33 68.53 0 1 11 2 Nat Sciver 2 2 1 108 104 108.00 92.30 1 0 14 0 Linsey Smith 4 2 0 30 23 15.00 93.75 0 0 3 0 Layla Tipton 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 66.66 0 0 1 0 Lauren Winfield-Hill 3 3 0 93 72 31.00 91.17 0 1 11 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Hollie Armitage 7 5 28.2 1 122 6 2/16 20.33 4.30 28.3 Katherine Brunt 2 2 18.0 2 53 6 5/20 8.83 2.94 18.0 Helen Fenby 2 2 11.0 0 68 0 – – 6.18 – Phoebe Graham 5 5 37.4 1 146 2 2/29 73.00 3.87 113.0 Jenny Gunn 7 7 45.5 3 187 8 2/18 23.37 4.08 34.3 Beth Langston 7 7 56.1 5 233 12 3/18 19.41 4.14 28.0 Katie Levick 7 7 60.0 5 244 11 3/22 22.18 4.06 32.7 Alex MacDonald 7 3 22.4 0 81 4 2/31 20.25 3.57 34.0 Nat Sciver 2 2 15.0 1 46 2 2/30 23.00 3.06 45.0 Linsey Smith 4 4 30.0 3 102 4 2/36 25.50 3.40 45.0 Layla Tipton 1 1 2.0 0 12 0 – – 6.00 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Hollie Armitage 7 7 2 Katherine Brunt 2 2 1 Ami Campbell 5 5 1 Helen Fenby 2 2 0 Phoebe Graham 5 5 2 Jenny Gunn 7 7 0 Rachel Hopkins 4 4 0 Sterre Kalis 7 7 1 Beth Langston 7 7 1 Katie Levick 7 7 1 Alex MacDonald 7 7 4 Nat Sciver 2 2 0 Linsey Smith 4 4 0 Layla Tipton 1 1 0 Lauren Winfield-Hill 3 3 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Bess Heath 7 7 8 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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