Durham Women
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1930
Home groundVarious
Including Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham
History
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T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteDurham Cricket

The Durham Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Durham. They played their home games at various grounds across the county, including Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham, County 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 are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.[4]

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.[5] Over the following years, Durham played various one-off matches against surrounding teams, often combined with Northumberland Women.[6] In the early 2000s, Durham also played various games against Scotland Women.[7]

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.[8] In their first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, but were promoted the following season.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11][12] In 2019, however, they finished bottom of Division Two.[13] In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, meanwhile, Durham were a consistent Division Two side, achieving their best finish, 2nd, in 2019.[14] 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):[15]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[16] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Emerging Counties 2------1st Promoted
2002 Division 3 5120220545th
2003 Division 3 5311040.582.51st Promoted
2004 Division 2 5050023236th Relegated
2005 County Challenge Cup G1 3300028642nd
2006 County Challenge Cup G1 321004442nd
2007 County Challenge Cup G4 311014392nd
2008 Division 5N 321002422nd Promoted
2009 Division 4 10820051652nd
2010 Division 4 9440139795th
2011 Division 4 107201611311st Promoted
2012 Division 2 8050315159th
2013 Division 2 8150226369th
2014 Division 2 8260035557th
2015 Division 2 8350038688th Relegated
2016 Division 3 86101421022nd
2017 Division 3A 6500126761st Lost promotion playoff
2018 Division 3A 6510042921st Promoted
2019 Division 2 7160036468th Relegated

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[17] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 30003–31st
2010 Division M&N 2 30201−1.7314th Relegated
2011 Division M&N 3 32100+1.0042nd Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 3 31200−1.2723rd
2014 Division 2B 41300−2.9947th
2015 Division 2 82501−0.5597th
2016 Division 2 70601−2.4818th
2017 Division 2 83500−0.21126th
2018 Division 2 85300−0.10204th
2019 Division 2 85300+0.54202nd

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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Durham Women vs Lancashire and Cheshire Women, 21 June 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Durham Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Women's Emerging Counties 2001". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2003". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Three - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division Two - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Durham Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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