The 2016 season was Yorkshire Diamonds' first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fifth in the group stage, winning one of their five matches.
The side was partnered with Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and played their home matches at Headingley Cricket Ground. They were captained by Lauren Winfield and coached by Rich Pyrah.
Squad Yorkshire Diamonds announced their 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. Age given is at the start of Yorkshire Diamonds' first match of the season (30 July 2016).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Hollie Armitage Right-handed Right-arm leg break Alex Blackwell Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player All-rounders Alice Davidson-Richards Right-handed Right arm medium Teresa Graves Right-handed Right-arm medium Jenny Gunn Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Beth Mooney Left-handed — Overseas player Anna Nicholls Right-handed Right-arm medium Lauren Winfield Right-handed — Captain Bowlers Stephanie Butler Left-handed Right-arm off break Katherine Brunt Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Danielle Hazell Right-handed Right-arm off break Shabnim Ismail Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas player Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break Laura Spragg Left-handed Left-arm medium Katie Thompson Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Hollie Armitage 5 5 0 60 43 12.00 98.36 0 0 9 0 Alex Blackwell 5 5 0 111 59 22.20 115.62 0 1 9 2 Katherine Brunt 5 5 1 71 36 17.75 112.69 0 0 6 1 Stephanie Butler 4 2 1 0 0* 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 4 4 1 27 10 9.00 71.05 0 0 2 0 Jenny Gunn 5 4 1 16 8* 5.33 55.17 0 0 2 0 Danielle Hazell 5 5 1 28 15 7.00 66.66 0 0 2 0 Shabnim Ismail 5 3 1 1 1* 0.50 8.33 0 0 0 0 Katie Levick 4 3 0 2 1 0.66 13.33 0 0 0 0 Beth Mooney 5 5 0 100 56 20.00 94.33 0 1 11 0 Anna Nicholls 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 40.00 0 0 0 0 Laura Spragg 1 – – – – – – – – – – Katie Thompson 1 1 1 2 2* – 66.66 0 0 0 0 Lauren Winfield 5 5 0 106 32 21.20 117.77 0 0 20 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Hollie Armitage 5 1 2.0 0 13 0 – – 6.50 – Katherine Brunt 5 5 17.0 2 91 6 3/6 15.16 5.35 17.0 Stephanie Butler 4 2 6.0 0 44 2 2/24 22.0 7.33 18.0 Jenny Gunn 5 5 14.0 1 91 4 2/19 22.75 6.50 21.0 Danielle Hazell 5 5 18.4 0 100 7 4/10 14.28 5.35 16.0 Shabnim Ismail 5 5 16.0 0 89 6 2/16 14.83 5.56 16.0 Katie Levick 4 4 14.0 1 91 4 1/10 22.75 6.50 21.0 Laura Spragg 1 1 1.0 0 16 0 – – 16.00 – Katie Thompson 1 1 1.0 0 7 0 – – 7.00 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Hollie Armitage 5 5 3 Alex Blackwell 5 5 2 Katherine Brunt 5 5 1 Stephanie Butler 4 4 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 4 4 1 Jenny Gunn 5 5 4 Danielle Hazell 5 5 0 Shabnim Ismail 5 5 2 Katie Levick 4 4 1 Anna Nicholls 1 1 0 Laura Spragg 1 1 1 Katie Thompson 1 1 0 Lauren Winfield 5 5 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Beth Mooney 5 5 1 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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