Yorkshire Diamonds played their second season in 2017. They competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fifth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.
The side was captained by Lauren Winfield and coached by the newly appointed Paul Grayson. They played one home match at Headingley Cricket Ground, and one at Clifton Park, York.
Squad Yorkshire Diamonds announced their 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Age given is at the start of Yorkshire Diamonds' first match of the season (11 August 2017).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Hollie Armitage Right-handed Right arm leg break All-rounders Chamari Atapattu Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Laura Crofts Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Davidson-Richards Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophie Devine Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Teresa Graves Right-handed Right-arm medium Jenny Gunn Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Anna Nicholls Right-handed Right-arm medium Lauren Winfield Right-handed — Captain Bowlers Katherine Brunt Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Stephanie Butler Left-handed Right-arm off break Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break Suné Luus Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player Katie Thompson Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Madeline Walsh Right-handed Right-arm medium
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 4 1 10 6 3.33 55.55 0 0 0 0 Chamari Atapattu 5 5 1 135 66* 33.75 126.16 0 1 19 4 Katherine Brunt 5 5 0 141 42 28.20 160.22 0 0 18 5 Alice Davidson-Richards 5 5 1 57 22* 14.25 76.00 0 0 3 2 Sophie Devine 5 5 0 55 41 11.00 117.02 0 0 6 3 Jenny Gunn 4 4 2 10 5* 5.00 62.50 0 0 0 0 Katie Levick 5 2 2 10 9* – 111.11 0 0 2 0 Suné Luus 5 3 0 40 29 13.33 102.56 0 0 6 0 Anna Nicholls 5 2 0 9 5 4.50 90.00 0 0 1 0 Katie Thompson 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 – 0 0 0 0 Madeline Walsh 4 2 0 1 1 0.50 12.50 0 0 0 0 Lauren Winfield 5 5 0 135 58 27.00 103.05 0 1 18 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Chamari Atapattu 5 5 15.0 0 104 2 2/11 52.00 6.93 45.0 Katherine Brunt 5 5 16.3 3 95 3 2/15 31.66 5.75 33.0 Alice Davidson-Richards 5 5 14.0 0 100 5 3/20 20.00 7.14 16.8 Sophie Devine 5 3 4.0 0 41 1 1/16 41.00 10.25 24.0 Jenny Gunn 4 3 10.0 0 88 0 – – 8.80 – Katie Levick 5 5 17.0 0 114 6 3/21 19.00 6.70 17.0 Suné Luus 5 2 5.0 0 30 1 1/20 30.00 6.00 30.0 Katie Thompson 2 2 6.0 0 47 0 – – 7.83 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Hollie Armitage 5 5 2 Chamari Atapattu 5 5 1 Katherine Brunt 5 5 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 5 5 2 Sophie Devine 5 5 1 Jenny Gunn 4 4 0 Katie Levick 5 5 0 Suné Luus 5 5 1 Katie Thompson 2 2 0 Madeline Walsh 4 4 1 Lauren Winfield 5 5 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Anna Nicholls 5 5 0 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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