The 2018 season was Yorkshire Diamonds' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fifth in the group stage, winning three of their ten matches.
The side was captained by Lauren Winfield and coached by Paul Grayson. They played two home matches apiece at Headingley Cricket Ground and Clifton Park, and one at the North Marine Road Ground.
Squad Yorkshire Diamonds announced their 15-player squad on 11 July 2018. Age given is at the start of Yorkshire Diamonds' first match of the season (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes All-rounders Chamari Atapattu Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Thea Brookes Right-handed Right-arm off break Alice Davidson-Richards Right-handed Right arm medium Delissa Kimmince Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Alice Monaghan Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Gwenan Davies Left-handed Right-arm medium Bess Heath Right-handed — Beth Mooney Left-handed — Overseas player Lauren Winfield Right-handed — Captain Bowlers Katherine Brunt Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Helen Fenby Right-handed Right-arm leg break Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sophie Munro Right-handed Right-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 Chamari Atapattu 8 7 0 85 43 12.14 96.59 0 0 10 2 Thea Brookes 9 8 2 139 45 23.16 120.86 0 0 13 6 Katherine Brunt 7 6 2 110 44* 27.50 120.87 0 0 12 2 Alice Davidson-Richards 9 8 1 148 33 21.14 94.10 0 0 18 0 Gwenan Davies 6 2 1 7 4 7.00 116.66 0 0 1 0 Helen Fenby 8 3 1 1 1* 0.50 20.00 0 0 0 0 Bess Heath 2 2 0 24 24 12.00 77.41 0 0 2 0 Delissa Kimmince 9 8 2 107 55* 17.83 117.58 0 1 10 2 Beth Langston 9 6 2 51 16 12.75 108.51 0 0 5 1 Katie Levick 9 4 2 1 1* 0.50 11.11 0 0 0 0 Alice Monaghan 4 3 1 2 1 1.00 25.00 0 0 0 0 Beth Mooney 9 9 1 267 76 33.37 138.34 0 2 41 0 Sophie Munro 1 – – – – – – – – – – Katie Thompson 1 – – – – – – – – – – Lauren Winfield 8 8 0 205 64 25.62 119.88 0 1 12 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Chamari Atapattu 8 7 14.0 0 122 3 1/15 40.66 8.71 28.0 Thea Brookes 9 2 5.0 0 27 3 2/23 9.00 5.40 10.0 Katherine Brunt 7 7 24.2 1 132 10 5/26 13.20 5.42 14.6 Alice Davidson-Richards 9 9 29.3 0 220 10 2/15 22.00 7.45 17.7 Helen Fenby 8 8 18.0 1 156 1 1/38 156.00 8.66 108.0 Delissa Kimmince 9 9 22.0 0 204 2 2/14 102.00 9.27 66.0 Beth Langston 9 8 24.4 0 190 7 3/14 27.14 7.70 21.1 Katie Levick 9 9 30.0 0 210 11 3/35 19.09 7.00 16.3 Katie Thompson 1 1 4.0 0 18 2 2/18 9.00 4.50 12.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Chamari Atapattu 8 8 2 Thea Brookes 9 9 2 Katherine Brunt 7 7 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 9 9 3 Gwenan Davies 6 6 3 Helen Fenby 8 8 1 Bess Heath 2 2 0 Delissa Kimmince 9 9 5 Beth Langston 9 9 1 Katie Levick 9 9 1 Alice Monaghan 4 4 2 Sophie Munro 1 1 0 Katie Thompson 1 1 0 Lauren Winfield 8 8 5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Beth Mooney 9 9 5 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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