The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play their home games at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, and are captained by Lauren Winfield-Hill.
As of the start of the 2025 season Yorkshire Women will play their cricket in Tier 2 of the new division set up after Project Darwin. In 2026 they will move up to Tier 1 of the new division.
History 1935–1996: Early History Yorkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Yorkshire Cricket Federation Women. They went on to play various one-off matches, often against neighbouring teams such as Lancashire, as well as against touring sides such as Australia and New Zealand. Yorkshire joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996. Yorkshire won the Area Championship six times, including all of the final five tournaments.
1997– : Women's County Championship Yorkshire joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, and won five of the first six titles, their run only interrupted by East Midlands in 1999. Key for Yorkshire in this period were players such as Kathryn Leng and Melissa Reynard. Soon after this successful period, however, Yorkshire fell away and were relegated in 2005, and then again in 2007, ending up in Division 3. Their return was swift, however, as they were promoted twice, in 2008 and 2009, including an unbeaten season in Division Two.
Ever since, Yorkshire have played in Division One of the Championship, winning the title once more, in 2015. Yorkshire topped Division One with 6 wins from 8 games, and bowler Katie Levick was the second-highest wicket-taker in the division, with 20 at an average of just 9.65. Yorkshire also recorded three 2nd place finishes in a row, between 2017 and 2019.
Yorkshire have also competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup since 2009. In 2010, they reached the Final but lost to Berkshire by 46 runs. In the following two seasons, Yorkshire reached the semi-finals, but lost to Berkshire again in 2011 and to Sussex in 2012. Yorkshire came close to winning the title again in 2015, finishing the season joint on point with winners Sussex, but with a marginally worse Net Run Rate. Yorkshire struggled over following seasons, and were relegated in 2018 before finishing 4th in Division Two in 2019. In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with two wins and six matches abandoned due to rain. They reached the Group 1 final in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Lancashire. In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, after all of their initial group stage matches were rained-off, they won one of two matches on a group finals day. In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.
In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Yorkshire have contributed some players to making up a North Representative XI, and they were partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.
2020 – 2024 : Regional Professional Team - Northern Diamonds
Between 2020 and 2024 the professional players within the Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland regions played for the Northern Diamonds. During this period Yorkshire Women's team still existed but as a non professional team.
Players Current squad No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters6 Ami Campbell Left-handed Right-arm medium 22 Sterre Kalis Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders3 Sarah Glenn Right-handed Right-arm leg break England central contract21 Jess Jonassen Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player42 Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium 77 Ria Fackrell Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers19 Maddie Ward Right-handed – 35 Alice Clarke Left-handed Right-arm medium 58 Lauren Winfield-Hill Right-handed – Club captain66 Erin Thomas Right-handed — Bowlers11 Claudie Cooper Right-handed Right-arm off break 16 Jessica Woolston Right-handed Right-arm medium 26 Hannah Rainey Right-handed Right-arm medium 72 Rachel Slater Right-handed Left-arm medium — Em Arlott Right-handed Right-arm medium England skills contract Source: Updated: 1 October 2026
2026 Yorkshire Women's Academy Players Alice Acklam, Amelia Kemp, Amelia Love, Amelia Oliver, Elicia Pollard, Ellie Nightingale, Holly Garton, Ines Blackwell, Jeanie Lee, Lucy Randle Bissell, Maiya Charlesworth, Nat Brown, Olivia Breese.
2026 Yorkshire Women's Emerging Player Programme (EPP)
Anishka Nayak, Anushri Wadehra, Ashwin Krishnan, Chiara Kariyawasan, Eva Venn, Florrie McKenna, India Leach, Izzy Fidler, Libby Fellows, Lois George, Maiya Shaw, Poppy Smith, Sophia Horsfall Samb
Notable players Players who have played for Yorkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Mona Greenwood (1937) Mary Duggan (1949) Mary Johnson (1949) Barbara Wood (1949) Margaret Lockwood (1951) Polly Marshall (1954) Ruth Westbrook (1957) Helen Sharpe (1957) Mollie Hunt (1960) Lesley Clifford (1966) June Stephenson (1966) Rosemary Goodchild (1966) Jill Need (1968) Julia Greenwood (1973) Sue Hilliam (1973) Margaret Peear (1979) Janet Tedstone (1979) Karen Jobling (1982) Jane Powell (1984) Sue Metcalfe (1984) Jill Stockdale (1984) Gillian Smith (1986) Amanda Stinson (1986) Joan Lee (1986) Mary-Pat Moore (1987) Debra Maybury (1988) Clare Taylor (1988) Cathy Cooke (1989) Helen Plimmer (1989) Jet van Noortwijk (1989) Alison Elder (1990) Linda Burnley (1990) Kathryn Leng (1995) Melissa Reynard (1995) Bev Nicholson (1996) Nicola Holt (1996) Laura Spragg (1999) Helen Wardlaw (2002) Jenny Gunn (2004) Katherine Brunt (2004) Danielle Hazell (2009) Alyssa Healy (2010) Liz Perry (2010) Lauren Winfield-Hill (2013) Beth Langston (2013) Leigh Kasperek (2015) Beth Mooney (2016) Becky Glen (2018) Rachel Slater (2022) Bess Heath (2023) Hollie Armitage (2024) Katie Thompson (2025)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 1997 Division 1 5 5 0 0 0 41 101 1st Champions 1998 Division 1 5 5 0 0 0 40 100 1st Champions 1999 Division 1 5 3 2 0 0 40.5 76.5 2nd 2000 Division 1 5 5 0 0 0 42 102 1st Champions 2001 Division 1 5 5 0 0 0 40.5 100.5 1st Champions 2002 Division 1 5 3 0 0 2 23.5 81.5 1st Champions 2003 Division 1 5 2 3 0 0 34.5 58.5 4th 2004 Division 1 5 3 2 0 0 36.5 72.5 3rd 2005 Division 1 6 1 3 0 2 24.5 58.5 4th Relegated 2006 Division 2 6 3 2 0 1 10 74 2nd 2007 Division 2 6 0 5 0 1 14 24 4th Relegated 2008 Division 3 6 5 0 0 1 4 110 1st Promoted 2009 Division 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 200 1st Promoted 2010 Division 1 10 5 5 0 0 53 103 4th 2011 Division 1 10 4 4 0 2 34 74 4th 2012 Division 1 8 0 2 0 6 11 11 8th 2013 Division 1 8 6 2 0 0 51 111 2nd 2014 Division 1 8 2 4 0 2 35 55 7th 2015 Division 1 8 6 1 0 1 47 107 1st Champions 2016 Division 1 8 4 2 0 2 34 74 4th 2017 Division 1 7 5 2 0 0 48 98 2nd 2018 Division 1 7 6 1 0 0 46 106 2nd 2019 Division 1 7 5 2 0 0 43 93 2nd
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 2 3 1 1 0 1 −0.05 3 3rd 2010 Division M&N 1 3 3 0 0 0 +1.64 6 1st Runners-up 2011 Division M&N 1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.30 6 1st Lost semi-final 2012 Division M&N 1 3 3 0 0 0 +0.80 6 1st Lost semi-final 2013 Division M&N 1 3 2 1 0 0 +0.09 4 2nd 2014 Division 1C 4 2 2 0 0 +0.94 8 4th 2015 Division 1 8 6 2 0 0 +0.51 24 2nd 2016 Division 1 7 2 3 0 2 +0.79 10 6th 2017 Division 1 8 3 5 0 0 −0.21 12 7th 2018 Division 1 8 2 6 0 0 −0.66 8 8th Relegated 2019 Division 2 8 4 2 0 2 +1.34 18 4th 2021 North 8 2 0 0 6 +3.89 14 4th 2022 Group 1 6 4 2 0 0 –0.20 16 2nd Lost final 2023 Group 1 6 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 6th 2024 Group 1 7 3 2 0 2 +0.44 69 3rd
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 9 4th
Honours Women's Area Championship: Champions (6) – 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 County Championship: Division One Champions (6) – 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2015
See also Yorkshire County Cricket Club Northern Diamonds North Representative XI
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