The Durham Women cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Durham. They play their home games at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, having previously used various grounds across the county, including Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham and Park Drive, Hartlepool. They competed in the Women's County Championship from 2001 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2019. In 2020, it was announced that Durham was merging its team with Northumberland, becoming North East Warriors. They were partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.
In 2024, Durham were selected as one of the eight counties to become a 'tier 1' professional women's cricket side from 2025, with all home matches to be played at the Riverside Ground.
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. Over the following years, Durham played various one-off matches against surrounding teams, often combined with Northumberland Women. In the early 2000s, Durham also played various games against Scotland Women.
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. In their first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, but were promoted the following season. 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. 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. In 2019, however, they finished bottom of Division Two. In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, meanwhile, Durham were a consistent Division Two side, achieving their best finish, 2nd, in 2019. In 2021, they competed as a joint team with Northumberland, as North East Warriors, after the two teams merged in 2020.
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 Batters4 Emily Windsor Right-handed Right-arm medium 7 Emma Marlow Right-handed Right-arm off break 10 Leah Dobson Right-handed Right-arm medium 28 Harriet Robson Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders14 Trudy Johnson Right-handed Right-arm medium 15 Abi Glen Right-handed Right-arm medium 17 Phoebe Turner Right-handed Right-arm medium 22 Mady Villiers Right-handed Right-arm off break 57 Hollie Armitage Right-handed Right-arm leg break 70 Katherine Fraser Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers 25 Bess Heath Right-handed — 64 Mia Rogers Right-handed — Bowlers2 Lizzie Scott Right-handed Right-arm medium 23 Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break 24 Lauren Filer Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium England central contract 48 Sophia Turner Right-handed Right-arm medium 88 Grace Thompson Right-handed Right-arm medium Source: Updated: 1 October 2026
Notable players Players who have played for Durham and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Kari Carswell (2001) Danielle Hazell (2009) Morna Nielsen (2010) Louise McCarthy (2010) Becky Glen (2018) Aaliyah Alleyne (2019) Elysa Hubbard (2022)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2001 Emerging Counties 2 - - - - - - 1st Promoted 2002 Division 3 5 1 2 0 2 20 54 5th 2003 Division 3 5 3 1 1 0 40.5 82.5 1st Promoted 2004 Division 2 5 0 5 0 0 23 23 6th Relegated 2005 County Challenge Cup G1 3 3 0 0 0 28 64 2nd 2006 County Challenge Cup G1 3 2 1 0 0 4 44 2nd 2007 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 1 0 1 4 39 2nd 2008 Division 5N 3 2 1 0 0 2 42 2nd Promoted 2009 Division 4 10 8 2 0 0 5 165 2nd 2010 Division 4 9 4 4 0 1 39 79 5th 2011 Division 4 10 7 2 0 1 61 131 1st Promoted 2012 Division 2 8 0 5 0 3 15 15 9th 2013 Division 2 8 1 5 0 2 26 36 9th 2014 Division 2 8 2 6 0 0 35 55 7th 2015 Division 2 8 3 5 0 0 38 68 8th Relegated 2016 Division 3 8 6 1 0 1 42 102 2nd 2017 Division 3A 6 5 0 0 1 26 76 1st Lost promotion playoff 2018 Division 3A 6 5 1 0 0 42 92 1st Promoted 2019 Division 2 7 1 6 0 0 36 46 8th Relegated
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 6 3 0 0 0 3 – 3 1st 2010 Division M&N 2 3 0 2 0 1 −1.73 1 4th Relegated 2011 Division M&N 3 3 2 1 0 0 +1.00 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2012 Division M&N 3 3 1 2 0 0 −1.27 2 3rd 2014 Division 2B 4 1 3 0 0 −2.99 4 7th 2015 Division 2 8 2 5 0 1 −0.55 9 7th 2016 Division 2 7 0 6 0 1 −2.48 1 8th 2017 Division 2 8 3 5 0 0 −0.21 12 6th 2018 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 −0.10 20 4th 2019 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 +0.54 20 2nd
See also Durham County Cricket Club North East Warriors Northern Diamonds
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