The 2024 season was Northern Diamonds' fifth season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Twenty20 Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side won three of their ten matches, finishing sixth in the group. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the side finished won nine of their fourteen group stage matches to finish top of the group, before losing to Sunrisers in the semi-finals.
The side was captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by Danielle Hazell. They played six home matches at Headingley Cricket Ground, four at the Riverside Ground, two at North Marine Road Ground and one at Clifton Park Ground.
This was Northern Diamonds' final season in existence, effectively being replaced by a professionalised Durham team under the England and Wales Cricket Board's changes to the structure of women's domestic cricket from 2025 onwards.
Squad Departures On 19 December 2023, it was announced that Yvonne Graves had left the side.
Arrivals On 21 November 2023, it was announced that the side had signed Sophia Turner from North West Thunder. Turner had previously been on loan to the side in September 2023. On 10 April 2024, it was announced that the side had signed Erin Burns as an overseas player from the start of the season until the end of July. On 30 April 2024, Maddie Ward was included in a matchday squad for the first time. On 29 August 2024, it was announced that Erin Burns had returned to the side for the remainder of the season.
Personnel and contract changes On 19 December 2023, it was announced that Lizzie Scott had signed her first professional contract with the side.
Squad list Age given is at the start of Northern Diamonds' first match of the season (20 April 2024). Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Leah Dobson Right-handed Right arm medium Rebecca Duckworth Right-handed Right arm medium Sterre Kalis Right-handed Right-arm medium Phoebe Turner Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Hollie Armitage Right-handed Right-arm leg break Captain Erin Burns Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player; April to July, September 2024 Katherine Fraser Right-handed Right-arm off break Abigail Glen Right-handed Right-arm medium Emma Marlow Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Bess Heath Right-handed — Maddie Ward Right-handed — Joined April 2024 Lauren Winfield-Hill Right-handed Right-arm medium Bowlers Grace Hall Right-handed Right-arm medium Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium Katie Levick Right-handed Right-arm leg break Lizzie Scott Right-handed Right-arm medium Rachel Slater Right-handed Left-arm medium Sophia Turner Right-handed Right-arm medium Jessica Woolston Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Season standings
advanced to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Semi-final
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 12 12 2 2 13 13 0 3 14 14 0 3 12 12 1 1 14 13 0 0 8 7 0 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 200 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 15 23 1 15 20 0 14 15 0 6 11 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 10 wickets.
Charlotte Edwards Cup Season standings
advanced to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 10 10 0 3 10 10 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 150 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 9 16 1 10 14 0 10 12 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 10 wickets.
Season statistics Batting PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Hollie Armitage 12 12 435 103 43.50 89.32 2 2 10 10 323 97 35.88 115.77 0 3 Erin Burns 14 13 307 49 27.90 91.64 0 0 9 8 75 30 9.37 91.46 0 0 Leah Dobson 6 5 95 54 19.00 68.84 0 1 9 8 90 55 12.85 86.53 0 1 Rebecca Duckworth 6 6 83 51 13.83 55.33 0 1 3 2 27 21* – 84.37 0 0 Katherine Fraser 7 6 75 222 15.00 60.00 0 0 10 8 57 23* 19.00 126.66 0 0 Abigail Glen 13 10 180 53* 30.00 111.80 0 1 – – – – – – – – Grace Hall – – – – – – – – 5 4 4 2* 2.00 40.00 0 0 Bess Heath 8 7 227 63 37.83 100.44 0 3 9 9 148 59 18.50 129.82 0 1 Sterre Kalis 12 12 320 100 26.66 83.76 1 1 10 10 199 43 19.90 106.98 0 0 Beth Langston 6 6 110 58* 27.50 78.01 0 1 – – – – – – – – Katie Levick 15 8 58 19 29.00 49.57 0 0 10 3 3 2* 1.50 50.00 0 0 Emma Marlow 13 13 397 63 30.53 66.49 0 3 10 10 84 47* 10.50 81.55 0 0 Lizzie Scott 4 2 7 7* 7.00 58.33 0 0 1 – – – – – – – Rachel Slater 7 3 25 18* 25.00 113.63 0 0 10 3 3 2 1.50 50.00 0 0 Phoebe Turner 15 12 150 49* 16.66 68.49 0 0 1 1 4 4 4.00 57.14 0 0 Sophia Turner 8 6 23 7 4.60 41.07 0 0 6 2 10 8 10.00 111.11 0 0 Maddie Ward 1 1 20 20 20.00 45.45 0 0 – – – – – – – – Lauren Winfield-Hill 14 14 361 69* 27.76 76.80 0 3 7 7 115 38 16.42 92.00 0 0 Jessica Woolston 4 3 36 23* 18.00 80.00 0 0 – – – – – – – – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Hollie Armitage 12 13.0 4 16.50 5.07 3/40 0 10 17.0 7 16.85 6.94 3/16 0 Erin Burns 14 108.5 15 34.60 4.76 3/40 0 9 30.1 16 11.75 6.23 5/25 1 Katherine Fraser 7 25.0 4 27.50 4.40 3/37 0 10 28.0 5 36.80 6.57 1/5 0 Abigail Glen 13 56.2 8 33.87 4.81 3/42 0 – – – – – – – Grace Hall – – – – – – – 5 10.0 3 23.00 6.90 1/9 0 Beth Langston 6 40.0 11 17.45 4.80 6/24 1 – – – – – – – Katie Levick 15 121.1 20 25.65 4.23 4/38 0 10 36.0 14 16.71 6.50 3/22 0 Emma Marlow 13 7.4 1 49.00 6.39 1/22 0 10 – – – – – – Lizzie Scott 4 18.0 1 127.00 7.05 1/43 0 1 3.0 2 6.00 4.00 2/12 0 Rachel Slater 7 49.2 6 37.00 4.50 2/24 0 10 31.5 12 18.83 7.09 3/12 0 Phoebe Turner 15 110.0 23 23.39 4.89 6/20 0 1 2.0 0 – 8.50 – 0 Sophia Turner 8 48.2 8 38.87 6.43 2/26 0 6 17.0 4 28.75 6.76 2/19 0 Jessica Woolston 4 25.0 3 40.33 4.84 1/28 0 – – – – – – – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Hollie Armitage 12 11 6 10 10 6 Erin Burns 14 13 7 9 9 2 Leah Dobson 6 6 1 9 9 4 Rebecca Duckworth 6 6 1 3 3 0 Katherine Fraser 7 7 3 10 10 2 Abigail Glen 13 12 3 – – – Grace Hall – – – 5 5 2 Bess Heath 8 3 0 9 4 2 Sterre Kalis 12 11 2 10 10 5 Beth Langston 6 5 1 – – – Katie Levick 15 14 3 10 10 2 Emma Marlow 13 12 2 10 10 5 Lizzie Scott 4 3 0 1 1 0 Rachel Slater 7 7 0 10 10 1 Phoebe Turner 15 14 3 1 1 0 Sophia Turner 8 8 2 6 6 2 Lauren Winfield-Hill 14 4 1 7 2 2 Jessica Woolston 4 4 2 – – – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Bess Heath 14 9 8 5 9 5 1 6 Maddie Ward 1 1 1 0 – – – – Lauren Winfield-Hill 14 9 8 5 7 5 0 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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