Yorkshire Diamonds

Yorkshire Diamonds
Captain: England Lauren Winfield
Coach: England Richard Pyrah
Founded: 2016
Home ground: Headingley Carnegie Cricket Stadium
WCSL wins: 0
Official website: Yorkshire Diamonds

Yorkshire Diamonds is an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Leeds, Yorkshire. They were formed in 2016 to compete in the inaugural season of the Women's Cricket Super League. They will play their home matches at the Headingley Carnegie Cricket Stadium. They are coached by Richard Pyrah and are captained by Lauren Winfield and as Jane Hildreth is General Manager. The team is partnered with Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The squad includes overseas players Alex Blackwell, Beth Mooney and Shabnim Ismail as well as England players Lauren Winfield, Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn and Danielle Hazell.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Current squad

Imported players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yorkshire shine bright like a Diamond". Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pyrah: We are assembling a quality squad for the Diamonds". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Richard Pyrah to coach Yorkshire Women’s Super League side". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Yorkshire Diamonds to ‘rock’ Women’s Cricket Super League". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "ECB names six Women's Super League hosts". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "ECB unveil teams and schedule for Women's Cricket Super League". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "England & Wales Cricket Board announce final squads for Women's Super League - Cricket - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meg Lanning, Stafanie Taylor, Suzie Bates among WSL overseas stars - Cricket - ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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