Hollie Jade Armitage (born 14 June 1997) is an English

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er who currently

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and Northern Diamonds, as well as playing for

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and

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. An

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, she plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler. She has previously played for

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and

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Early life

Armitage was born on 14 June 1997 in

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West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

Domestic career

Armitage made her county debut in 2013, for

against Surrey, scoring 25 runs and taking 3/2 from 1.4 overs in a 12-run victory. In 2016, she was Yorkshire's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 153 runs including two half-centuries, as well as taking 7 wickets at an average of 12.85. She was again Yorkshire's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 192 runs, including 3 half-centuries. Armitage began captaining Yorkshire in 2016, and captained her first full season in 2019. In 2019, she scored 165 runs in the

, the most for her side. In 2021, she was the side's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker in the

Twenty20 Cup The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...

, with 184 runs and 5 wickets. She was again her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 214 runs including two half-centuries. Armitage also played for

in the

Women's Cricket Super League The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The comp ...

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. Overall, she played 20 matches, scoring 303 runs including one half-century, against

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in 2019. In November 2019, Armitage was signed by

for the remainder of the

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as a replacement for the injured

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. She played five matches for the side, scoring 54 runs at an average of 10.80. Later that season, she played six matches for

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in the

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, scoring 103 runs at an average of 17.16. In 2020 she joined Northern Diamonds, and was named as captain of the side. She led the side to the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in their first season, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer, with 176 runs. In 2021, she led the side to the finals of both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

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, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the latter tournament. She also played for

in The Hundred, appearing in three matches. In 2022, she led Northern Diamonds to their first title, winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She also scored her maiden century, and the highest score across the entire 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, against Western Storm, scoring 131 *. She was also her side's leading run-scorer in the

, with 151 runs. She was also ever-present for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, scoring 119 runs and taking one wicket. In 2023, she was Northern Diamonds' leading run-scorer in the

, with 216 runs at an average of 30.85. She also scored 384 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including making 106 * against

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. She was ever-present for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, scoring 167 runs in nine innings. In December 2023, it was announced that Armitage had signed for

for the 2023–24 Super Smash.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Armitage, Hollie 1992 births Living people Cricketers from Huddersfield Yorkshire women cricketers Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Northern Diamonds cricketers Sydney Sixers (WBBL) cricketers Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket) cricketers Northern Superchargers cricketers Central Districts Hinds cricketers