Rachel Hannah Marie Hopkins (born 19 July 1992) is an English

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er who currently plays for

North East Warriors North East Warriors is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of County Durham and Northumberland. They play their home matches at grounds across the two counties, including Stocksfield Cricket Club Ground, ...

. An

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, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She previously played for

Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...

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and

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, before they were succeeded by North East Warriors. She is also a High Performance Coach of North East Warriors.

Early life

Hopkins was born on 19 July 1992 in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

Domestic career

Hopkins made her county debut in 2007, for

against

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. She hit her maiden county half-century in 2011, scoring 58 against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, a season in which she was her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 192 runs. In 2014 she was again her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 279 runs at an average of 34.87. In 2016, Hopkins had a standout season, hitting her maiden county century, 117 * against Cheshire, and was Derbyshire's leading run-scorer in both the

and the

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. Hopkins moved to

ahead of the 2018 season, and was quickly successful, being the side's leading run-scorer in both the

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, with 215 runs at an average of 53.75, and in the

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, with 142 runs at an average of 20.28. In 2020, Durham merged with

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to form the

. Although the side did not play any competitive matches that season due to the

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, Hopkins appeared in two friendlies against

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for the team in 2020. In 2021, she scored 59 runs for the side at an average of 24.50 in the

. She played one match for the side in the

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. Hopkins is also a coach, having worked for Durham as a Cricket Development Officer from 2018, and, when the side became North East Warriors, becoming a High Performance Coach for the new team. In 2020, Hopkins played for

in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in four matches, scoring 54 runs at an average of 13.50. She played a further twelve matches for the side in 2021, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

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. She played one match for the side in 2022, in the

, without batting or bowling. At the end of the 2022 season, Hopkins retired from regional cricket.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopkins, Rachel 1992 births Living people Cricketers from Nottingham Derbyshire women cricketers Durham women cricketers North East Warriors cricketers Northern Diamonds cricketers