The Durham Women cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
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Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
Durham may also refer to:
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. They play their home games at the
Riverside Ground
The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches.
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in
Chester-le-Street
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The town's history is ancient; ...
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England
**County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States
Durham may also refer to:
Places
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Hartlepool
Hartlepool ( ) is a seaside resort, seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough Borough of Hartlepool, named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area with an estimat ...
. They competed in the
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women's One-Day Cup,Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2019. In 2020, it was announced that Durham was merging its team with
Northumberland
Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...
Northern Diamonds
Northern Diamonds were a women's cricket team that represented the traditional areas of the Northumbria (modern), North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches ...
.
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
The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches.
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.
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
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, Durham Women played in the Emerging Counties competition, which they won, thereby earning promotion to the
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women's One-Day Cup,first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, but were promoted the following season. After being relegated in
2004
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Events January
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, Durham then began a steady climb through the divisions, reaching Division 2 in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, where they remained for four seasons. Subsequent years saw them challenging for promotion again, just missing out in
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
, losing a play-off against
Northamptonshire
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, but achieving it in
2018
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* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
, beating
Oxfordshire
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by 85 runs. In
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, 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
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. In
2021
Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
, they competed as a joint team with
Northumberland
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* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
* denotes players with international caps.
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)
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Danielle Hazell
Danielle Hazell (born 13 May 1988) is an English cricket coach and former player. She is currently the coach of English domestic team Northern Diamonds. As a player she was an off break bowler who batted right-handed. She represented England in ...
(2009)
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Morna Nielsen
Morna Jessie Godwin Nielsen (born 24 February 1990) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in 52 One Day Internationals and 44 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2010 and 2 ...
Aaliyah Alleyne
Aaliyah Alicia Alleyne (born 11 November 1994) is a Barbadian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler. In October 2019, she was named in the West Indies squad for their series against India. She made her Women's One Day International ( ...
(2019)
* Elysa Hubbard (2022)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
Women's Twenty20 Cup
See also
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Durham County Cricket Club
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic c ...
Northern Diamonds
Northern Diamonds were a women's cricket team that represented the traditional areas of the Northumbria (modern), North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches ...