# 2017 Yorkshire Diamonds season

The 2017 season was Yorkshire Diamonds' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fifth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.
The side was captained by Lauren Winfield and coached by the newly appointed Paul Grayson. They played one home match at Headingley Cricket Ground, and one at Clifton Park, York.

## Squad

Yorkshire Diamonds announced their 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Age given is at the start of Yorkshire Diamonds' first match of the season (11 August 2017).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Hollie Armitage | England | (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Chamari Atapattu | Sri Lanka | (1990-02-09)9 February 1990 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Laura Crofts | England | (1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Alice Davidson-Richards | England | (1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sophie Devine | New Zealand | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Teresa Graves | England | (1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Jenny Gunn | England | (1986-05-09)9 May 1986 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Anna Nicholls | England | (1997-10-30)30 October 1997 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Lauren Winfield | England | (1990-08-16)16 August 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | — | Captain |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Katherine Brunt | England | (1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
| Stephanie Butler | England | (1994-04-23)23 April 1994 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Katie Levick | England | (1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Suné Luus | South Africa | (1996-01-05)5 January 1996 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Katie Thompson | England | (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox | |
| Madeline Walsh | England | (1997-03-25)25 March 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |

## Women's Cricket Super League
### Season standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Southern Vipers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2.001 |
| 2 | Surrey Stars | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.291 |
| 3 | Western Storm | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.887 |
| 4 | Loughborough Lightning | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.664 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Diamonds | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 |
| 6 | Lancashire Thunder | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.692 |
Advanced to the Final.  Advanced to the Semi-final.

### League stage

* 11 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 162/4 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 134/7 (20 overs) |
| Lauren Winfield 44 (43) Danielle Hazell 2/34 (4 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 28 (26) Alice Davidson-Richards 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 28 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Neil Bainton and Mike Burns Player of the match: Alice Davidson-Richards (Yorkshire Diamonds)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 13 August 2017 18:45 (D/N) Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 100 (19.5 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 104/2 (17.3 overs) |
| Suné Luus 29 (32) Alex Hartley 3/15 (4 overs) | | Marizanne Kapp 48* (47) Katherine Brunt 1/12 (3.3 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 8 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Neil Mallender and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Surrey Stars 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 18 August 2017 16:00 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 110/5 (13 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 93/5 (13 overs) |
| Chamari Atapattu 66* (40) Kristen Beams 1/18 (3 overs) | | Georgia Elwiss 41 (28) Chamari Atapattu 2/11 (3 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 17 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: James Middlebrook and Mark Newell Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu (Yorkshire Diamonds)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 160/7 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 161/0 (17 overs) |
| Lauren Winfield 58 (44) Holly Huddleston 1/19 (4 overs) | | Rachel Priest 106* (65) |
* Western Storm won by 10 wickets Clifton Park Ground, York Umpires: Ben Debenham and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 138/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 108 (18.3 overs) |
| Mignon du Preez 50* (35) Katie Levick 3/21 (4 overs) | | Katherine Brunt 42 (30) Arran Brindle 2/13 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 30 runs Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Southern Vipers)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Hollie Armitage | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3.33 | 55.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamari Atapattu | 5 | 5 | 1 | 135 | 66* | 33.75 | 126.16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 |
| Katherine Brunt | 5 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 42 | 28.20 | 160.22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| Alice Davidson-Richards | 5 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 22* | 14.25 | 76.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Sophie Devine | 5 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 11.00 | 117.02 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Jenny Gunn | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5* | 5.00 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katie Levick | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9* | – | 111.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Suné Luus | 5 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 29 | 13.33 | 102.56 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Anna Nicholls | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4.50 | 90.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Katie Thompson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madeline Walsh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauren Winfield | 5 | 5 | 0 | 135 | 58 | 27.00 | 103.05 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Chamari Atapattu | 5 | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 104 | 2 | 2/11 | 52.00 | 6.93 | 45.0 |
| Katherine Brunt | 5 | 5 | 16.3 | 3 | 95 | 3 | 2/15 | 31.66 | 5.75 | 33.0 |
| Alice Davidson-Richards | 5 | 5 | 14.0 | 0 | 100 | 5 | 3/20 | 20.00 | 7.14 | 16.8 |
| Sophie Devine | 5 | 3 | 4.0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1/16 | 41.00 | 10.25 | 24.0 |
| Jenny Gunn | 4 | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 88 | 0 | – | – | 8.80 | – |
| Katie Levick | 5 | 5 | 17.0 | 0 | 114 | 6 | 3/21 | 19.00 | 6.70 | 17.0 |
| Suné Luus | 5 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1/20 | 30.00 | 6.00 | 30.0 |
| Katie Thompson | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | – | – | 7.83 | – |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Hollie Armitage | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Chamari Atapattu | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Katherine Brunt | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Alice Davidson-Richards | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Sophie Devine | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Jenny Gunn | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Katie Levick | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Suné Luus | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Katie Thompson | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Madeline Walsh | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Lauren Winfield | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Anna Nicholls | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||