Durham Women are looking for back-to-back wins over Yorkshire, taking on the White Rose in Chester-le-Street tomorrow afternoon at 2:30pm.
Dani Hazell has named a squad of 14 as her side return to Banks Homes Riverside looking to close out the opening T20 block with a victory.
Durham claimed a 21-run victory over Yorkshire at Headingley last Friday – in both sides’ last encounter, putting on 155/6 before restricting Yorkshire to 134/8.
Hazell’s side are in the qualification places in fourth with four wins from five and are looking to continue their positive form in the women’s Vitality Blast.
Richard Pyrah’s side lie eighth, searching for their first win after a winless opening five rounds.
Words from Dani Hazell
It was good to get another win on the board. The girls are going really well at the moment.
I felt like we put a par score on. We were pretty happy with that. We left a few out there, but excellent in that second innings. We picked up key wickets.
All in all, a really good performance. It’s always tough to come down here to Headingley and play. So, yeah, really pleased with how we went about things.
A few of the girls have played a lot of cricket here and are local to here with where they’re from. It feels good, but we know it’s a long comp, and we want to keep ourselves on the winning side of things. We’ll have a few days off now and focus on playing Yorkshire again on Tuesday.
Squad v Yorkshire (9 June)
Hollie Armitage*, Leah Dobson, Abi Glen, Heather Graham, Bess Heath, Trudy Johnson, Katie Levick, Emma Marlow, Hariet Robson, Mia Rogers, Grace Thompson, Sophia Turner, Mady Villiers, Emily Windsor.
Opposition Corner
Captain: Lauren Winfield-Hill
Overseas player: Jess Jonassen (Australia, all)
2025 finish: Finalists, Tier 2
2025 leading run-scorer: Georgie Boyce (288)
2025 leading wicket-taker: Ria Fackrell (16)
Key winter moves: Yorkshire have signed two international spin-bowling all-rounders in England’s Sarah Glenn and Australia’s Jess Jonassen. Both add quality and know-how to a largely inexperienced squad looking to make the step up to Tier 1 having impressed in last year’s Tier 2 Blast when they were beaten finalists against Middlesex. In all, they won nine of 10 matches in that competition.
The big question: Can they stand some absence through the middle phase of the season because of the T20 World Cup being played in England? Sterre Kalis and Rachel Slater will be missing a good chunk of matches due to Netherlands and Scotland duty. It’s far from ideal for coach Rich Pyrah, who isn’t blessed with a deep squad.
Wildcard watch: Ines Blackwell. Yorkshire’s Academy all-rounder turns 17 on May 30. She’s very highly rated by the White Rose hierarchy, as indicated by her being a regular fixture in the team through the early-season One-Day Cup block. A middle-order batter and a medium-pace, in-swing bowler, she is an ‘old head on young shoulders’ character. In a ODC tie against Durham, she even pulled Lauren Filer for six.
Final thought: Yorkshire’s start to life in Tier 1 has been a real mixed bag. They have played some brilliant cricket and even beat defending One-Day Cup champions Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford. But they have also let some victories slip through their grasp. They won two of their first four matches and potentially should have won all four. Countless run outs and a lack of tail-end runs has hurt them. If they are going to progress quickly, they need to wise up.
Match Centre
The Club’s match centre will be in operation for the fixture with live scorecards, statistics & video highlights as they happen. You can watch the game live via Durham’s match centre and the Durham YouTube channel. Durham Cricket will have full coverage on social media, with a full match report at the close.