English cricketer (born 2000)
Danielle Louise Collins (born 7 June 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire. She plays as a left-handed batter.[1][2]
Early life
Collins was born on 7 June 2000 in Bury, Greater Manchester.[2]
Domestic career
Collins made her county debut in 2018, for Lancashire against Middlesex, in which she scored 19 off 17 balls.[3] In 2019, she scored 77 runs in the County Championship at an average of 19.25.[4]
Collins was also part of the Lancashire Thunder squad in the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, but did not play a match.[5]
In 2020, after the departure of captain Evelyn Jones, Collins took on the captaincy of Lancashire for two friendlies against Scotland.[6] In 2021, Collins was dual-registered for both Lancashire and Cumbria, appearing for both sides in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7][8] She scored 127 runs for Lancashire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including her maiden Twenty20 half-century, made against Derbyshire.[9][10] She played two matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 50 runs.[11]
In 2020, Collins played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in three matches, scoring 27 runs at an average of 9.00, with a high score of 18 against Northern Diamonds.[12][13] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[14][15] She was also in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[16] She played nine matches for North West Thunder in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 118 runs.[17][18]
In 2023, she played 15 matches for North West Thunder, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a high score of 25.[19][20] During the season, in June, it was announced that Collins had signed her first professional contract with the side, until the end of the season.[21] In 2024, she played 16 matches for North West Thunder, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a high score of 30.[22][23]
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