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.[5]
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.[6] Over the following years, Durham played various one-off matches against surrounding teams, often combined with Northumberland Women.[7] In the early 2000s, Durham also played various games against Scotland Women.[8]
2001– : Women's County Championship
In 2001, Durham Women played in the Emerging Counties competition, which they won, thereby earning promotion to the Women's County Championship.[9] In their first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, but were promoted the following season.[10] After being relegated in 2004, Durham then began a steady climb through the divisions, reaching Division 2 in 2012, where they remained for four seasons.[11] Subsequent years saw them challenging for promotion again, just missing out in 2017, losing a play-off against Northamptonshire, but achieving it in 2018, beating Oxfordshire by 85 runs.[12][13] In 2019, however, they finished bottom of Division Two.[14] In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, meanwhile, Durham were a consistent Division Two side, achieving their best finish, 2nd, in 2019.[15] In 2021, they competed as a joint team with Northumberland, as North East Warriors, after the two teams merged in 2020.[3]
Players
Notable players
Players who have played for Durham and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]
