Northern Diamonds

Year 2020 marked the start of a new strategic cycle for the ECB and one strand of the ‘Inspiring Generations’ strategy, is the women and girls action plan ‘Transforming Women and Girls’ Cricket’. Yorkshire take up the role of ‘regional hosts’ for the north east region of England – made up of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire. In total there are eight regions, made up of clusters of counties, across the country, charged with professionalising the womens game through their elite teams and newly appointed dedicated workforce, which will support our athletes holistically to deliver a year-round training programme – something that has never been done outside of centrally contracted England players.