Danielle_Collins_(cricketer)

Danielle Collins (cricketer)

Danielle Collins (cricketer)

English cricketer (born 2000)

Danielle Louise Collins (born 7 June 2000) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire and North West Thunder. She plays as a left-handed batter.[1][2]

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Player Profile: Danielle Collins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Player Profile: Danielle Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Lancashire Women v Middlesex Women, 17 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Lancashire Thunder finalise squad; Cross at the helm". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Danielle Collins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Cumbria Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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    "Lancashire Women v Derbyshire Women, 18 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Thunder". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "North West Thunder v Northern Diamonds, 10 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  15. [15]
    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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    "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  19. [19]
    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  20. [20]
    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  21. [21]
    "Collins and Gaur sign professional contracts with Thunder". Lancashire Cricket. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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