1935–1996: Early History Yorkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Yorkshire Cricket Federation Women. They went on to play various one-off matches, often against neighbouring teams such as
Lancashire, as well as against touring sides such as
Australia and
New Zealand. Yorkshire joined the
Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996. Yorkshire won the Area Championship six times, including all of the final five tournaments.
1997– : Women's County Championship Yorkshire joined the
Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in
1997, and won five of the first six titles, their run only interrupted by
East Midlands in
1999. Key for Yorkshire in this period were players such as
Kathryn Leng and
Melissa Reynard. Soon after this successful period, however, Yorkshire fell away and were relegated in
2005, and then again in
2007, ending up in Division 3. Their return was swift, however, as they were promoted twice, in
2008 and
2009, including an unbeaten season in Division Two. Ever since, Yorkshire have played in Division One of the Championship, winning the title once more, in
2015. Yorkshire topped Division One with 6 wins from 8 games, and bowler
Katie Levick was the second-highest wicket-taker in the division, with 20 at an average of just 9.65. Yorkshire also recorded three 2nd place finishes in a row, between
2017 and
2019. Yorkshire have also competed in the
Women's Twenty20 Cup since 2009. In
2010, they reached the Final but lost to
Berkshire by 46 runs. In the following two seasons, Yorkshire reached the semi-finals, but lost to Berkshire again in
2011 and to
Sussex in
2012. Yorkshire came close to winning the title again in
2015, finishing the season joint on point with winners Sussex, but with a marginally worse Net Run Rate. Yorkshire struggled over following seasons, and were relegated in
2018 before finishing 4th in Division Two in
2019. In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with two wins and six matches abandoned due to rain. They reached the Group 1 final in the
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to
Lancashire. In the
2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, after all of their initial group stage matches were rained-off, they won one of two matches on a group finals day. In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the
Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new
ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the
Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the
Women's Twenty20 Cup. Yorkshire have contributed some players to making up a
North Representative XI, and they were partnered with the regional side
Northern Diamonds. ===2020 – 2024 : Regional Professional Team -
Northern Diamonds === Between 2020 and 2024 the professional players within the Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland regions played for the
Northern Diamonds. During this period Yorkshire Women's team still existed but as a non professional team. ==Players==