Hollie Armitage

Hollie Jade Armitage (born 14 June 1997) is an English cricketer who currently captains Yorkshire and Northern Diamonds, as well as playing for Northern Superchargers. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler. She has previously played for Yorkshire Diamonds, Sydney Sixers and Tasmania.[1][2]

Hollie Armitage
Armitage batting for Sydney Sixers in 2019
Personal information
Full nameHollie Jade Armitage
Born (1997-06-14) 14 June 1997
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentYorkshire
2016–2017Yorkshire Diamonds
2019Yorkshire Diamonds
2019/20Sydney Sixers
2019/20Tasmania
2020–presentNorthern Diamonds
2021–presentNorthern Superchargers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 57 63
Runs scored 1,217 944
Batting average 24.34 17.81
100s/50s 0/9 0/4
Top score 70 71*
Balls bowled 982 409
Wickets 35 19
Bowling average 22.71 19.84
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/17 3/7
Catches/stumpings 19/– 23/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 28 September 2021

Early life

Armitage was born on 14 June 1997 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.[2]

Domestic career

Armitage made her county debut in 2013, for Yorkshire against Surrey, scoring 25 runs and taking 3/2 from 1.4 overs in a 12-run victory.[3] In 2016, she was Yorkshire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 153 runs including two half-centuries, as well as taking 7 wickets at an average of 12.85.[4][5] She was again Yorkshire's leading run-scorer in the 2017 Women's County Championship, with 192 runs, including 3 half-centuries.[6] Armitage began captaining Yorkshire in 2016, and captained her first full season in 2019.[7][8] In 2019, she scored 165 runs in the County Championship, the most for her side.[9] In 2021, she was the side's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 184 runs and 5 wickets.[10][11]

Armitage also played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Overall, she played 20 matches, scoring 303 runs including one half-century, against Western Storm in 2019.[2][12]

In November 2019, Armitage was signed by Sydney Sixers for the remainder of the 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season as a replacement for the injured Ellyse Perry.[13] She played five matches for the side, scoring 54 runs at an average of 10.80.[2] Later that season, she played six matches for Tasmania in the WNCL, scoring 103 runs at an average of 17.16.[14]

In 2020 she joined Northern Diamonds, and was named as captain of the side.[15] She led the side to the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in their first season, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer, with 176 runs.[16] In 2021, she led the side to the finals of both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the latter tournament.[17][18][19] She also played for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, appearing in three matches.[20]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[21]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Hollie Armitage". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Hollie Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. "Surrey Women v Yorkshire Women, 5 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. "Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. "Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. "Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. "Women's List A Matches played by Hollie Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Hollie Armitage". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. "Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  10. "Batting and Fielding for Yorkshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. "Bowling for Yorkshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. "Smriti Mandhana, Rachel Priest fifties keep Western Storm top". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  13. "Sixers sign Hollie Armitage". Sydney Sixers. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. "Batting and Fielding for Tasmania Women/Women's National Cricket League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  15. "With Jenny Gunn in the ranks and a raft of young talent, Northern Diamonds are set up to go far". the Cricketer. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  16. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  17. "Emily Windsor, Tara Norris rally Vipers to title defence". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  18. "Alice Capsey stars as South East Stars claim inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  19. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Northern Diamonds/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  20. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Northern Superchargers (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  21. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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