| Danielle Collins | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Danielle Louise Collins |
| Birth Date: | 7 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Bury, Greater Manchester, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Batter |
| Club1: | Lancashire |
| Club2: | Lancashire Thunder |
| Year2: | 2019 |
| Club3: | North West Thunder |
| Club4: | Cumbria |
| Year4: | 2021 |
| Club5: | Manchester Originals |
| Year5: | 2021 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 24 |
| Runs1: | 268 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.75 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 32 |
| Deliveries1: | 18 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 44 |
| Runs2: | 361 |
| Bat Avg2: | 13.88 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 51 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 6/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1645/1645359/1645359.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 16 October |
| Year: | 2023 |
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]
Collins was born on 7 June 2000 in Bury, Greater Manchester.[2]
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]