Picture by Alex Davidson/Getty Images. Yorkshire have signed Hannah Rainey, the Scotland seamer.
Yorkshire supporters will get an early look at their new fast-bowling signing, with Hannah Rainey joining the county on loan ahead of a permanent move in the winter.
Scotland seamer Rainey, 28-years-old, adds further international experience to the White Rose squad ahead of their elevation to Tier 1 in 2026.
Rainey makes the move from Lancashire and links up with international team-mate Rachel Slater.
The right-armer has signed a two-year contract with the county and will bolster the bid for Tier 2 silverware between now and mid-September.
Rainey has an ODI five-wicket haul under her belt and taken 32 wickets in all for her country.
She was named in their squad for last October’s T20 World Cup in the UAE without actually playing. She did play in the ODI World Cup qualifying tournament in the same region at the start of the ongoing summer.
While not playing for Lancashire this summer, she enjoyed a productive early-season loan spell with the Bears in May, taking five wickets in four matches.
A tall seamer with good skills, Rainey also played for Cumbria in the old county structure. Born in Cumbria, she was educated at the University of Edinburgh.
She has 51 senior wickets to her name in List and T20 cricket and has had experience the Hundred as part of the Oval Invincibles squad in 2023.
Away from the game, Rainey is also a qualified vet.
A couple of years ago, she revealed that she missed a call from Oval Invincibles head coach Jon Batty to ask her to play in the Hundred because she was amputating a cow’s tail!
Rich Pyrah will hope Rainey deals with a different kind of tail during her stay at Headingley.
