Record-breaker putting the win in Winfield-Hill
Lauren Winfield-Hill has tasted success at county, regional, franchise and international level. And, at the end of last summer, she lifted the Metro Bank One-Day Cup 2 title as captain of the White Rose county.
Just a few weeks earlier, in the same competition, she hit a stunning 194 off 126 balls in a win against Kent at Canterbury. That meant she had posted the highest ever score in Yorkshire’s List A history, women or men.
The classy right-hander is a Yorkshire legend, so to sign her on a long-term contract at the start of the new era of women’s cricket in England ahead of 2025 was a major coup for the county.
Winfield-Hill is a prolific wicketkeeper-batter, aged 35.
Her form in 50-over cricket for the Headingley-based Northern Diamonds during the five-season regional era was particularly impressive. In 42 50-over matches between 2020 and 2024, she scored 1,722 runs at the top of the order with 14 fifties and three hundreds.
A product of the Stamford Bridge club in her home city of York, she won the County Championship with Yorkshire in 2015 and is an attacking, eye-catching batter and a very good keeper to boot.
She was in the England team that won the 50-over World Cup by beating India in a tense final at Lord’s in 2019. To date, Winfield-Hill has played 104 times for England across all formats.
She is married to Courtney, a Queenslander who played cricket for Brisbane Heat. That’s where they met.
Since moving to Leeds and gaining a UK passport, Courtney played Rugby League for England and was a Super League-winning captain with Leeds Rhinos. The pair had their first child in January 2026, a baby girl.
The pair have joked that between them they have put the Win in Winfield-Hill.
Lauren won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with the Diamonds in 2022 and the Hundred with the Oval Invincibles that same summer. That was added to last September as Yorkshire beat Glamorgan in the MB50 final at Worcester, contributing 62 to a nine-wicket win as a 128-target was reeled in comfortably.
In recent years, Lauren has married a playing career with media work, often seen on Sky Sports as a pundit for England women’s matches. She has spent the last two winters playing state cricket for Queensland.
UPDATED: Feb 2026.
