Thomas made her senior debut for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire in 2019, dismissing England international Jenny Gunn
The leg-spinner played five matches at the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup for England, taking three wickets at an average of 18
She donned a Diamonds shirt for the first time in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, opening the batting alongside Lauren Winfield-Hill, and finished the season with 39 runs and two wickets
Smale was selected to represent England at the Under-19s Women's T20 World Cup, scoring 121 runs at a strike rate of 124.74
Ballinger is a tall left-arm seamer who progressed through the Warwickshire academy system
Making her debut for Scotland aged just 13 in 2011, Bryce became captain of the national side in 2018 and was named ICC Associate Cricketer of the Decade in 2020
The young quick was picked up by London Spirit for £18,750 in the 2023 women's Hundred draft - an indication of her potential
Higham is one of Lightning's key allrounders, bowling right-arm off spin and batting in the middle order
Winfield-Hill enjoyed a stellar 2022 on the domestic circuit, scoring a competition-leading 470 runs to steer Diamonds to the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title and winning The Hundred with Oval Invincibles
Pai primarily plays as a right-handed middle-order batter but can also bowl right-arm seam
She has made more than 200 international appearances, with over 6,000 runs and 100-plus wickets to her name, and was a member of England's 2017 Cricket World Cup-winning squad
Freeborn moved to Sparks in 2022 and made an immediate impression in the West Midlands, scoring a team-leading 227 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and a further 163 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup
The New York-born bowler represents Scotland at international level, making her senior debut in 2022
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