Eighteen teams taking part in the qualification for the Women's Asian Cup, beginning on Wednesday. I suspect this may be the most teams ever to take part in an international women's cricket tournament.

Indonesia officially not making it to the Asian Games 😢 Another loss in the final over this time vs Nepal. We really couldn't survive an injury to our best batter and the retirements of two experienced spinners

And in the very first game, Indonesia lost in a last-ball upset to China, denting their hopes of playing against Full Members in the Asian Games as well as my hopes of being able to watch them in Japan 😢

@shadowtodd.bsky.social Do you accept submissions for "stop" songs in different languages? Because Japanese song Skins by Asian Kung-Fu Generation has a stop on "tomero" (meaning stop or stop it) around 3:15-3:20. youtu.be/I7PE9Z2DoTU?...

Late to the party, but a great piece by @firdosem.bsky.social on cricket in Indonesia! www.espncricinfo.com/story/bats-b...

In the last episode before another hiatus, Thomas rejoins the pod to discuss his work being featured on Cricket et al, how it came to being, and reliving the 2001 Kolkata Test! open.spotify.com/episode/2ZxY... youtu.be/NxP3h8QIULA?...

This episode is with Jono, who helped me dissect why Australian cricket fans generally don't really care about T20s and whether or not that's a problem. open.spotify.com/episode/3Ola... youtu.be/1zCTkDb44HA?...

What's the normie/non-fantasy-nor-scifi nerd version of this hard mode? No Eternal Sunshine, no Fight Club, no Before and/or Cornetto trilogy? Anyway, here's mine, a movie I've watched at least 3 times in a single long-haul flight

Today's episode is with Scott from @thenichecache.bsky.social! We talk about all things Kiwi cricket from the grassroots to the national teams, and what might be lost by privatising the Super Smash. open.spotify.com/episode/5k3Z... youtu.be/hGGo_ETqJMw?...

A lovely chat with Adit. I think we did the cricket world proud 🏏

Biggest height difference between teammates in V/AFL games 43cm - MASON COX & ISAIAH DUDLEY 42cm - Matthew Burton & Peter Miller 41cm - Matthew Burton & Garth Taylor #AFLEaglesFreo #AFL

Today's ep is with @anniechave.bsky.social! We talk about the community forged by the County game, how mixed friendly cricket is underrated, and what binds different kinds of cricket fans. youtu.be/61Vahd5uehs?... open.spotify.com/episode/0iza...

Hard to beat this one of Chiki literally looming over a terrified baby Rubi

Some mostly intentional hilarity from @sirdoris.bsky.social ft. our good friend Moises and his beloved Spotify

Appreciate @sirdoris.bsky.social for posting while audio upload had issues, and thank you for coming on and having this intensely silly chat! I can't believe this was the first I'd heard of the Spiceman but I was happy to have been educated. Audio pod is up now: open.spotify.com/episode/1e2g...

EAP might be the least likely region to get one of these, which makes me sad

Meet the group helping to keep US women's cricket alive under ICC suspension. The AWCSG is organising its own T20 tournaments in the absence of USA Cricket Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/associat...

Adit was a joy to talk to and his podcast documenting cricket fandom worldwide is important work! Happy to be on it!

Today's ep is with Keith Brake @brakedown.bsky.social, whose followers will agree that he's the sickest of cricket sickos. We talk about how he became one (mostly) in just two years, plus what US cricket needs to do to better grow the game. open.spotify.com/episode/255F... youtu.be/YeA3ATcO1b4?...

youtu.be/BC7Xvu-i3GA?... This is the song currently stuck in my head - its lyrics are just its title just on repeat, but it got stuck because it sounds more like "been thinking about hummus" (or, due to recent events, "been thinking about Hormuz")

Nah, this is loser energy

What if Italy not qualifying for the World Cup for the third time in a row was karma for what Materazzi did to Zidane

There are worse places to go to work than mine in Japan during the sakura bloom

Today's ep is with Graeme Innes, a leading disability rights advocate in Australia! He talked about growing up as a blind cricket fan, playing on a touring national team to Sri Lanka, and the strides cricket has made to be more accessible. open.spotify.com/episode/16bl... youtu.be/t4yGjwA1CU0?...

🚨🚨🚨🚨 Sophie Molineux is batting 🚨🚨🚨🚨 #AUSvWI

Welcome to another episode of the ACP! We are joined in this episode by a friend of the show, @aditrs.bsky.social from Cricket Sickos podcast. #NZvSA #NZwvSAw #T20Is,#WIwvAUSw #T20Is, #IPL2026 #RCB #Preview, #SheffieldShield2025 #Finals #Preview open.spotify.com/episode/1KhH...

This is one of the most useful posts I have ever read. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...

Today's episode was with @rafnicholson.bsky.social! We discussed Raf's start in academia, the merits of women's cricket returning to governing themselves independently of the men's game, and the state of the English game amidst major changes. open.spotify.com/episode/0kfU... youtu.be/xWlv7Zax5fY

As someone who celebrates Eid, I have to say this is certainly damaging to maintaining the weight I lost over Ramadan

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I moved to Japan for work recently and am gradually learning Japanese, thought I'd share some fun vocab I've been learning. 手首 means wrist, which is made up of 手 (hand) and 首 (neck) - so the wrist is the neck of your hand! Similarly, 足首 means ankle, because the ankle is the neck of your foot (足)!

Today's ep is Part 2 of this chat, where Nick Skinner of @emergingcricket.bsky.social talks about why player eligibility concerns are only discussed when it's about Associates, and his hopes and fears for future cricket governance. open.spotify.com/episode/0OBb... youtu.be/b1lTF-DYbm0?...

Jay Shah waking up and checking his phone to see the photos from the T20 World Cup presentation

Italy: Beat USA in baseball. Qualified for t20 World Cup. Hasn't made a football World Cup since 2014.

Hot take: T20s would be more fun if boundaries' values were halved (shots reaching the boundary on the bounce worth 2 runs, on the full 3), because it would increase emphasis on running between wickets and ground fielding, plus mishits reaching the boundary won't have as much influence on the score.

A 40-minute break in the Test match during the last hour before iftar is unacceptable #AUSvIND

Today's ep is with Nick Skinner of @emergingcricket.bsky.social! We talk about how cricket has expanded his worldview, his path to co-founding EC, and the fallacy that Associates are uncompetitive in World Cups. Part 2 next week! open.spotify.com/episode/13CB... youtu.be/Sw5v2z-rYhI?...

Pretty good first scalp for Hamilton #AUSvIND

More of this from Full Members please, it's not just senior teams you can send to tour your Associate neighbours

Whenever Dewald Brevis gets out for 0, I propose that instead of calling it a duck, we call it a Dewald Egg

Every time an Anglophone commentator pronounces Harmanpreet Kaur's name so that it rhymes with "core", it makes me think Harmanpreet-core should be a music genre #AUSvIND

Today's ep is with Kris @cookieduh.xyz, who relived India women's win in the ODI World Cup last year! She also describes what supporting India's women was like before that, and discusses her hopes and fears about what will come after. open.spotify.com/episode/5ZQg... youtu.be/RBvnDxcFTPY?...

West Indies women vas Sri Lankan women match delayed due to large centipede on the pitch. That's a new one.

Today's ep is with Helen @crystallised-cricket.com who is the WNCL writer for @crickether.com! We talk about her winding journey to cricket obsession, the importance of the WNCL, and how she wound up supporting Australia instead of England. open.spotify.com/episode/16lm... youtu.be/R8Emc49coTk?...

Counting Down The Twenty Most Ridiculous Moments of the Last Five Overs of the South Africa-Afghanistan Group Stage Match of the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup #T20WorldCup 🏏 (This is also officially my funniest cricket moment of 2026. Won't be topped.) newsletter.danliebke.com/p/outstandin...

Today's ep is with @peterlangstaff.bsky.social! He talks about his post-retirement cricketing adventures and his journey of self-discovery in terms of figuring out his neurodivergence (while also consulting me about my own mental health). open.spotify.com/episode/0MFi... youtu.be/twNQRiU60JY?...

Wake up @sirdoris.bsky.social new Dankmus just dropped youtu.be/AOci81Xve7g?...

So many people say that Associate teams deserve more bilateral series against Full Members, but I think the game changer would be if Full Members were made to play in regional qualifiers (e.g. England, unless they win or host a tournament, don't auto qualify and have to beat other European teams).

One of the few things I'll give credit to the ICC for is the increase this year in them offering more non-English commentary options.

Official ICC announcement! ICC.tv will be broadcasting three matches in Bahasa Indonesia, where the commentator is me! The matches are India vs Pakistan (if it happens) on 15 Feb, Australia vs Sri Lanka on 16 Feb, and India vs Netherlands on 18 Feb* *Half past midnight the next day AEDT time