Player auctions manage to combine all the mind-numbing tedium of transfer windows and drafts, with an extra layer of antediluvian ick factor that only seems amplified when applied to women's sports. (IMO)

Interesting that Meg Lanning is at The Hundred auction, presumably in her capacity as captain of Manchester Super Giants. Inquiring minds would be interested to know whether she is being paid, and if so how this works with the salary cap?

Almost everyone in the room is male. A room full of men bidding on women. If you can't see a problem here, you are the problem.

Interesting conversation here about player-coach relationships (at 30:30) but my goodness, the elephants in the room!

Booking stuff for the summer. Premier Inn trying to persuade us to pay £50 to upgrade to a room with a “city view”. In Leeds. 🏏

INDIA v AUSTRALIA – TEST DAY 3: India Crushed as Healy Goes Out on a High

On the CRICKETher Weekly: * Australia hammer India in the Test * Where next for Australia and Alyssa Healy? * England heading to Pretoria for World Cup prep * Syd wants to help with The Blaze’s rebrand

INDIA v AUSTRALIA - TEST DAY 2: Australian Heroes Journey Continues as Milestones Pass

I'm really pleased to hear the radio team currently calling out the sexism of the failure to provide the right shirt and enough caps for this India team - they are absolutely right that it would not happen to India men...!

She is allowed her opinion obviously; but… Lisa S is hardly a disinterested neutral observer in the “too much franchise cricket” debate. #AUSvIND 🏏

Terrible drop by Sneh Rana, but in her defence you need First Class cricket to develop slip fielding skills - partly because otherwise coaches won't prioritise it in training; but also because no amount of training can replicate actually fielding there "in anger" in a real match. #AUSvIND 🏏

INDIA v AUSTRALIA – TEST DAY 1: Australian Smiles as India Struggle

SB+LWH: You never say "thank you"! MI London…

Katey Martin saying the players don't watch enough cricket, and blaming "the younger generation" 🤣

@crickether.com Should we read anything into the England captain being interviewed against a backdrop of the word "Scrivens" repeated multiple times? youtu.be/w_TKKTQP3ho?...

Thank you Tanya Aldred for a lovely write-up of our Cambridge conference in @theguardian.com This gives a great taste of what went on last week and what the Network is all about 🏏👏

That Rod Bransgrove interview in gifs…

The Keynote from #CRN2026 has now been released on the @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social #podcast! Happy listening! @sportinhistory.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social @rafnicholson.bsky.social @tjaldred.bsky.social @crickether.com 📌 linktr.ee/sportinhisto...

On the CRICKETher Weekly: * Bad news for Sophie Molineux and Australia * Melie Kerr scores a ton in her first match as captain * CRN conference: inequality in The Hundred & Katy Perry’s dancing cricket bats * T20 World Cup fixtures finally announced youtu.be/Ch4pmvhYWVQ

My take is that the ECB thought that the Indian businessmen they were courting were marks - they genuinely believed they could take their money and still run the show. Suffice it to say… that's not how it is working out!

India 214 v Australia 217-4 #AUSvIND 🏏

India 214 v Australia 126-3 #AUSvIND 🏏 Australia in control of the 1st ODI in Brisbane.

BREAKING: T20 World Cup Fixtures * Ireland to play England at Southampton on 16 June * Scotland to play England at Headingley on 20 June

Oh gosh - how embarrassing and insulting to Australia's guests - the Aussie Rules commentator hasn't been briefed on the pronunciation of the Indian players' names. #AUSvIND 🏏

India 214 v Australia #AUSvIND 🏏

WNCL: NSW Breakers Brave Storm of Wickets to Dig Out Win

On the CRICKETher Weekly: * Australia lose the T20 series but can India win the World Cup? * Melie Kerr lands the NZ captaincy * Pakistani players not being considered by Indian-owned Hundred teams - what can the UK government do? * A new book, On This Day In Women’s Cricket #AD #GIFTED

India 176-6 v Australia 159-9 #AUSvIND 🏏

India 176-6 v Australia 89-4 #AUSvIND 🏏 Australia need nearly 2-a-ball; with Gardner currently going at less than 1. Will take something very special from someone for Australia to win this now.

WNCL: NSW Breakers Dodge Thunder to Secure Finals Spot

Comms are so desperate not to put anything on Perry, in her 3-millionth match, they are trying to make out Shreyanka Patil bowled some sort of magic delivery that defied the laws of physics. And… I mean… it did turn a bit, but… that wicket is on Pez - no question for me. #AUSvIND 🏏

India 176-6 v Australia 20-1 #AUSvIND 🏏 Australia start off with the biggest over of the match so far… follow it up with the smallest!

India 176-6 v Australia #AUSvIND 🏏

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?...

They are actually calling it Healy’s “Retirement Tour”!! I continue to be flabbergasted that Australia are allowing this sentimentality to overshadow their T20 WC prep, especially at a moment when they don’t hold a world trophy for the first time in a decade.

Lovely to catch up with @00childpodcast.bsky.social in London last night. Feeling slightly… er… “delicate” this morning tho 😝

A lovely addition to the coffee table! Rob was kind enough to gift us copy - why not gift one to the women’s cricket fan in your life? Out now at all the usual places.

Australia 163-5 v India 144-9 #AUSvIND 🏏

Australia 163-5 v India #AUSvIND 🏏

A situation tailor-made for Wareham, with just 3 overs left… and they send in Perry??? #AUSvIND 🏏

Yes, to this. And, no! There will be paid stewards & security & catering roles. But these people will be working. They won’t be so well disposed as volunteers to high5 the queues outside the ground, or streaming back to St Johns Wood station, or to make impromptu visits to local shops… 1/3

A tournament that can afford to pay its winners millions of dollars in prize money can afford to pay people to steward its matches. Volunteering is good, but it should be about building community and helping those in need, not saving some already very rich people a few more dollars in ops costs.

An exciting day! 😃 🚨 WATERSTONES DISCOUNT OFFER LIVE! 🏏 My new history of women's cricket, with a foreword by Isa Guha 📘 Release date: 1 June 🔥 25% OFF pre‑order now live 🔐 Use code ‘FEB26’ (17–20 Feb) 👇 Order now

On the CRICKETher Weekly * Sophie Molineux’s reign starts with a loss v India * Clare Connor stepping down: we discuss her huge legacy, plus who might succeed her * Pre-order Raf’s new book via Waterstones for a 25% discount using the code FEB26

CRICKETher Weekly incoming, but… internet… sooooo… sloooow! 🐌 (You'd have thought moving from "The Sicks" to "Actual London" would mean faster internet, but… nope!)

Australia 133 v India #AUSvIND 🏏

If you trust Deepti Sharma's judgements on reviews (after nearly a decade of evidence), you only have yourself to blame. #AUSvIND www.cricket.com.au/matches/CA:2...

Sophie Molineux has to negotiate her first crisis as Australia Captain - successfully (just!) not cracking-up during an anthem snafu! #AUSvIND

The Australia v Zimbabwe cricket score! 🏏 😮