Glad that it looks like there's going to be some consequences for the women's matches falsification scandal, even if can't see much progress in this change.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Returning to her roots! Kirstie Gordon will join Kathryn and Sarah Bryce as part of the Scotland national team after committing her international future to the nation of her birth. 🗞️ https://f.mtr.cool/rqxehcqvlb #FiredUp 🔥

Suzie Bates ruled out of cricket for three months with a quadricep tear.

Nattaya Boochatham, one of the legends of associate cricket and a giant of Thai cricket has announced her retirement aged 39 after Thailand won the SEA Games gold in T20 and T10. This means she won't be available for the global qualifier.

Thailand, tournaments, and training. It's been quite the start to pre-season for Sarah Bryce, as she discussed goings-on at Trent Bridge and across the world. Watch the full interview 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/kxxqzcilkm #FiredUp 🔥

Pretty clear from this that Joe Root has a glaring weakness against world class fast bowlers. Surprised more teams haven't exploited this.

Very on brand for English cricket to have a really good day, only to mess it up when it gets to a time when English fans are likely to be watching.

Not the best 5 minutes cricket for Ireland that.

Thailand women win the South East Asian games T20, their third tournament in three weeks. Pretty good going.

I wrote a story about cricket for @thebeliever.net

This year, the Almanack completed its retrospective Leading Woman Cricketer of the Year list from 1973 to 2013, before the award was handed out in real time. You can see the list, first published in the 2025 edition, here. www.wisden.com/wisden-crick...

Italian fans will not be chanting Boo...Urns at the World Cup.

For anyone wanting to follow today’s Westminster Hall Debate “Government support for grassroots cricket clubs”, the streaming link appears to be here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... @cricketacademic.bsky.social

Though no longer a new development, worth noting it's pretty useless that ESPNcricinfo aren't providing live scoring for a women's ODI between two Full Member nations (for which live streaming is freely available). An empty scorecard simply stating/demanding 'Bet' says it all.

@acscricket.bsky.social Committee agreed a list of women's matches to be judged as first-class. The list can be found at archive.acscricket.com/research/wom... . Comments welcome. We don't have full scores for some of these matches, so any help in doing research to find them would be very welcome.

With the conclusion of the WBBL and the full members international year, I've updated the T20 rankings for the end of 2025. We've a new number 1 player in all three categories. Beth Mooney is the new best in the world batter. somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/2...

N̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞M̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ T̳̿͟͞H̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ G̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞M̳̿͟͞E̳̿͟͞ This week we'll see how good you are at identifying great moments from great Irish wins over the last few years. First up, this was the last ball of which match? #LoveCricket #NameTheGame ☘️🏏

With the conclusion of the WBBL and the full members international year, I've updated the T20 rankings for the end of 2025. We've a new number 1 player in all three categories. Beth Mooney is the new best in the world batter. somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/2...

Lauren Smith the first 4x #WBBL champion The first player to win titles with 3 different teams Sixers, Thunder & Hurricanes #WBBL11 #HHvPS

Sensible for the Hurricanes to have elite English fielders to compensate for the butterfingered Aussies.

Former captain Amy Satterthwaite and three fellow White Ferns are paving new pathways for girls to follow in their cricketing footsteps

Named in #WBBL team of the tournament 1x: 37 players 2x: 20 players 3x: AGardner AJ Wellington 4x: MKapp JJonassen MStrano 5x: 6x: Meg Lanning 7x: 8x: Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine 9x: 10x: BETH MOONEY #WBBL11

"A global sport whose financial viability hinges on a single domestic market, a single set of advertisers, and a single conglomerate’s tolerance for losses is not governed. It is blackmailed. ...It is a hostage situation dressed as a business arrangement. The reckoning for world cricket has begun."

Weather news. There's lightning at Benoni, delaying the South Africa Vs Ireland match, while the forecast for Sydney Sixers Vs Perth Scorchers is grim. If it is washed out, Sixers will progress to the final in Hobart.

Maiden call-ups for G Kamalini and Vaishnavi Sharma as India name the squad for the five-match Sri Lanka T20I series. #INDvSL

Scorchers fielding has won this game.

Finals series played in by each #WBBL team 8 - SCORCHERS Heat 7 6 - SIXERS Thunder 5 - HURRICANES Strikers 4 - Renegades 3 2 - STARS #WBBL #PSvMS

Not going to get much attention ... but England Lions are heading to a big defeat against Australia A. Lost by an innings to them in Feb, too Lions have also played five FC games against India A in last two years and won none. Things not ideal below the top either

Important episode this week, especially on the Heather Knight situation, where Raf and Syd are spot on. Disagree about Strikers being hard done by with No Results, I reckon they have at least 2 more points than they would have done had weather not intervened, and justice was done when Sixers won.

Oh good, ball tracking is unavailable again. Looking forward to seeing all these issues become miraculously fixed once the MBBL start #WBBL

Scorchers are through to the knockout stage, Renegades are eliminated, Heat are winless. #WBBL

England should still feel they have every chance to save this game. Australia have shown that the pitch is fine, they have a one dimensional bowling attack, England have 8 specialist batters, and three tail enders who can all bat too. There's no reason beyond history and psychology to despair.

The Starc Boland partnership (into a 27th over) is now the longest partnership of the series #AUSvENG

FAO Laura Wolvaardt Fastest ever WT20I centuries Deandra Dottin 38 Alyssa Healy 46 Tammy Beaumont 47

The No result between Hurricanes and Strikers means that Stars are definitely into the knockouts now. Sixers, Scorchers and Strikers all know a win in their last game will put them through too. Sixers are the only ones who could lose and still qualify

🚨 TRANSFER NEWS 🚨 Sweet Makes the Switch: Glamorgan sign Leicestershire All-Rounder Francesca (Cesca) Sweet for 2026. Read more at: rosatalksball.com/2025/12/02/s... #cricket

Incredible growth numbers across 32 Associate members in Europe 💥 @danielbeswick.bsky.social with more 👇 emergingcricket.com/news/beaming...

⚡️ BONUS EPISODE OUT ⚡️ For the last part of our cricket saga, @anitaanand.bsky.social is once again joined by cricket journalist, Tim Wigmore, to discuss the sport's history in The West Indies and South Africa!

Seven African associate fast bowlers will be joining this year's ILT20 in a new development deal. Ugandan star Juma Miyagi is among those hoping to make it big. Full story here: associatechronicles.substack.com/p/seven-afri...

Heather Knight to miss the 2026 Hundred but still committed to Somerset and England.

London Spirit announce Heather Knight as the General Manager of the women's team. Knight won't be playing the 2026 season of The Hundred. She will work closely with the Director of Cricket Mo Bobat and the Head Coach. #TheHundred

Not before time, Michael Slater removed from NSW life membership and Hall of Fame after multiple incidents of domestic violence.

Hive mind question. This is what our 5 year old wants for Christmas. 1 is animals. 5 is Numberblocks. 4 might be Octonauts. Any idea what any of the others might be? Broadly speaking he likes things to do with nature, drawing/colouring and maths (and violence, but less likely to be in a xmas list)

Remarkably, Scotland finish 4th, after winning their first 5 games. PNG will beat Tanzania in the final game.

The last time India won the toss in ODIs, November 19, 2023 was yet to happen. #INDvSA

All going on. McColl drops Chaiwai off the first, Abel misses a run out chance of the second, Laomi bowled off the third. Thailand win with a 6 off the fourth. Thailand are the champions!

Maya is an interesting twist on scoring 360 degrees, as she only ever tries to score behind the wicket.

Probably good that Thunder will be eliminated by their own deficiencies (misfiring top order, not enough bowling options) rather than the farcial finish in Adelaide.