Dan Lawrence has taken the first wicket of the season for Surrey in the County Championship for the 3rd season in a row: 2024 K Jennings (Lancs) 2025 C Allison (Ess) 2026 A Davies (Warks)

Today's NZ White Ferns one day international cricket match is the last free to air NZ cricket for the foreseeable future. Next year, all NZ cricket is back on Sky TV's paid platform.

As the County Championship has begun for 2026, I got think about what the cost of going to watch each county costs. I have checked all 18 counties to see what their cheapest adult ticket prices are. See thread #CountyChamp #CountyCricket

Sussex 57-1 in the 6th. Middlesex 8-0 in the 7th. CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

Doesn't look good for bilateral international cricket, reading between the lines.

15 senior contracts for the Proteas Women, where the Men have 18. CSA have also introduced developmental contracts, with contracts going to 20 players on the men's side, and zero on the women's.

Looking forward to her first test...

Kayla Reyneke! Hits six off the last ball on T20I debut to win it ✅ Hits six off the last ball on ODI debut to win it ✅ #NZvSA

in 2024 cricket held its World Cup in the USA and i thought "oh cool they're trying to grow cricket in the USA" and when I covered it I realized they weren't really trying to do that, the main point was to milk as much cash as possible from wealthy Indian-Americans who already loved cricket anyway

The WODI's between WI and Aus and NZ and SA really illustrating the worst and best of the format. The former just dragged on with the result inevitable for a couple of hours before it was confirmed, while this one has just been tense throughout.

A thread to be updated each time a team is eliminated from the qualification for the MT20 World Cup. 12th March 2026 Americas Sub Regional Group B 1. Mexico (lost to Cayman Islands) 2. Suriname (lost to Argentina)

Graham Thorpe's legacy lives on with 'Thorpey’s Bat and Chat' sessions 🫶🏏 Funded by donations made at the Kia Oval during 'A Day for Thorpey', Mind charity has launched a new programme to support people with their wellbeing through cricket 🙌 Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/xyEpR88 🤎 | #SurreyFamily

In all good bookstores and online from Monday 30 March. If you can’t wait until then, advance signed copies available from www.starsonsundaybook.com “A superb book…a must buy” Daren Mootoo, 98 Not Out “A really evocative record of a wonderful era” David Griffin, Derbyshire CCC historian ❤️🏏 💙📚💡

Obviously this mostly focuses on MLC, but some important thoughts on the focus of the team ownerships that certainly apply to the Hundred too.

I have just set up a County Cricket Matters league for this season’s county championship on CricketXI. This a FANTASTIC way of keeping in touch & focusing on the championship. cricketxi.com The joining code - BPWBQWKI Any problems let me know 🏏

🏏💚 Sustainability for grassroots cricket isn't just about going green, it's about long-term survival... This deep-dive by John Fuller of Cricket Yorkshire into the efforts of Muff Field Cricket Club in Bradford is a fantastic example of what can be achieved cricketyorkshire.com/muff-field-s...

I've written some words about where England's World Cup Squad planning looks in the wake of their South African matches.

Updated my WT20 player rankings, including the recent internationals and the WPL with some tweaks to methodology. batting: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/2... bowling: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/2... all rounders: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/m...

What a month March has been for SA women's cricket. Started on the 1st, when the Proteas were thumped by Pakistan, losing by 119 runs in the final ODI. It was one of those matches where it felt that the players didn't give a shit, having already won the series.

'Skin in the game: Patterson's match with melanoma' www.cricket.com.au/news/4475979/

Team Brittin doing their best to lose their second consecutive unlosable game in a row.

Derbyshire have just confirmed publicly that the club has made a profit for the year ending 31 December, 2025. That’s a 12th surplus out of the past 13 years. I know there’s been sharp criticisms of the Head of Cricket at times, but you can’t deny that the club is being run really well. 🏏🏏🏏

It is emblematic of Rob Key's incompetence and lack of attention that there is no men's national selector for the first rounds of the County Championship, when the previous selector resigned over two months ago.

Updated my WT20 player rankings, including the recent internationals and the WPL with some tweaks to methodology. batting: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/2... bowling: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/2... all rounders: somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/m...

The 2026 County Champ Game is LIVE!🏏 Build your squad NOW & get ready for GW 1 on April 3rd! ⏳ Need help? Our YT channel has: ✅ Player analysis ✅ Winning strategies ✅ Must-have picks ✅ Rules breakdown #cricket #fantasycricket #CountyChampionship

Yesterday, Ellyse Perry became the oldest player to take a wicket in a women's T20I for Australia (35y 140d). Remarkably, Perry now holds the record for being both Australia's oldest and youngest wicket-taker in the format, having taken 4-20 aged 17y 90d on debut against England in 2008.

I feel sorry for Dani Gibson who didn't ask to become the face of the Hundred's Auction inequality, but bowling a succession of leg side long hops is not going to get people to stop questioning the decision.

This picture is in the window of a local charity shop, taunting me.

Day off in the Nigeria Women's Invitational, so there's a coaching session for local schoolkids. h/t @carnivalsorts.bsky.social

Glamorgan CCC today confirms that James Harris has announced his retirement from professional cricket, with immediate effect, bringing an accomplished career to a close 👏 Everyone at the Club wishes James and his family the very best for the future ❤️ 🔗 bit.ly/4v1Deuu #OhGlammyGlammy

Qualification group for the 2028 MT20 World Cup, Africa subRegional B starts tomorrow. Ghana hosts - the teams are competing for 2 places in the regional final. Tanzania World Ranking 34 Malawi 51 Ghana 66 Eswatini 73 Saint Helena 90 Seychelles 94 Tanzania are a class above everyone else.

We all know Associate Cricket survives on a wing and a prayer, and the ICC's lip service to growing the game remains just that, but thanks to the Broken Cricket Dreams blog for going into what details is publicly available.

I'm not sure there's a sporting governing body in the world that more consistently acts against its own interests than the PCB. (I'm aware this is a high bar, even just looking at the UK)

Cricket West Indies published its audited financial statements for FY 2025 yesterday. It's a bloodbath: a $28m loss with an expected $26m loss for FY 2026 before bouncing back positive in FY 2027. All the cash reserves from the T20 World Cup are gone.

Nothing new. NZC declines CA's offer to host a Women's Test. www.cricket.com.au/news/4473637...

Many congratulations to Marion Collin for winning the 2026 Brooke Lambert Trophy the annual @ACScricket award for contribution to cricket statistics. She has been player, scorer, umpire & statistician for 60+years. Her work for IWCC, WCA & ECB has been of the highest quality. #cricketcounts

Breaking news. Jess Jonassen has won a final as Queensland pip NSW to the WNCL title. Healy signs off without adding yet another trophy.

Nigeria W look like they are well on top against Zimbabwe u19 which would show their continuing improvement. Yes, it's the u19 side, and they lost heavily to the full side last year, but the key performers in this Nigerian side are all under 19 too so it does suggest a change in the balance of power

Here's my review of @WindrushCricket Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England By Michael Collins (in short: I think it's very good)

🚨 India Women tour of South Africa 2026 Dec 6 - Warm up One-day vs SA Emerging Dec 9 - 1st ODI Dec 12 - 2nd ODI Dec 15 - 3rd ODI Dec 20-23 - Only Test #SAvIND

The World Cricketers Association (WCA, formerly FICA) have released their ratings of the best franchise leagues for players. theworldca.com/wca-leagues-... 🧵 It only does the biggest 10 men's leagues, and 3 women's leagues which is perhaps not as useful as it could be. The 100 is top of both...

The World Cricketers Association (WCA, formerly FICA) have released their ratings of the best franchise leagues for players. theworldca.com/wca-leagues-... 🧵 It only does the biggest 10 men's leagues, and 3 women's leagues which is perhaps not as useful as it could be. The 100 is top of both...

Woolmer is the owner of a cricketing coincidence as the only person known to have watched both the two highest FC innings. He was 11 years old when his father was working in Karachi and he saw Hanif Mohammad score 499; 35 years later, he was coaching Warwickshire when Brian Lara topped it with 501*.

Strong argument on Suzie Bates, but also notable that Sophie Devine's last 18 months renaissance in Franchise cricket has not replicated it for the White Ferns. Difficult to see they can carry both of them and retain their title. Clearly Devine might start performing, don't see that Bates can.

Pleased to be at the House of Lords yesterday to celebrate the launch of Chance to Shine's Impact Report 🤩 A fantastic organisation doing incredible work inspiring young people through cricket 🏏

Villiers with the winner amongst strong competition for worst shot in this Team Brittin innings.

Scotland cricketer Abbi Aitken-Drummond has lived with endometriosis throughout her 20-year playing career. For Endometriosis Action Month, we spoke about how it's impacted her, and the urgent need for better support for women's health in sport. daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/a...

Hope nothing too serious happening back home for Nat Sciver-Brunt to be called back home, but on the evidence of the first match it's going to be needed to help make Teams Brittin and Heyhoe Flint more equal.

Are scholarships cricket's biggest red herring? 🏏🧑‍🎓💷 Just how many state school kids who benefit from 'free' independent schooling become professionals? onemoresummer.co.uk/post/are-sch...