Amy Hunter hopes to play in the Olmpics, Belfast born player doesn't specify who for!

So. What is revealed?

Grace Harris ruled out of the World Cup with a calf strain. Heather Graham replaces her.

UAE women heading to Zimbabwe for a bilateral series, useful test for Zimbabwe ahead of the global qualifier.

Resting Brits and Kapp doesn't work out too well for South Africa as they collapse for 115 with Sandhu taking 6-26.

Felt like if Hants were going to get back in this game it would be down to their fielding, which has been superb throughout.

Lewis's composure has been so impressive. Not been worried when the runs have slowed. Fine signing for Lancs. Just feels a bit weird that having had Knott and Perry playing for them this season that they don't have an overseas player for the final.

This bloody weather. Just went for a run and my boots are muddier than Georgia Adams's.

What's the record number of overs a team has bowled without taking a wicket in ODI cricket? Asking for Pakistan team.

Off to my mum's caravan for 3 days, no TV and no internet. Mix of new and old books.

Seeing double - the twins blazing a trail in cricket

Very comfortable win for South Africa. Pakistan gave themselves a decent platform, but were unable to accelerate from it, and don't have wicket taking bowlers. Brits surely won't be able to stay under the radar any longer, she's now an elite batter. SA maybe concerned at a lack of penetration.

Tremendous stuff from Lancashire when they twice looked completely beaten.

No Meso, Bosch, de Klerk or Tryon for South Africa today. I suspect de Klerk and Tryon do return for their first choice team, and Sekhukhune, Khaka and Shangase are auditioning for 1 slot. Pakistan win the toss and bat.

Very Celtic feel to the Metro Bank semi-final, with the Bryces, Prendergast and Gordon playing for Blaze, and Lewis, Lister and Carter for Lancashire. Plus lots of good old fashioned Anglo Saxon names like ... er ... Kelly and McCarthy.

The Hundred obviously is extremely divisive and I'm not here to shill for it, but I feel it does need pointing out that while weather ruining games is frustrating for everyone, there's nothing new about the English season finishing in September and historically September is no wetter than August.

NEWS: the boss of Kent Cricket has revealed plans to redevelop their historic home ground in Canterbury #kmfmnews

Confirmed teams for the WT20 Global Qualifier. Wearing my Associate Cricket Hipster Hat I do think the Global Qualifiers are my favourite tournament, even ahead of the World Cups they are the qualification for.

My year by year review of Women's cricket history has now completed the Eighties:

Guyana still can't beat Barbados after 8 attempts - they will get another try in the final.

Fantastic video, but that is surely not a legitimate catch of Hadlee (certainly now, not sure of the rules at the time.

Van Niekerk seals victory with a boundary, and confirms that Guyana Amazon Warriors 125/5 (18.5) will face Barbados Royals in the final. Taylor 39 (44) Hunter 27 (31) Pandey 2-23 Dangore 2-27 GAW win by 5 wickets with 7 balls to spare. #CPL25 #WCPL espncricinfo.com/series/women...

Men's Blast Finals Day belatedly back into July from next year, which will mean that teams - unlike this weekend - will feature the players that got them there. Women's Blast Finals Day has been moved to a Friday, for the last day of the school term, which I do not understand.

For Wisden Cricket Monthly, Scott Oliver took a trip to West London to visit the home of London Tigers, a “club for everyone” where their burgeoning on-field success is only part of the story www.ecb.co.uk/news/4360535...

This is all round excellent, but for the hideous Magnum logo on Spirit kit combo. Fortunately MI London should know what they are getting and can build their kit around the Magnum logo.

Another day, another crisis in North American cricket administration.

White Ferns ODI World Cup selections may surprise some folks but Bella James, Bree Illing and Flora Devonshire deserve their spots ahead of others who have underwhelmed. Suddenly White Ferns selections are exciting and lefties are everywhere theniche-cache.com/gentlemanly/...

Leics officially confirmed as promoted after their uniquely poor run of 22 successive seasons outside the top tier. A superb effort this year. They are candidates for Team of the Summer.

30 September 5-6pm BST: We're launching a new research report on the history of women's cricket in Scotland. I'll be chatting to Fiona Reid @bayfirth.bsky.social, Nic Wilson (Cricket Scotland) & former Scotland players. Zoom link & more info here - come along! www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cric...

A proposal for a Women's Test Championship somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/w...

This Knight Riders batting XI is so weird, basically apart from Lee, Jonassen and Dottin the other 8 are all basically the same level.

A proposal for a Women's Test Championship somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/w...

Funny season for Emma Jones, 2 brilliant centuries and barely a run in between. Surrey vs Durham an effective Metrobank quarter final now.

Veteran left-arm seamer Udeshika Prabodhani has returned to the Sri Lanka squad, led by Chamari Athapaththu, for the upcoming Women's World Cup 🇱🇰 Read more 👉 bit.ly/45Z0Fds

Interesting idea... England Women planning to take 30 players (centrally contracted & others) to Abu Dhabi for a five-match, competitive T20 series in March, with no fixtures between Nov and May. Split into two squads: different hotels, coaches, training

Flora Devonshire (uncapped), Bree Illing (3 ODIs), Polly Inglis (3) and Bella James (2) have been included in New Zealand's squad, led by Sophie Devine, for the upcoming ODI World Cup bit.ly/46bpWzQ

https://theparttimer.substack.com/p/no-northern-bias-but-ireland-squad #cricket #IREvENG

✍️How can the Bears be so good yet Warwickshire be so bad? Richard from a damp Portland Road as Essex beat Warwickshire noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post...

Last spot in the WT20 World Cup global qualifier up for grabs, East Asia Pacific qualifiers. Japan, Fiji, Cook Islands, PNG, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Samoa, Philippines going for 1 spot. Starting tonight in Suva.

Faith Thomas, the first Indigenous woman to represent Australia in cricket, played one Test in 1958 but left a legacy far beyond numbers. A nurse and midwife, she served remote communities and inspired generations. She died in 2023 at 90, a pioneer whose impact continues to resonate.

As Al produced slop goes, Women Cricket is OK, but a reminder not to rely on it : it was floodlight failure not rain that reduced the overs.

Standard Qiana Joseph innings there. 19 balls where she looks like she's been given a bat for the first time, 3 balls which are absolutely lasered away.

Some great shots by Realeanna Grimmond for Guyana, does need to rotate strike more. Taylor looked very good though. The Trinbago gamble on Dangore hasn't worked that well so far. #WCPL

Women's Caribbean Premier League preview.

WCPL starts tomorrow. Anyone done a preview for it, or am I going to have to write one myself? I see Winfield-Hill is playing again, so presumably Yorkshire will be without her for the final stages of the Metro Bank.

Interested to see how he goes - it's not like he's been active on the franchise circuit since retiring from New Zealand cricket - but it's good to see him again.

Australian World Cup squad Healy (c), Brown, Gardner, Garth, Harris, King, Litchfield, McGrath, Molineux, Mooney, Perry, Schutt, Sutherland, Voll, Wareham. Some quibbles - Brown getting picked on vibes, tough schedule for Molineux's body. McGrath still short of runs. But it's a very good team.

Ah, the vibrant city of To Be Confirmed. The most magical place in all of Canada.

Yastika Bhatia is unfit, and has been withdrawn from the India World Cup squad. She'll be replaced by Uma Chetry, who is not in the same class with bat or gloves. Bhatia would probably only have played in the event of injury, but still a blow to India.