Tammy Beaumont to retire after the India test 🏏 #cricket #EnglandCricket #EnglandWomen www.ecb.co.uk/news/4532474

Next MT20 WC qualifier Europe Sub Regional B, starts tomorrow. Group A (world ranking in brackets) Belgium (46) Gibraltar (79) Romania (54) Serbia (82) Group B Denmark (37) Estonia (72) Hungary (71) Norway (47) Turkiye (90) Top team in each group play off for one spot in the Regional qualifier.

Well done, Niamh Holland. She's having quite a Blast.

Only three out of eight women's Hundred teams will be led by English players, with four Australian captains named

Had an absolute blast chatting to Adit for his Cricket Sickos podcast. We went deep on my love for the game, how sport helps immigrants build bridges in their new countries, and why there's traditionally been so much more good writing about cricket than footy. Please get around his work.

🏏Looking forward to working on Glamorgan Women’s Final for BBCSportWales 4pm next Sunday at Sophia Gardens. Hope people get behind them! Meanwhile it’s over to Cennydd Davies on 🎙️ for the last three men’s group games starting on Wed at Sophia Gardens.

As I feared, the power play was decisive, England limped at a run a ball (half of them of the edge) Australia were able to get a flier as Bell struggled against the left handed. Think England should have bowled Dean more early on, but Australia so good that seems unfair to blame England tactics.

In a tough battle between the pundits as to who likes Rita Ora best, I can reveal that Ebony Rainford-Brent looks like she's having the best time.

Bit over keen to get here? Decent queue of members already, suggests that the plea not to repeat 2017 has been heeded. Not nearly as long as the queue of marshals though.

Mrs Global Cricket is now unable to attend the World Cup Final on Sunday, so I have a ticket available face value if someone is willing to put up with sitting next to me. I've had no interest from my friends on Facebook, so I am also in need of some new friends.

Musings on veteran cricketers at the World Cup semi-final. somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/t...

Got to be happy for Ecclestone she held on to that.

Not sure even Smriti's family would be thinking she should be player of the tournament.

Real obvious difference between England and Australia. Australia were 4 down inside 8 overs but were confident enough to keep attacking. England are still in rebuild mode. NSB and Knight doing well, but because of that necessary caution they won't make the 170+ that Australia did.

Six players remain from South Africa's 2017 ODI semi-final against England (Wolvaardt, Luus, Kapp, Tryon, Khaka, Ismail) could have been 7 if van Niekerk had been picked. Only two for England, Knight and NSB, DWH didn't play that match.

I get why @thecricketer.com has most of it's pieces behind a paywall, but I think this is the sort of piece that's really for a wider audience than the sort of people (like me) who subscribe. It's a really positive, lovely story.

ETPL continues with it's efforts to grow cricket in Europe by having their player draft at 0600 on a Thursday morning with less than 24 hours notice.

Dates for WBBL#12 confirmed, just over a week earlier than last year where the ODI World Cup pushed it back. Season will start October 29th, with the final on December 5th. Stars and Renegades will be taking part, potentially for the last time. www.espncricinfo.com/story/wbbl-s...

First back-on-bluesky-only gossip: KNCB's head coach (and HP director) vacancy hasn't even been advertised yet, but word is the leading candidate for the Netherlands men's job is former Queensland coach Johan Botha.

It's available for UK night owls too.

Big moment on Thursday as England take on South Africa at the Oval in the semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 🏏 London is rooting for you.

The fact that Kate Cross & Alex Hartley have been subject to death threats for criticising the semi-final scheduling (India automatically qualifying for the first semi had they progressed, to be shown in Indian TV primetime) is shocking but unsurprising given the levels of vitriol on social media. 🧵

Major League Cricket is set to expand into Canada. Toronto and Chicago likely to be the new franchises as MLC increases to eight teams from next year. Philadelphia and Atlanta were also on the shortlist www.cricketfj.com/p/exclusive-...

After the discussion of the subject a couple of days ago I've written (quite a lot) more on what I think Cricket Scotland should do in order to try and get some fixtures over the next few years. somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/w...

After the discussion of the subject a couple of days ago I've written (quite a lot) more on what I think Cricket Scotland should do in order to try and get some fixtures over the next few years. somuchsportoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/w...

This is the best summary of the Olympic Qualification that I've seen so far.

Aggers talking on TMS about Ben Stokes' empathy and emotional intelligence being surprising because he's "smothered in tattoos" - talk about telling on yourself 🙄🙄🙄

There's been a lot of cricket news today, but Kemar Roach getting 300 test wickets is some achievement.

Congratulations to our 2026 Tier 3 Vitality Blast Champions Berkshire & Dorset! Berkshire overcame Staffordshire to claim the division 1 title whilst Dorset defeated Shropshire to win division 2 (and promotion to div 1!) #Cricket

Shame as Lea Tahuhu and Sophie Devine receive red cards on their final appearance for the White Ferns for covering their mouths while talking.

For those uncontacted tribes in the Amazon rainforest, Ireland had never before won a match in a T20 World Cup. Pretty amazing 24 hours for Irish cricket.

Without wanting to be contrarian, I don't think they should. When would those bilateral matches be played? When the county season is happening. So it would take away the Scottish players from competing against English players on level playing field, for an unequal one, while weakening county game.

Dube gone and Axar follows! IRELAND IS GOING TO BEAT INDIA

West Indies keeping the margin of defeat respectable against England has basically extinguished Sri Lanka's chances of making the semi-finals, so their game against Scotland today is really just a straight battle for a place in the top 4 and automatic qualification for the next edition. 1/2

Bit of a laboured innings by Wolvaardt, some might say. Lovely reaction from Landheer and de Leede to the dismissal.

Bermuda easy winners in the end. Panama bowled out for 69, Bermuda chased it in 4.3 overs without loss. Delray Rawlins with a brutal 52 from 17 balls (3 fours and 6 sixes).

Bangladesh are such a frustrating side to watch.

With UltraEdge, it's clear people still don't understand the difference between discrete video frames, and a (basically) continuous microphone measurement. Matthews has clearly hit the ball between the still frames, and the spike in the sound signal shows it #cricket #EngWvWIW 🏏

England have pulled the ball excellently. Otherwise, it's been the least convincing 10 runs an over innings I've ever seen.

RIP NZ cricket legend Bob Blair. If you don't know the details of the Tangiwai rail disaster, read this and watch the video www.nzc.nz/news-items/c... 🇳🇿🏏

the opposite of clickbait

I'm sure this is all legal and everything, but the more money sloshing around cricket, the more will be siphoned out in varying degrees of murkiness.

Teas between innings in league cricket games (a casualty of COVID) will be reintroduced and fully funded. Delivered by drone if necessary. Bonus points for any superior spreads like the one that served biryani, something I still think about 9 years later. Fielding afterwards was difficult though..

Doesn't look an easy wicket to bat at on at Bristol (just as it didn't for SL vs WI) and this Scotland score might be a bit better than it looks at first glance. They will still want to get up over 150 if they can.

Two female head coaches at the Women's T20 World Cup. Two in tier one. Three in tier two. One in The Hundred. Twelve senior domestic pros are being put through a bespoke course as the ECB tries to grow the women's coaching pool. Spoke to those involved:

Canadian cricket continues to lead the way in obtaining crossover coverage in the News section of the media.

If there happened to be a vacancy for England coach, Richard Dawson is making a pretty good case for it.

🏏🔗 Carlson leads Glamorgan to historic win over Surrey Glamorgan’s last red-ball victory over Surrey in Cardiff was at Cardiff Arms Park in 1960, with a most recent home success at Swansea in 1983.

Men's T20WC qualifying has moved back to the Americas, Bermuda, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil and Panama, fighting for one place in the regional qualifier. Bermuda are favourites, but the weather may play a part, washing out the first days games. Bermuda vs Belize is on now to start Day 2. All on ICC.tv.

Northants the only Tier 2 side to make the quarter finals, though Middlesex batted very well (why is Saskia Horley not playing for Scotland anymore?), and Worcestershire bowled pretty well in defeat. Durham and Yorkshire the Tier 1 sides to lose.