I get the idea but 🤨 at the idea that Monterey Jack cheese goes on an England burger! #SixNations 🍔 🏉

Depending what happens in the ODIs, the Test could be fascinating. You would expect Australia to have a big advantage in that longer format, I think? Absolutely love that they have made this series multi-format. #AUSvIND

You can see the series result written all over Molineux’s face as she walks off. Pressure was on her as skipper, esp given that she was an unlikely choice, & not sure she will really feel she has “answered the critics”. Even more awkward for her to now have to hand back over to Midge. #AUSvIND

Amanjot Kaur seems to specialise in those once-twice-thrice juggle catches - remember the one in the World Cup final to get rid of Wolvaardt? #AUSvIND

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The solution is obvious. Move all the Group A games to a neutral venue - Scotland. (A bonus is that there would be a high chance of washouts, so I think the ICC will go for it.)

India were still more competitive today than England were in any match of the #Ashes a year ago. #AUSvIND (The constant rain here is making me nostalgic for a little bit of Australia during our winter 😭)

Hopefully not hotting up too much, else the snow will melt and there won't be anything to board on. #winterolympics

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BREAKING: Tash Farrant has retired from professional cricket due to a recurrent back injury. It's been a tough path for her, with injuries coming at the unluckiest times. It sounds like she is hoping to work full-time in the media. 🤞 she succeeds, because she is excellent at commentary.

About half an hour ago Channel 7 interviewed Darcie Brown, who cheerfully told them "it's fine, we bat all the way down to number 10" 😬 #AUSvIND

Here we go. Quite a bit of pressure here as well for the new captain! #AUSvIND

Be fun if Molineux gets to bat in her first match as skipper! #AUSvIND

18 months ago The Body Shop INSISTED I couldn’t buy hand soap without also buying one of their “environmental” refill bottles. Just went in to try to get a refill only to be told “we don’t do that anymore”. What was even the point? They also may want to update their VERY misleading website.

I had a listen to this and she was good fun. I know that we don't really have an equivalent of The Grade Cricketer podcast in England, but it is strikingly hard to imagine Heather Knight or NSB doing a similar interview to this (would they even be allowed by the ECB to do so?)

Great piece by Steve. We are looking forward to his presentation on this topic at our conference in 2 weeks time. #CRN2026

Brb, just off for a game of cricket in the lifts at the Travelodge.

I love Sarah Taylor, but I don't agree with Firdose & Valkerie that her success = "women are now respected as coaches in men's cricket". We are talking about ONE person who is literally one of the best cricketers the women's game has ever produced. If men didn't respect her they would be idiots.

In class today, our journalism students had to pretend to be the sports desk of a national UK newspaper & write a plan for covering this weekend's sporting events. Almost every group included 1 or 2 #WSL fixtures in their plan. Women's football is just totally normalised for Gen Z, isn't it?

We are so excited about our conference, at Hughes Hall, Cambridge on 26 February - see full programme below. There are still a few tickets remaining - grab one while you can: www.cricketsociety.org.uk/events/crick... And thank you to @bssh.bsky.social for your support 😊

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This is exactly the kind of message that Keir Starmer should be sending to wavering voters who might be tempted by Farage - and isn’t. Well done the Lib Dems 👏

12 years ago today: Australia employ a very tall, dark-haired net bowler during the 2014 Women’s Ashes. Wonder whatever happened to him? Photo by me (hence why it’s so blurry) 😂

Apropos nothing… an idea for brand maximisation in #WPL (we definitely need more of them) “The Dr Fixit Fix of the Match”

A major milestone yesterday: I submitted the manuscript of The Women in Whites 🍾🥳 This book has been years in the making - I started writing it during lockdown - so it feels surreal to actually have it off my desk! Due out in May. Publisher: Pitch Publishing.

Trying to make cricket 🏏 more appealing to women & girls... We at Sparsholt CC are trying to refurb our facilities. 🤞 it works. @hampshirecricket.bsky.social #Hampshire Read about it (& donate?!?) on thehawk.counterpress.media/features/par...

I was delighted to chair this session. Lots to enjoy and some thought-provoking reflections on how to engage with communities to co-create sports history. Plus some moving poems. Give it a listen!

Wow. This is, um, a left-field choice. It would be the equivalent of England making Freya Kemp captain. It does beg the question, what is so wrong with T-Mac & Gardner that CA are forced to turn to a player who is not even an automatic selection (plus often injured!)?

In this video from Sunday you can watch me complaining about the ridiculous number of decisions referred which should be down to the on-field umpires. That last over was a case in point: infuriating and silly. #WPL

Anya Shrubsole always speaks so wisely. In this case, her points about player use of social media and (near the end) about what makes a good coach are spot on. Hopefully we do manage to keep her in the game in some form or another. (The Anya portion of the podcast starts at 18.44)

Refreshing to actually hear someone admit this. Coaching women is not the same as coaching men! Nobody quite seems to make the logical leap that coaching roles shouldn’t be handed out to men who haven’t ever coached women though… funny that. www.espncricinfo.com/story/wpl-up...

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Great article in @theguardian.com today focused on CRN committee member Michael Collins’s work into Windrush cricket:

Who will I ironically boo now?? 😭

“Successful woman replaced by man with no track record in women’s game”

This match has swung more than a Louis Theroux Weird Weekend! #WPL

Well that was a bonkers start to #WPL! 🏏

It’s a year to the day since @syd-e13.bsky.social and I flew Down Under for the Ashes. This photo now is like one of those pictures of Britain in 1913: they didn’t know what was about to hit them.

We had the hottest summer on record. How come it’s always raining in #thetraitors?!!

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Well, these 2 have just gone up in my estimation. Not sure why this hasn't been more widely talked about (unless I missed it in the mainstream media).

First long run of the year ✅ Bushy Park was gorgeous this morning - but very cold! 🥶

“A generation of Afghan Australians no longer see themselves reflected on Australia’s biggest cricket stage.” Mate, try being a woman. 🤦🏼‍♀️

That was really strange continuity - “we imagine what would happen if…”. So is this bit not #thearchers cannon then??

I really, really disagree with this. If 2-day Tests are “no less of a Test”, why is anyone bothering to argue for the importance of 5-day or even 4-day cricket?

My Christmas present to you all - it’s my annual Women’s Team of the Year for @theguardian.com! What do you reckon - did I get it right?

Official confirmation that Kirstie Gordon WILL be representing Scotland in 2026! She is still recovering from injury, so won’t feature in January’s qualifier, but hopefully there will be a “home” World Cup for her next summer. I’m delighted for her and for Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏏

Unpopular view: Moaning about Snickometer is just a distraction from more fundamental issues. Move on guys. I'll get back in my women's cricket lane now.

This is quite an interesting little news piece about the Kent Women’s team & a good insight into Megan Belt’s day-to-day. Perhaps the saddest bit was the brief glimpse of the named cubbyholes at Beckenham, which all appear to belong to Surrey Women. That’s just not right!

Thanks to @pvelija.bsky.social for her work in convening our webinar series, which continues to feature brilliant, cutting-edge research. In our latest webinar, Ross Ensor from @lborouniversity.bsky.social discusses his research into the use of the Rooney Rule within English cricket: