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Some more tickets for the Women's T20 World Cup final have been released for anyone who wants to go and couldn't get tickets before.

There are going to be contests between two 'Full Members' during this upcoming ICC Women's Championship cycle/FTP that are going to be much more akin to Full Member v Associate in men's cricket. Media covering those games need to make that imbalance crystal clear their audience.

Overseas signings in The Hundred women's competition by nation: 18 Australia 5 South Africa 4 India 3 West Indies 2 New Zealand #TheHundred

The top 30 highest paid players signed so far in the 2026 season of the The Hundred women's competition are set to receive over half (54.9%) the total salary outlay. The bottom 30 will receive 7.3%.

Player auctions manage to combine all the mind-numbing tedium of transfer windows and drafts, with an extra layer of antediluvian ick factor that only seems amplified when applied to women's sports. (IMO)

Nothing unites the internet like England getting beaten. Looking forward to school on Monday… 😬🤣😬

Tests ✅ ODIs ✅ T20Is ✅ Ellyse Perry joins Charlotte Edwards with 1000+ runs in all three formats 👏

'England move training camp from UAE to South Africa' www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

A week to go before #GigGang heads off to Oslo (Hackney) to see #TheDeadlians do their thing. Highly recommend you joining us if you can.

…if Healy doesn’t make a ton, then she and Mitch Starc could end their test careers with what would surely be a unique record. They would be the only married couple with the same highest test score. And, for extra kudos, that score is 99. #AUSvIND #Cricket

Lush’s final LP ‘Lovelife’ was released 30 years ago today via 4AD. 💿 Produced by the band with Pete Bartlett, it features Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker on “Ciao!” and their three highest-charting UK singles: “Single Girl,” “Ladykillers,” and “500 (Shake Baby Shake).” [📷: Ichiro Kono, Bob Berg/Getty Images]

In 1916, Florence Norman, a suffragette in London, used a motorised scooter known as a Autoped #WomensArt Every month on Womensart is #WomensHistoryMonth 💙

Day 28: Allo Darlin' - Tallulah (2012, non-single) Further vote splitting, but sneaking in a Go-Betweens nod. "And you were searching for something to sing to, As the radio played another terrible song, But lucky for me, you found the tape with 'Tallulah' on..." song.link/y/4-WDTTGXFjk #THETENX5

Great gig yesterday at #PaperDressVintage #OneManDestructionShow #Omertà #Y #GigGang

Tells you what a non-contest this game is that Alyssa Healy is now bowling her first over in international cricket. #AUSvIND cricket.com.au/matches/CA:2...

BREAKING: Due to the political situation, ECB are delaying England Women’s departure to Abu Dhabi for their scheduled training camp. It’s possible it may be called off altogether - that’s TBC. Another potential blow to England’s WC preparation, given they have no bilateral cricket scheduled.

Lowest T20I total for West Indies women: 43 v ENG at Bridgetown, 2022 49 v SL at St George's, today 👈 59/9 v IND at Providence, 2019 70/8 v ENG at Hove, 2012 71/8 v ENG at CLS, 2012 71 v AUS at North Sound, 2018 #WIvSL espncricinfo.com/series/sri-l... youtube.com/watch?v=FUKz...

Is the growth of franchise cricket really just about data harvesting?

The @ECB_cricket has written to the 8 Hundred franchises reminding them of their responsibilities around discrimination. Sources told @BBCSport Pakistan players are not being considered by the 4 Indian-owned sides for the Hundred auction. #BBCCricket

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And ultimately, they won't get that assistance. While most talk about the men's game, in terms of franchise T20 brushing aside international cricket, that has the potential to happen far more quickly in women's cricket, given most Full Members have no professional structures to begin with.

If the last 10-15 years of women's cricket seemed to develop at a dizzying rate, it will look like nothing compared with what's about to come. If most boards don't find ways of rapidly professionalising their domestic systems, they will very quickly fade from being remotely competitive.

Delight for India, as they become the first visiting team since 2017 to win a women's T20I series in Australia. Australia 159/9 (20.0) Gardner 57 (45) Litchfield 26 (17) Shreyanka Patil 3-22 Shree Charani 3-32 India win by 17 runs. #AUSvIND cricket.com.au/matches/CA:2...

Tash Farrant, the England and Surrey left-arm seamer, has announced her retirement after four years battling persistent back injuries

Here's a sight to brighten your feed... Look at this carpet of crocuses at Woolbeding Gardens in Sussex. The surest sign that spring is on its way 🌸 📷: Emma Lavender-Brown

Gov has published the Public Health Grant allocations for local authorities in England for 2026/27. The grant, managed by Directors of Public Health, is spent on a range of local public health initiatives. Find out more about the grant ➡️ bit.ly/460j8Wv

We’re just normal men

Today marked only our second-ever wild beaver release, as a family and a pair of Eurasian beavers were introduced at two sites across the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor in Somerset.

my dears, if you're writing 30-plus post threads, may I strongly urge you to consider setting up a blog?

We don't send you surveys to find out how satisfied you were with the driver who put your parcel in the bin just before it was emptied. We just need to maximise the opportunities for you to accept cookies so we can track you and sell data.

Four associate v full member games so far and the associate member has been competitive in all four.

All time favourite. If you ever see #TheBurningHell are in town get a ticket , get two. You'll thank me.

It's Bandcamp Friday, an excellent day to catch up with your favorite bands and labels. Including Slumberland of course! Railcard CD is out today, Rocketship reissue is coming soon, and of course we've got loads of classics old and new waiting for you! slumberlandrecs.bandcamp.com

It's @bandcamp.com Friday. And I've gone through my wishlist and picked out a few to make mine...

I like a bit of good news! youtube.com/shorts/vJ8z1...

". . . this decision is not in the interest of the global game . . ." There's a ringing phrase from the ICC media release on Pakistan's boycott of the India match in the World T20 Cup. Shall we make a list of all the ICC's decisions which have not been 'in the interest of the global game'?

‘Waiting for the Out’ is spectacularly good television with everyone clearly aware they’re in something special. But Josh Finan’s performance is just magnetic. Deserving of all the awards.

Time to get your invoices in, they've told you what they are worth and it's not £0 below 1000 or 0.0003 a play!

Part Chimp at first of our Corsica Studios closing parties! New unreleased song I'm pretty sure

Gig night. First of the year. Seeing #PartChimp which is always going to be a reason to get the ear plugs in and pray to the gods that your organs aren't too badly affected. Support from #MuteServants & #AAAGripper

Please pay attention to this important crime news.

Interesting interview with Heather Knight, particularly on what she got from John Lewis when he was the coach.

His shed, his shed, his shed… youtu.be/Yy9h2q_dr9k?... @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @stevomusicman.bsky.social @muzicgeezer.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social

Okay I'll give this a go...

Bandcamp bans AI-generated music on platform www.punknews.org/article/8732...

I have cultivated a strategy which guarantees I always win at Monopoly: I lose as quickly as possible. The remaining players think I've lost, but they're wrong. I escaped first, so I win.

Good to see - this feels like the big test for the ECB this year... Can they match the experience of the rugby World Cup last year or the football one the year before?

We'll see if this winter's work opens up opportunities for different players. It seems to me to at least offer that in ways that a winter bilateral tour might not.