Calling all Scottish Women and Girls' Cricket enthusiasts! Join the FREE online Open Forum tomorrow (Tuesday) 7-8.30pm : us06web.zoom.us/j/82379666064

Calling all Scottish Women and Girls' Cricket enthusiasts! Join the FREE online Open Forum tomorrow (Tuesday) 7-8.30pm : us06web.zoom.us/j/82379666064

To join the Open Forum on Tuesday 11th November at 7pm, use this zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/82379666064

FREE online webinar Wed 5th Nov 12-1.30pm. To register (get the link) go to: events.humanitix.com/november-web... Four short presentations and questions. Great speakers: Christian Krekel,Team Kinetic,Laura Shobiye,Janine Partington and colleagues. @volunteerscotland.bsky.social @vssn1.bsky.social

CfP open for @cricketacademic.bsky.social Conference @hugheshall.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk! @rafnicholson.bsky.social @drcricket.bsky.social @bayfirth.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @russinthezone.bsky.social idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

FREE online webinar Wed 5th Nov 12-1.30pm. To register (get the link) go to: events.humanitix.com/november-web... Four short presentations and questions. Great speakers: Christian Krekel,Team Kinetic,Laura Shobiye,Janine Partington and colleagues. @volunteerscotland.bsky.social @vssn1.bsky.social

Hopes and dreams from India's World Cup victory. Me for The Guardian:

This is a wonderful record to break and it's all down to our many volunteers out there helping to gather incredibly valuable data- thanks to everyone that has helped!

On the CRICKETher Weekly: * Where next for Lottie’s England? * Will Australia get a new coach and/or captain? * How India triumphed in the #CWC25 final * Is an auction in The Hundred a good idea?

What a day! Congratulations India 🏆

Interested in finding out more about Scottish Women’s cricket? @cricketacademic.bsky.social @crickether.com Register for Open Forum here: swagcrn.eventbrite.co.uk

For more information about the Scottish Women and Girls' Cricket Research Network please go to www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cricket-research.

Calling Scottish Women's Cricket enthusiasts! To register for the Open Forum please go to: swagcrn.eventbrite.co.uk

On the CRICKETher Weekly: * England beat NZ * Farewell Sophie Devine * Alana King’s masterclass v SA * Our revised semi-final predictions * Has this World Cup changed the game?

We’re at @glamcricket.bsky.social Cricket Wales Women and girls’ in cricket conference today! Come and say hello. Our board member Ria Burrage Male will also be speaking at the conference. Great to have the opportunity to discuss opportunities for cricket to reach more women and girls 🏏

Women's World Cup - Qualification Analysis 🏏

Secret Maps opens today! 🤫 🗺️ From medieval manuscripts to Cold War espionage, our new exhibition explores how maps have hidden as much as they revealed for over 600 years. Book now: bit.ly/BLSecretMaps

PANEL: Cricket, Gambling and Match-Fixing 29 October 2025 5pm-6pm (London time - GMT) Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!

Featuring Sophie Devine and some thoughts on the Great Post-Ashes Rebuild. Me for @theguardian.com:

England lurch from one disaster to another, yet somehow are top of the table. Make it make sense 🤯

Thanks to partners Bayfirth Research CIC, @sportingheritage.bsky.social & Cricket Scotland, a small part of 'Catching History' was published this week - access it at www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cricket-research. Director Dr Fiona Reid & Cricket Scotland Partners.(Credit:Cricket Scotland/Ian Jacobs)

Pleased to share ‘Catching History’ with ICC Female Leaders Summit in Glasgow yesterday.We had a brilliant session with Maree Todd as part of Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week. Some of leaders are pictured below. Photo:Cricket Scotland/Ian Jacobs www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cricket-research

An amazing night at the home of cricket for the presentation of the Cricket Society and BSSH Howard Milton Award to Neil Robinson. A fascinating insight into some of the challenges and enjoyment of curating.

Celebrating Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week? Why not take a look at our research into the formation of the Scottish Women’s International cricket team? How far the team has come in 25 years! www.bayfirth.co.uk/women-s-cricket-research

It's raining in Colombo, so why not catch up on our webinar from earlier in the week about the @bayfirth.bsky.social Catching History project on the history of women's cricket in Scotland? Featuring interviews with 2 of the first official Scotland women's team. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P13...

Manifesting 2017 today! 🏏 #ENGvSA

Happy Scottish Museums Day! Today we're celebrating the mighty efforts of the museum staff and volunteers who tirelessly research, conserve, interpret, display and promote Scotland’s #MightyObjects. A huge well done to the incredible people who make Scotland’s museums special! #ScottishMuseumsDay

WORLD CUP: England v South Africa: Oftentimes it doesn't feel so glamorous to be South Africa

"World Cup cricket has never been so easy." What a strange day. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/o...

CATCHING HISTORY Following the #NSHD2025 webinar this evening, www.bayfirth.co.uk/latest-news has been updated to include recording of the webinar, copy of the report & short video segment about the Catching History project. @crickether.com @rafnicholson.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social

Proud to launch 'Catching History' - celebrating the Scottish Women's Cricket Pioneers of 2000. Join us today at FREE webinar 5-6pm - see below for details. #NSHD2025 @crickether.com @sportingheritage.bsky.social @cricketacademic.bsky.social

Fantastic - thanks for sharing this #NSHD2025 - Catching History project looks at women's cricket history in Scotland - join us to hear more this evening 5-6pm.

There's still time to register! Will you be joining us for our Collections at Risk Study Day in Edinburgh? Why not come along to our next workforce study day event this autumn, tying in with National Sporting Heritage Day? Friday 26th September 2025: 10AM to 3:30 Heart of Midlothian Football Club

We had a fantastic seminar yesterday discussing collections at risk, which is our theme for #NSHD2025 . Who wants the replay? It will be on our youtube channel very soon! Thanks to our guest speakers and those who joined!

Are you interested in the history of sport? A classic text - Dick Holt's Sport & the British - has been reborn. Join Dick & a panel of historians to discuss the new edition (followed by a drinks reception!) When: 29 September, 5.30pm Where: Senate House, London (or via Zoom) Register below:

Join the ACS. I can recommend that.

Let's make this the biggest celebration yet by joining forces and sharing our heritage far and wide. Share your event ideas in the comments, and don't forget to use #NSHD2025! ➡️Don’t forget to register your event #NSHD registration link: www.sportingheritage.org.uk/nshd. #SportingHeritage

Lovely to meet Frances Thompson, a direct descendant of Vera Cox, who gave a fascinating talk about Great Comp based around Vera’s letters. Including the stresses of having to arrange the 1937 Australian tour of England (Vera was the main organiser) & have the ENTIRE Aussie team stay at the house!

A wonderful women’s cricket history pilgrimage today to Great Comp in Kent. This is where Frances Heron-Maxwell and Vera Cox(2 of the founders of the Women’s Cricket Association) lived for decades, and where many early WCA matches were played.

OK this latest press release from the ICC has seriously pissed me off. The VERY FIRST World Cup in 1973 was entirely umpired by women. Maybe pause a minute from puffing yourselves up to read a history book? (I can recommend a good one... 😂) www.icc-cricket.com/media-releas...

With 4 spots up for grabs, it feels likely that both Scotland AND Ireland will get the chance to play in the World Cup in England next year. Of course it's not actually a "home" World Cup, but for Scotland in particular it would be pretty close. I'm so excited for those players!

Tilly Corteen-Coleman has travelled with the England squad to Abu Dhabi to assist with World Cup preparations. I refer you to my earlier post.

If I was Kirstie Gordon, watching Tilly Corteen-Coleman bowling today, I’d be getting on the phone to Cricket Scotland. It’s not too late for her to play in the 2026 World Cup at “home” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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...

Proud to finally hold this book in my hand. It’s taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears but it’s all worth it. Thanks to all the contributors and to my co-editors @HBee2015 and @GaryJamesWriter Can’t wait to see it officially launched next week! #SportHistory

💼 We've got a trio of great opportunities to join our friendly and committed team working to help children and young people in Scotland to access their rights! Senior Solicitor, Administrator and Young Persons' Co-ordinator. Find out more at

Delighted to have written the piece on Sophie Ecclestone, who is one of this year’s Wisden Five. Always a pleasure to contribute to the Big Yellow Book 📒 🏏

Podcast recommendation: Digging Deeper - Deb and Bob Pickens: Four Decades of Volleyball Development 🎙️ @VballEngland A great listen! 🔗 bit.ly/4jLJ0K9

💸 We're offering bursaries for museum sector workers to attend the Arts Marketing Association Conference in Edinburgh this July. Priority will be given to people who work or volunteer in independent, Local Authority, or ALEO-run museums and galleries. To find out more, visit: buff.ly/qrdGx3u

📣UNCRC and the Right to be a Child training Our member @clanchildlaw.org is hosting the next training session in their series on applying #UNCRC rights in real life #UNCRCScotland 📆Wednesday 14th May 2025 ⏰10:00-13:00 Read more: www.clanchildlaw.org/events/uncrc...