🥳 Wisden publication day is here at last! Doesn't the badger look beautiful?! Obviously, the first thing you should check out is Tanya Aldred's Environment column on page 196, where she delves into the potential for sustainability and circularity of cricket gear👍

🏏 The Next Test sent a crack team to visit parliament this morning, to speak to the APPG for Cricket about cricket and the climate crisis 🌍 Our main focus was all the inspiring work happening across the country and the huge potential for cricket to act as a catalyst for climate action 💪

🔥Hot off the press - The Hotspot is the brand new newsletter from @theguardian.com exploring the intersection of sport and the climate crisis. Written by - you guessed it, our very own Tanya Aldred! 🤩 Find the first extract and subscribe here 👇 www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

🚨BREAKING: Was this the most polluted World Cup ever? Air quality during the recent T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka was often poor, unhealthy and even severe - putting the health of players and fans at risk. Full analysis and in-depth comment👇 www.thenexttest.org/blog/was-thi...

🥵 Last year was the UK's hottest summer on record - and cricket pitches - and cricketers all around the country suffered 🏏 Will this year see more of the same? Tanya Aldred spoke to Harry Everett, Somerset CCC commentator, who bears the scars from last summer 🤕👇

📢 Cricket clubs! Sport England's Movement Fund provides funding of up to £15,000 to help sports clubs adapt to climate change and protect participation 👍 More info 👇 www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins...

🏏 Fantastic to see the legendary Wisden Almanack giving over its front cover this year to Great British Wildlife to highlight the crucial importance of nature and biodiversity! 🐝 🦡 And what could be more fitting for a cricket annual than a badger??

✅ Strong recommend. Today's episode of Rare Earth covered the future of sport with regards the climate crisis. Amazing to hear both historian, Peter Frankopan and cricketer, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala speaking about cricket and climate alongside the awesome Claire Poole💥 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🏏💚 Sustainability for grassroots cricket isn't just about going green, it's about long-term survival... This deep-dive by John Fuller of Cricket Yorkshire into the efforts of Muff Field Cricket Club in Bradford is a fantastic example of what can be achieved cricketyorkshire.com/muff-field-s...

🏏🌍 Did you know, winners of the UK Greenest Ground comp, Fillongley CC were showcased by the UK Pavilion at COP30? 🌱 This video, highlighting all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly was shown at the UK's pavilion 👍 youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...

On this day, atmospheric CO2 was at 359.81ppm. Today we're hitting 430ppm and global temperature has risen ~0.8°C since then.

💀 "We should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas" says Amin H Nasser, President of Saudi Aramco - sponsors of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. We call on the ICC to review its relationships with sportswashing sponsors and make cricket a credible, positive force for climate action 💚

🏏Former England fast bowler, Sajid Mahmood is on a mission: to make cricket affordable and accessible for everyone. We sat down for a chat with Saj about his new initiative: Reeqip - an online marketplace for pre-loved cricket and sports gear. www.thenexttest.org/blog/talking...

🌳🐝 Cricket clubs will be gearing up for the new season, corralling willing volunteers and making plans. As it's World Wildlife Day, we thought we'd give you some super simple ideas for things you can do to make your cricket club more nature friendly. www.thenexttest.org/blog/six-of-...

😷 Meanwhile, in Delhi... Air pollution has quite literally been off the scale. This is a reading from 10th Feb, where air pollution was hazardous - with an AQI of 305. All the while, the T20 World Cup rolls on - and the main sponsor? Saudi Aramco. Cricket has a fossil fuel problem💀

🌟 2025 highlight #4 🌟 Our Chair, Tanya sat down for a chat with the Guerilla Cricket podcast to talk all things cricket and climate 👇 megaphone.link/COMG2190569346 @guerillacricket.bsky.social 👍

✨ 2025 Highlight #3 - Hit for Six: The Danger Zone 🏏 Following on from 2019's Hit for Six report, that warned of the threat to cricket from climate change, Hit for Six: The Danger Zone is a stark reminder of what's at stake. 👇 Read the report 👇 www.thenexttest.org/resources

🥳 Huge congratulations to Brechin Buccaneers CC who have been awarded the 2025 Greenest Ground Award from The Cricketer and Ortus Energy 🌱 Read more in Tanya Aldred's feature in The Cricketer: www.thecricketer.com/Topics/featu...

🔥 As Australia swelters in extreme heat close to 50°C and is again battling huge wildfires, The Next Test's Tanya Aldred writes in this week's Spin newsletter about a hopeful tale of cricketing communities coming together to recover and rebuild 💪

🐦 Did you take part in the @rspb.bsky.social Big Garden Birdwatch? Andy Wilson did at Whalley Range CC, winner of The Cricketer's Greenest Cricket Ground competition in 2021. He spotted 16 species, including 15 goldfinches! 🏏 What birds have you spotted at your local club?

🌟 2025 highlight #2... Back in March our Chair, Tanya Aldred sat down with England batter and EcoAthletes champion, Maia Bouchier. 🏏 Maia is one of the most high profile cricketers standing up for climate action and it was fab to hear her thoughts 👇

🌟 Highlights from 2025 #1... Our Co-Founder, Xeena Cooper scooping a Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation Cricket Collective Award for Tackling Climate Change! 🏏 Xeena "has been an indefatigable campaigner for climate action and sustainability within the cricket world" 🌱

🏏🌍 We're back! Happy New Year, cricket lovers. In 2026 we're going to be exploring our purpose and working on a Theory of Change. What do you think we should be focusing on this year?

🙏 Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our friends in Australia who have been affected by the terrible wildfires. Blog, from Tanya Aldred 👉 www.thenexttest.org/blog/bushfires-down-under-pose-threat-to-life-cricket-amp-community

🎄 We're taking a break. Have a restful Christmas and we'll see you in the New Year for more cricket, climate and sustainability 🏏🌍🙏

🏏🌍 Cricketers put their money where their mouth is on climate. Tanya Aldred on the new Sport One, Carbon Zero climate movement from High Impact Athletes: 👉 www.thenexttest.org/blog/cricketers-put-their-money-where-their-mouth-is-on-climate

📢📢 New blog - Desert Vipers: Pioneers for Sustainability in Cricket 🏏🌍 Ahead of their Sustainability Match on Sunday, we sat down with Sustainability Lead, Ben Hardy-Jones to chat all things green 🐍💚 Find it here 👉 www.thenexttest.org/blog/desert-vipers-pioneers-for-sustainability-in-cricket

📢 Check out our Comms Lead, Chris Britt-Searle on The Last Wicket pod, chatting all things cricket, climate and sustainability 🏏🌍💚👇 youtu.be/w4_2WIA1c4c?...

🏏🌍 Earlier this year, The Next Test's Tanya Aldred sat down for a chat with England star and @ecoathletesteam.bsky.social Champion, Maia Bouchier ✨ Maia has been an inspiring voice for climate action and sustainability in the cricket world. Read more here: www.thenexttest.org/blog/maia-bo...

🏏 🌍 Cricketers - Concerned about the climate? Feel like you might be labelled hypocritical for speaking about it? Help is at hand... 100+ athletes across sport have joined Sport One Carbon Zero. Cricket's huge. Our voice matters. Ready to lead? Go 👉

🏏 Bamboo cricket bats?!🎍Pineapple leather pads?!🍍 Cricket is facing both a bat crisis and a sustainability crisis, but innovation is stepping up to the crease... Read more about these game-changing projects: www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h...

⚡ The power of Pat Cummins 💪 🏏 🌍 Hear Joanne Bowen, CEO of Pat's Cricket for Climate chat to ABC about how the climate crisis is affecting cricket down under and how having the Aussie test captain on your team really opens some doors! 👇

🏆 Great to see the Playing for our Future documentary winning a Broadcast Sport Award for best Sustainability initiative 🌱👏 🏏 "Without grassroots cricket, you don't have international cricket, or any other form of cricket." Sir Alistair Cook speaking on the film.

🏏🌍 It's the Ashes! The Climate Ashes, that is... 🌱 Australia take on England to discern who is leading the way in climate action and sustainability. 🏆 Five tests. One planet. Who will take home the urn? ➡️ Scroll through to find out... 🧵1/9...

🌍 🏏 Chairman of the Players Cricket Association, James Cameron has been one of the leading architects of the COP climate process. Hear him discuss its history, successes and failures on the Fossil vs. Future podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/4EkQ... #COP30

🏏🌊 Worcestershire's New rd making the papers sadly for the wrong reasons. First flood of the winter - how many more will there be? Strangely no mention of climate change in this particular newspaper... 🤔

🌱 Protecting biodiversity matters for every sports club and community organisation Sport England and Buddle have created a fantastic resource showing how sports clubs can protect local biodiversity. Learn more:

📢 New blog: Fillongley CC - Cricket at the COP30 Climate Conference... 🌱 An inspiring example of how cricket clubs, even small ones, can set a global example for climate and nature action ✨ Read more:

📢 Cricket clubs! Sport England's Movement Fund provides funding of up to £15,000 to help sports clubs adapt to climate change and protect participation 👍 More info 👇 www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins...

🏏🌍 Cricket x Climate x COP30! Fillongley CC to be showcased by the UK Pavilion... 🌱 This video, showcasing all their amazing efforts to make their cricket club more sustainable and nature friendly will be showing at the UK's pavilion 👍 youtu.be/K9cnmfSuUMM?...

🏏🌍 While ExxonMobil very publicly sponsor the Guyana Global Super League, behind the scenes they have been quietly funding climate denial for decades. They have a lot to answer for. More damning evidence:

🏏 Cricket + Community + Climate 🌍 Great initiative from The Kia Oval - Surrey County Cricket Club and SSE plc, educating local school children about sustainability and the green energy transition - looking to create the sustainability leaders of tomorrow 👍🏻 www.kiaoval.com/surrey-count...

🏏🌍 The MCC don't always shout about their amazing sustainability work, so we thought we'd do some shouting for them! Check out the latest Carbon Impact Report from @HomeofCricket here: www.lords.org/lords/news-s...

Our thoughts are with our friends in the Caribbean this morning. Cricket grounds will undoubtedly be affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, but there are more important things to worry about right now. Please help if you can: www.unicef.org.uk/donate/hurri...

🏏🌍 "It remains to be seen whether the authorities do take this report seriously and if further conversations and actions are taken." Great to hear the Hit for Six Report and the effects of climate change on cricket on the latest Stumped podcast. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🏏🌍 World cup warming stripes! Today it's 🇮🇳#INDvNZ 🇳🇿🔥 💡Did you know... India recently hit its target of 50% non-fossil fuel energy generation, 5 years ahead of schedule! 👍🏻 #CWC25

🥾 The Next Test's Dan Looney recently set out on an epic 130 mile walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal, searching for stories of cricket clubs taking climate and nature action. Check out the first instalment of his travelog here:

🏏🌍 World cup warming stripes! Today it's 🇿🇦#SAvPAK 🇵🇰 in Colombo ☔ ⛈️ Lots of rain forecast, sadly. Rainfall has been steadily increasing in Colombo as the climate warms - and this trend is only likely to continue.

🏏🌍 World Cup Warming Stripes! Today it's 🇱🇰 #SLvBAN 🇧🇩 in Navi Mumbai🔥 🚨 Air quality in Navi Mumbai today is UNHEALTHY. Advice is NO OUTDOOR EXERCISE 😷

⚽🌍 Athletes all over the world are waking up to the fact that climate change poses an existential threat to their sports and our societies. 🏏 It would be great to see more cricketers standing up and speaking out 💪🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...