Noughtie Child Podcast

The day has arrived, it's time for the World Cup! We're at Edgbaston tonight for the opener and we're excited to say we will be posting daily episodes every morning to keep you up to date with everything happening at the World Cup.Link to our World Cup team guide: https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/get-to-know-the-12-t20-world-cup-teamsLink to Polly's article about debutants, The Netherlands: https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/team-oranje-the-story-of-the-netherlands-squad-making-their-t20-world-cup-debut

We're joined by a very special guest this week...Dr Raf Nicholson, author of 'The Women in Whites: A History of Women's Cricket in England' speaks to us about the process of writing her new book and very generously tells some of the stories within the book. You can order it here:Amazon (UK & International): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Whites-History-Cricket-England/dp/1836802927Waterstones (UK): https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-women-in-whites/raf-nicholson/9781836802921 Plus of course we speak about all the international cricket that has been happening ahead of the T20 World Cup as well as some thoughts on Tier 2.

Two guests join us this week as we made the trip to Edinburgh to see Scotland host the Netherlands as part of a pre-World Cup tri series. It was Kirstie Gordon's return to Scotland and she spoke to us post match. We're also joined by Pippa Sproul who is busy finishing her A-Levels before she'll join up with Scotland at the World Cup.

This episode is a bit different this week as we speak toFrench cricketer Poppy McGeown about the situation with French women's cricket and what they have experienced over the past three years. We have another episode in French with Poppy with the hope of reaching a francophone audience so please share that episode too: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WbA3ni28rNUFHSXrNI25TCet épisode est un peu différent cette semaine, puisque nousnous entretenons avec la joueuse de cricket française Poppy McGeown au sujet de la situation du cricket féminin en France et de ce qu'elles ont vécu ces trois dernières années. Nous proposons également un autre épisode en français avecPoppy, dans l'espoir de toucher un public francophone; n'hésitez donc pas à partager cet épisode également. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WbA3ni28rNUFHSXrNI25T

Nous sommes Richard et Polly. Richard est professeur defrançais en Angleterre et Polly est journaliste sportive. Aujourd'hui, nous avons discuté avec Poppy McGeown, qui a joué au cricket pour la France jusqu'en 2023. L'équipe féminine française de cricket traverse une période difficile et,dans cet épisode, Poppy explique ce qui se passe et de quelle aide l'équipe a besoin. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus : https://medium.com/@frenchwomenscricket/an-open-letter-on-the-situation-of-womens-cricket-in-france-65b19bab919e

The international summer is under way and well...what a way to start. There's been some One Day Cup action across Tier 1 and Tier 2 to chat about including a blustery day in Southport.It was also great to chat to Phebe Molkenboer who is heading to her first World Cup with the Netherlands to hear all about the preparations.

There have been quite a few centurions this week in the One Day Cup and many of them have been stepping up for the first time.We are also joined by Worcestershire's Sophie Beech who of course scored a century at the weekend! She was also involved in the England U19 tour to Australia where she captained the side a few times.

Wednesday was madness! That's not the only topic on our minds as we've also had the T20 County Cup, England's World Cup Squad as well as another round of Tier 1 One Day Cup action so as always, plenty to get in to.We're also joined by Coco Streets who recently scored a century for Kent in Tier 2's One Day Cup.

Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 and international, we're covering it all this week as Richard drove up and down the country to watch cricket. We are joined by Glamorgan's Bea Ellis to discuss everything from bat gauges to wanting to be a firefighter...and of course some cricket! We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The 2026 county season is underway! We've been at two Tier 1 games this week so we discuss the first two rounds. We're going to save the Tier 2 chat for next week too. It's a pleasure to be joined by Leicestershire leg-spinner April Herathge who speaks to us about Leicestershire last season, their ambitions for this year as well as the other side of her life training to be a surgeon. Wisden is also out and you may spot a familiar name in there!

It's time for our 2026 season preview and once again we have some rogue predictions...we're very happy to be proven wrong! We'll be back in two weeks to chat about the first few matches as well as our first game of the season up in Durham.

This week we are so pleased to be joined by Gloucestershire's Alice Bird who speaks to us about her new podcast all about cricket and mental health. We are so grateful for Alice being so open and sharing this incredible project she's put together. The first episode will be out on Tuesday 31st March so please check out her podcast social media for all the details. (@extracoverpodon Instagram) We'll be back next week (with a guest!) but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

England are out in South Africa playing some intrasquad fixtures so we have a look at how the first match went. Plus we've had a week to ponder over the Hundred auction so we add some further thoughts. A link to Manchester Metropolitan University Women's Cricket Fundraiser for BEAT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mmu-womens-cricket-march-beat-fundraiserWe'll be back next week (with a guest!) but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We have thoughts...it was the Hundred Auction this week and it's fair to say we have our reservations. Millions of pounds has been chucked at women's cricket which surely is a good thing right? We ask the question, has it been fair and is this right.

Finally we have some World Cup fixtures and importantly, the Netherlands will have the opportunity to beat Australia. There are lots of exciting bilateral series too so we talk through some of the highlights of those.There won't be an episode next week but we'll be back on Friday 13th March!

It's a bit of an international whistle-stop tour this week from Melie Kerr being appointed New Zealand captain to Fatima Sana's success against South Africa. Pre-order Raf's book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-women-in-whites/raf-nicholson/9781836802921 We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's been a quieter week for women's cricket but Netherlands bowler Isabel van der Woning joins us to give us the inside scoop on the preparations for the World Cup Qualifiers, the success the team had at the tournament and the exciting summer that lies ahead. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

From the Oman v Denmark series to the WPL final, we look at some of the biggest and smallest stories in women's cricket this week. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Our dream has come true and the Netherlands have qualified for their first T20 World Cup in England this summer. Bangladesh are also through and we will wait to see who will join them. RCB are through to the WPL final and Australia have a new (surprising) captain.We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We've been keeping a close eye on the World Cup qualifiers and it's looking good for Ireland, Bangladesh & the Netherlands. It's slightly nervy for Scotland but there's still time to book their train ticket to England. Aforementioned article: https://www.cricketetal.com/p/mustafissure We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Today we tackle a big topic that we've mulled over for a while but we thought it was important to discuss women's cricket, Fairbreak and Saudi Arabia. Linked below is Richard's article breaking it all down:https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/fairbreak-goes-to-saudi-the-ultimate-compromisePlus we speak about the WPL, the Hundred changes and very briefly Alyssa Healy's retirement. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's WPL Day! Will Delhi Capitals continue their run as serial chokers? We also preview the World Cup qualifiers as well as celebrate Annie Wikman's success in the WNCL. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's our final episode of the year and of course time for some Christmas chat. As well as our bumper review of 2025 Women's Cricket through our eyes, we're joined by Northants' Mabel Reid to speak about her career so far, time at Loughborough University as well sharing her very insightful experiences after being diagnosed with autism and how cricket has been an accommodating space.We will be back in 2026 when we celebrate our 5th birthday! We want to take the opportunity to say a huge thankyou to anyone that has listened or engaged over the last year, we appreciate the support so much and always enjoy hearing from our listeners

You'll never guess who is back...or maybe you will because who needs a transparent hiring process! Jon Lewis has been appointed Head Coach of London Spirit and he's back working with Heather Knight again but is there a conflict of interest for Knight? We also discuss Stephen Parry's new role at Essex as well as the staff he's got on board. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

This week we are joined by Worcestershire's Bryony Gillgrass who is also part of the England U19 set up. We spoke all about her journey so far, a break through summer and the busy winter.We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We're already dreaming about next summer as the domestic fixtures came out this week. Unfortunately there are some clashes that we're less keen on and some slightly odd choices of grounds (what's new!) We also speak about the WPL auction as well as the on going Emerging Nations Trophy in Thailand. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We are back from our little break and despite snow falling in England, there's some important cricket to discuss across the world from the WBBL to the new Emerging Nations Trophy in Thailand.We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

India are World Cup Champions beating South Africa and lifting the trophy on home soil. We record seconds after Harmanpreet Kaur took the winning catch to reflect on the final and the tournament as a whole.

Wow! South Africa and India are in the World Cup final and Australia can't win another ICC tournament. We also are joined by Italy & Northants cricketer Lenny Sims to speak about her historical ties to cricket, representing Italy and life in Tier 2. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's our 200th episode! I don't think we quite believe we've made it this far but thanks for listening and supporting us at any point over the last almost five years. We reflect on some of our favourite episodes so far and also reflect on the early days. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Lancashire's Grace Johnson joins us this week and shares how her summer as been from the highs in T20s to the lows of rehab and dealing with a stress fracture. We also chat about what it means to represent the Red Rose and how she accidently started playing cricket. The World Cup continues and we mention the two games that happened over those days and what we expect moving forward. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's been a wobbly World Cup so far with every team experiencing some collapses and nervy moments. We discuss everything that's happened in the past week over in India and Sri Lanka as well as some awards news in domestic cricket. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The World Cup is underway in India and Sri Lanka and it's been an interesting few days to start the tournament. There's already been two centuries, some impressive spells and of course, Australia winning. We also chat about Rugby and the success of the Red Roses and what that means for the T20 World Cup in England next summer. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

It's time for the big 2025 Season debrief. We name a team of the tournament and also look back on some of highs and lows of the season. Thanks for tuning in this summer and although we're heading into the winter, there's still a World Cup to look forward to next week. In the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

As the season draws to a close, Richard saw Yorkshire lift the One Day Cup Tier 2 trophy (in a 20 over game) and we both watched the thriller between Lancashire and the Blaze in the semi final. Lancashire will now face Hampshire in the final this Sunday and we'll bring you a summary next week. In the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The Tier Two One Day Cup Final takes place this Sunday in Worcester so we chat to Glamorgan's Eve Jackson ahead of the big occasion. We also look ahead to the final round of games in Tier 1 with one place left up for grabs in the semi final.We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

As usual plenty to speak about! Davina Perrin impressed with a remarkable century in the Hundred eliminator, the One Day Cup is nearing its conclusion, Namibia and Zimbabwe have secured a place in the World Cup Qualifiers and we even have a guest. This week Italy & Oxfordshire's Emilia Bartram joins us to speak about the recent European World Cup Qualifiers, domestic cricket in Italy and of course a bit about Tier 3. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The European Qualifiers have come to an end and so has our time in the Netherlands. We has a brilliant final day with Ireland and the Netherlands progressing to the Global Qualifier in Nepal. It's been brilliant to see all four teams over the past week and see the development of each side. We'll be back with our usually weekly podcasts next week one the Hundred has wrapped up and the One Day Cup has started again.

It was a day off yesterday but we are back today having seen Germany v Italy and Ireland v The Netherlands. Arlene Kelly took a 5-fer and Gaby Lewis & Orla Prendergast put on a good partnership.The Netherlands are still yet to qualify after losing to Ireland but mathematically Italy are not totally out of it. We will be back tomorrow for the final day.

Our second day in Rotterdam and we saw Germany take on Ireland and Italy face the Netherlands, with Ireland securing a place at the global qualifier with two games to spare. Another great day of cricket plus a chance to explore Rotterdam.Tomorrow is a rest day so there won't be cricket to speak about but we'll be back on Tuesday night to discuss an interesting two games were Italy play Germany and Ireland play the Netherlands.

We've had our first day at the World Cup European Qualifiers in Rotterdam seeing Ireland beat Italy and the Netherlands thrash Germany.There's lots to speak about and four very different teams to assess. We are here until the end of the tournament so anything you'd like us to discuss (or players you want us to get on the podcast, do let us know!)

We've had our summer holiday and we're back! There's no better place to dissect the world of women's cricket at than in Dover Ferry Port at 1am. As we head to Rotterdam for the World Cup Europe Qualifiers, we discuss everything from Gunnersbury's ECB Cup win to the manic changes to the World Cup schedule just a month awayWe will be providing daily podcasts from the qualifiers so stay tuned for those

Final after final...it's been a busy weekend. From a nightmare in Northampton to celebrations at the Oval, we speak about our Finals Day weekend in an extra episode of the podcast. For more information about Tier 2 finals day, here's a link to Polly's article: https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-reality-of-covering-women-s-cricket-tier-two-blast-finals-day-2025We're in desperate need of a mid season break so see you in two weeks!

We are sat in Lumley Castle the one poking through the trees behind Durham County Cricket Club. We're recording after the England series has wrapped up and we're preparing for back to back Finals Days in Northampton and London. On that note, we're joined by Leicestershire bowler Ellie Phillips who was a new recruit this season. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Welcome to 100 years of Gunnersbury Women's Cricket Club – an audio documentary. We are Richard & Polly Starkie, cricket journalists and co-hosts of the Noughtie Child Podcast.We are here to celebrate the centenary of Gunnersbury Cricket Club with the help of players, committee members and historians. In 1925, Gunnersbury Cricket Club was founded and has since been home to world class cricketers such as Sarah Taylor, Sophia Dunkley and Charlotte Edwards.In this audio documentary, we find out what makes Gunnersbury so unique and how it has survived, and thrived, over the past century. With thanks to Emma & Charlotte Bernstein, Cat Dalton, Naomi Dattani and Molly Barbour-Smith for speaking to us. To Dr Raf Nicholson for sharing historical insight. To Fiona Barbour-Smith for commissioning this centenary documentary. And to Peter Starkie for producing the music. If you enjoyed this and want to hear more from Richard & Polly, weekly podcasts are published on here speaking about professional women's cricket in depth, often with the players themselves. Our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and ourBluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

If we sound slightly weary it's because we are! It's been a busy few weeks and more chaos lies ahead with the ODIs taking place in three locations that probably couldn't be much further from each other. This week we are joined by Glamorgan's Gemma Porter ahead of Tier Two Finals Day next week to hear all about playing for such a passionate club.As we mention, our audio documentary in celebration of Gunnersbury Cricket Club's centenary is out on 19/07/25 so please do give it a listen.We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and ourBluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

India have secured a T20 series win over England and have looked very impressive. We chat about the Oval (where England did win) and of course Old Trafford where England women haven't played since 2012. Some Vitality Blast chat too as we approach Finals DayWe will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We were in Nottingham for England's first T20 v India and well...let's just say it felt like Australia all over again! Tier 2 has continued with some T20 Blast action & Yorkshire have secured a place at Finals Day. On that note, we're joined by returning guest Yorkshire vice captain (and current captain for the Blast) Maddie Ward. Richard is in Paris this week so we're recording on Tuesday hence the lack of Bristol chat!We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The players are having some time off cricket so there's not tons to dive in to but we have had a few England A/development/XI teams play against New Zealand A & India. Plus we're joined by Warwickshire left arm leggie (and monochorionic twin) Mille Taylor to speak all about her season so far & her move to the Midlands. We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Lots of news to digest this week as we've had two lots of World Cup fixtures, a WBBL draft and plenty of T20 Blast action to enjoy.We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

As expected, we spent plenty of time watching rain fall in Taunton but have since been in Worcester & Durham for the T20 Blast. Last week Polly spoke to Leicestershire's Holly Whitfield & Aimee Colquhoun to find out about their first few months in Tier 2. We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!