The CRICKETher Weekly

This week:Ecclestone returns for England v IndiaWicket-keeping succession plansWho will feature for England A v New Zealand A?T20 Blast: Somerset v Lancashire (Taylor's Version) 

This week:Making the most of the Women's BlastReflections on England v West IndiesWorld Cup venues announced… but won't someone think of the freelancers?After visiting every ground in England, which are our favourites?

This week:Has Heather Knight played her last game for England?Amy Jones gets a gorilla-sized monkey off her backWomen's Blast Off & our first visit to Old TraffordDavina Perrin smashing it for Bears

On the CRICKETher Weekly:Arlott & Dunkley shine as England winWest Indies woes & why the ICC needs to interveneLoans in county cricket: do we need tighter regulation?

This week:NSB faces the pressEngland's new selectorLamb and Arlott in on domestic formWest Indies series predictions 

This week:The magic of the County CupEngland v West Indies: will Lottie make any surprise picks?Controversy as UAE retire out their entire team v Qatar

This week:Lottie talks NSB captaincyWho will be vice captain?2026 T20 World Cup launched at Lord'sHampshire make the running in T1New BBC TV deal

This week:Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Ecclestone win in Wisden⁠A new portrait of Charlotte Edwards in the Long Room⁠A breathless start to Tier 1 as Somerset pull off a heist & Warwickshire v Hampshire ends in a tie

This week:Breaking news on the new Eng captain!NRR drama at the World Cup QualifierWinners & losers from the Eng A tourThe season has started & we're backing Surrey & The BlazeICC belatedly offer support to Afghanistan's women

This week:Ellyse Perry signs for HampshireCapsey & Scholfield score 100s for England 'A'Ireland & Scotland fight for World Cup spots

This week:Lottie is England coach: right outcome, wrong processLottie & Clare Connor's presser: what did we learn?England A infected by Jon-BallDisappointing news about BBC cricket coverage

This week:Scrivens leads England A to a glorious series winHow long will the England captaincy interregnum last?Emergency talks to try to save the Hundred salesWhich counties are doing best at equal promotion of their women's teams?

Raf & Syd reflect on a huge week in women's cricket:Jon Lewis & Heather Knight… you're fired!Captaincy candidatesWhat next for England?New Zealand in a pickle

This week:Mumbai Indians win the WPL finalWho are the MVPs of franchise cricket?Some odd valuations in The Hundred draftWhy are 4 senior players going on the England A tour?The cost of watching WPL

This week:Is this the best WPL yet?PCA demand action on unequal pay in The HundredKate Cross's honesty about the AshesReviewing wides in WPL: Syd has a solution

This week: Ecclestone wins WPL super over! Do we need bonus points in WPL? New Zealand coaches and captains taking over the world Have Oval Invincibles botched the Hundred retentions process? An ECB Performance Camp in Abu Dhabi… while Rome burns back home

This week: WPL: Risk v reward in run-chases UPW fielding errors & why Jon Lewis's facial expressions should get their own highlights reel Who will captain New Zealand v Sri Lanka? Will there be BBC radio coverage of the new women's county comps?

This week: An explosive start to WPL, including LED bails controversy! Who should sit on the ECB's Ashes review panel? Lottie throws her hat in the ring as the next England coach Aimee Maguire's bowling action: an explainer

This week:Connor's Ashes InquestAre the Ashes issues systemic?Does the sale of The Hundred mean the end of double-headers?Will women's cricket benefit from The Hundred windfall?

This week, in the wake of England's Women's Ashes drubbing:: Alana King weaves a web around England in the Test Australia's brilliance vs England's mediocrity U19 World Cup: has JonBall infected the entire pathway? Donate to Pitch Our Future here: https://asf.org.au/projects/its-game-on/pitch-our-future

This week: England reach a new low - what's gone wrong? Should Jon Lewis & Heather Knight be fired, & who might replace them? We get radical about how to fix the team culture

This week: England whitewashed in the Ashes ODIs What can England change in the T20s? Aimee Maguire let down by coaches

This week: We're at North Sydney Oval! Knight calls for more support for Afghanistan women's team in exile Team news ahead of the first Ashes ODI 2 contrasting approaches to Ashes training

This week we look ahead to 2025: Our Women's Ashes predictions Can India win their home World Cup? Pressure builds on the ECB to boycott their match v Afghanistan

This week: England & Australia announce their Ashes squads Why is the Ashes schedule so crazy? India thrash West Indies Our most memorable moments of 2024

This week: England win the Test v South Africa but was it overshadowed by DRS controversy? Neutral venue madness for India & Pakistan at World Cups ⁠Raf defends her Team of the Year

This week: No DRS for England v South Africa Test England Contracts Announced ECB Abandon Pay Equality Ambitions

This week in women's cricket: Eng v SA 1st ODI: JonBall fails England again Greg Barclay - a moral vacuum How to get bigger crowds at WBBL

This week: Grace Scrivens wins WBBL, with a little help from Hayley Matthews England v South Africa is the Pointless Answer Surrey move to Kent

This week: Voll & Scrivens get their shots in Australia ⁠How Beth Barrett-Wild is keeping the counties in line ⁠Heather Knight can't see the wood from the ripped-up trees in South Africa

This week: All the gossip from THAT Jon Lewis presser Is Instagram really to blame for England's World Cup woes? Does the uneven spread of England players across the counties matter? Shock exit for Strikers in WBB

This week: Capsey scapegoated for World Cup loss? Jon Lewis comes out swinging against Alex Hartley ⁠More women's Tests in the FTP… but what about New Zealand?

This week: Capsey not clicking at WBBL England off Free to Air TV The End of an Era for Regionals

This week: Will the ICC change the format of the next T20 World Cup? Will England make changes ahead of the SA tour / the Ashes? Melie Kerr: a victim of the relentless schedule? Cricket booted out of the Commonwealth Games  

World Cup Special: The Big Three crash out Lack of succession planning comes back to bite England The final - which of us correctly predicted the winner?

This week: The T20 World Cup comes to the crunch Australia beat India Scotland get Jon-Balled

This week's T20 World Cup round-up: England beat Bangladesh - but will JonBall work at Sharjah? New Zealand upset India Was Melie Kerr out? Australia's no balls Should players be allowed to bat without helmets?

This week: Equal pay in English domestic cricket but are some cricketers more equal than others? Lalit Modi shows the ECB who's boss Why abolishing the regions ≠ equal governance We preview the World Cup  

This week in women's cricket: Sunrisers win the RHF The legacy of Regionals Australia v New Zealand

This week: Ireland's famous win Have Bryony Smith & Seren Smale earned call-ups to the main England squad? Vipers out of the RHF: has Charlotte Edwards lost her touch? Our views on the 2025 English schedule

This week: Kate Cross has a dream start to captaincy Syd celebrates Scrivens' Sunrisers scraping into the RHF semis Sparks bid farewell to captain Eve Jones - what's gone wrong? Bye bye Western Storm & Southern Vipers, hello Metro Bank & Vitality Should England be concerned about their batting ahead of the World Cup?

This week: NZ & England's contrasting approaches to captaincy succession planning World Cup squads: Australia go pace-heavy, England put their trust in spin Why did Grace Scrivens & Kirstie Gordon miss out on Ireland selection? Chaos in the RHF as regions become counties What should Jay Shah do in his first 6 months in office?

This week: Selection dilemmas for England ahead of the World Cup Will England look to the next gen against Ireland? As Zimbabwe join the ICC Championship, is the schedule becoming too congested? Scotland, Thailand & Netherlands left out in the cold again by the ICC

This week in women's cricket: Spirit beat Fire in a thrilling Hundred final at Lord's Where will the World Cup be moved to & what does that mean for England's plans? Scotland due to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, but will it involve women's cricket? Our thoughts on Yorkshire's new coach

This week, on the Official Vodcast of the Powerful Women's Cricket Lobby™: Will women's cricket actually see ANY of the money from the sale of The Hundred? What's gone wrong for Manchester Originals? Has Grace Scrivens silenced her critics? Our predictions for the finalists and the winner of The Hundred 2024!

This week: Hampshire sell off the family silver (and £60m debt) to Delhi Capitals ⁠The Hundred: What's gone wrong for Southern Brave? ⁠Welsh Fire top the table: the queens of pressure run chases ⁠Could Sri Lanka win the World Cup in Bangladesh?

This week in women's cricket: The privatisation of The Hundred - will the new owners care about gender equality? Is Bangladesh the right place to host a World Cup right now? Deandra Dottin and Cricket West Indies sign a mutual desperation pact More details about Australia's new T20 Spring Challenge competition

This week in women's cricket: The issues with NZ's domestic structure & how the ICC could help Why NZC turned down a Test for the White Ferns, & was it the right call? ECB's plan to sell The Hundred goes belly up… …as do plans for a Super T10 in Scotland

This week in women's cricket: Have England's dizzying experimental selections gone too far? The return of Capsey The Great What will Tier 2 look like? The ECB's attempts to fit women's cricket into a men's cricket-shaped box

This week: ⁠Afghanistan women in exile ask for help from ICC - will they get it? England v NZ - Returns to form for Capsey, Bell & Kemp ⁠Would this NZ team beat NZ from 2018? ⁠Why Hollie Armitage signing for Durham is good news for everyone! (Except Yorkshire!)

This week's women's cricket news: England hammer New Zealand but does it mean Jon-Ball is working? Beaumont lifts the curtain on player management in the England camp Records smashed in the South Africa v India Test Why we need a women's Test Championship