The CRICKETher Weekly

This week:

• WPL Auction: winners and losers
• Battle of the England keepers at WBBL
• Now TV's non-football subscription

This week:

• Should NSB be allowed to miss part of the SL tour?
• WPL Mini Auction: why have so few England players entered?
• Sixers win the Spring Challenge but can they win WBBL?

This week:

• England 'A' squads announced for India tour
• A new look Rose Bowl for Australia v New Zealand
• EBC officially abandon the Rooney Rule

This week:

• Harmanpreet Kaur replaced as India captain - but will she keep playing?
• Should ECB help fund a women’s Test in the West Indies?
• Big Bash privatisation - what is really being sold?

This week:

• WPL retentions - any surprises?
• Eva Gray signs for Hants - but where does that leave Essex?
• Vitality ditch the Blast
• The Afghanistan Premier League Shame List

This week:

• Middlesex win the League 2 One Day Cup
• 2026 season review: your questions answered
• Who has earned a spot in the Wisden Five?
• England U19s squad announced
• Worrying news from the West Indies

This week:

• Blaze win the treble
• Is Tier 1 becoming lopsided?
• Ben Sawyer leaves New Zealand
• England’s winter: WBBL, bilateral, Champions Trophy & a Test v West Indies?

This week:

• England v Ireland series wrap-up
• Irish & Scottish players in English domestic cricket - what should the rules be?
• A bonkers week in the One-Day Cup & 2 Berkshire greats retire
• England player availability debunked
• Leah Poulton replaces Clare Connor

This week:

• ⁠England v Ireland: what have we learned?
• ⁠Champions Trophy moved to India
• ⁠Smriti Mandhana becomes all-time leading run-scorer
• ⁠A bonkers game between Somerset & Yorkshire in the One-Day Cup

This week:

• England v Ireland: our series preview
• Blaze win the County Cup, but what’s the future for the competition?
• Raf speaks to Katie George about the situation at Warwickshire
• Why are some England players available for county cricket & not others?

Syd's England XI:

1. Bouchier

2. Dunkley

3. Pavely

4. Capsey

5. Kemp

6. Villiers

7. Gibson

8. Dean

9. Wong

10. Corteen-Coleman

11. Filer

12. Grewcock

13. MacDonald-Gay

14. Potts

15. Chathli

This week:

• Was Litchfield incorrectly given out in The Hundred final?
• Is it right for MCC to control the laws now they have a commercial stake in The Hundred?
• Georgia Davis placed on gardening leave by Warwickshire
• Kate Cross retires

Portugal women’s cricket team fundraiser:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-portugals-womens-cricket-team-make-history

This week:

• Rockets win The Hundred… but which player has played in the most Hundred finals?
• Attendances down? We crunch the numbers!
• Has the comp been dominated by overseas stars?
• Who will play in the England v Ireland series?

(And... yes - they released the squad for the games v Ireland literally 1 minute after we uploaded this!!)

This week:

• Welcome to Colwall
• Trent Rockets on course to win The Hundred
• So Long, London (x 2) and Birmingham Phoenix - but what’s gone wrong?
• Huge salaries for women cricketers: have we lost perspective?

This week:

• Southern Brave top the table in The Hundred
• Laura Wolvaardt & Davina Perrin open up
• Is 4 overseas players too many?
• A new poem celebrates Birmingham Phoenix

This week:

• Terrible batting in The Hundred… why?
• New team names & new players - does it matter?
• Women’s Ashes schedule announced
• Em Arlott heads to Yorkshire - but should there be a transfer window?

This week:

• Blaze win the Blast!
• Why was Finals Day on a Friday?
• Is The Oval the right ground for it?
• Afghanistan Refugee XI put on a World Cup pathway
• Will ICC World Cups continue to grow for the women?
• The Hundred: a whole new world

This week:

• England’s Test v India: did England select the right team?
• Sophie Ecclestone gets on the Honours Board
• Kranti Gaud & Yastika Bhatia shine
• Farewells for Beaumont & Knight

This week:

• Hayley Matthews speaks out about financial disparities
• Where did South Africa’s tournament go wrong?
• We were wrong about Sophie Molineux
• Where next for NSB and England?
• Olympic qualification
• UK government call on ICC to recognise the Afghanistan Women’s team

This week:

• West Indies lose to Ireland but still qualify… somehow!
• New Zealand say farewell to 3 greats of the game
• What went wrong for India & should Harmanpreet Kaur stay as captain?
• Predictions for the semi-finals & final
• Should the ICC change the World Cup format?
• England A v India A

This week:

• England & West Indies atop Group B
• Nat Sciver-Brunt’s injury concerns
• Australia, India & South Africa fighting it out in Group A
• England’s Test squad announced
• Fatima Sana signs in The Hundred