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:

• We reflect on an amazing final Finals Day at Derby!
• A Brace of Bryces & why the current set-up benefits both Scotland AND England
• What progress has there been in 4 years of the Lottie Cup?
• Our favourite Lottie Cup memories
• Another boring England squad announcement

This week:

• Awards for Katherine Brunt, Nat Sciver and Freya Kemp
• Who is England's next captain... and who is their next vice-captain?
• Why umpire Anna Harris's journey is a lesson to us all

This week we review the 2022 season:

• Diamonds win the RHF!
• Plans to shake up Sunrisers & Lightning
• Our favourite moments of the season
• England's recent struggles
• Plus, what mad rule change would Syd like to see?

This week, in a special cross-over episode recorded with the Noughtie Child Podcast at Lords:

• Reflections on England v India
• THE MANKAD
• The challenges that lie ahead for England's new coach
• Previewing the RHF final

This week:

• Can Vipers win their 3rd RHF Trophy?
• Why Lightning are moving to Notts... & won't be Lightning anymore
• Australia & England's contrasting approaches to captaincy succession planning
• Charlotte Edwards pulls out of the race to be the next England coach
• Farewell to Rachael Haynes

This week:

• RHF resumption and the return of Dottin to Thunder
• The hot potato of the England captaincy
• Are internationals in England in September a good idea?

This week we wrap up #TheHundred:

• Kapp & Windsor bring it home for Invincibles
• Should there be a draft?
• Is it time for single headers?
• Has anyone made a case for selection v India?
• And will Brave coach Charlotte Edwards have a different job in a few weeks time…?

This week:

• Overseas players in The Hundred: stick or twist?
• Southern Brave are the new Southern Vipers
• A punishing schedule for London Spirit
• Is The Hundred cricket's Wimbledon?
• Bigger grounds for the 2023 Women's Ashes - will the gamble pay off?

This week:

• Raf reviews Unveiling Jazbaa: A History of Pakistan Women's Cricket
• Syd "charts" The Hundred
• Boundary sizes in The Hundred
• Captaincy - England & London Spirit's Heather Knight-shaped hole
• Why the ICC Future Tours Programme is nonsense

You can buy Unveiling Jazbaa here.

This week:

• Meg Lanning takes a break
• Lisa Keightley calls it quits with England - what's her legacy & who comes next?
• As The Hundred gets underway - who are the teams to beat?

This week:

• We look back on the Comm Games medal matches
• We reflect on #B2022 more generally
• We ask: what does it mean for cricket at the Olympics?

This week:

• Dani Hazell to coach Durham - what a coup!
• Should counties retain regional names?
• What will Tier 2 look like?
• A very dull England squad announcement
• Kirstie Gordon’s England v Scotland dilemma

This week:

• Deandra Dottin's shock retirement
• The Commonwealth Games so far - Awesome Australia & (Slightly) Edgy England

This week:

• The top 2 pull through in regionals
• England smash South Africa... but how much should we read into it?
• Katherine Brunt rejuvenated
• Commonwealth Games Stats - has Raf (finally) got some definitive answers? 

This week:

• Two big ODI wins for England 
• What's going on with South Africa? 
• Why have England picked Capsey & Kemp for the Commonwealth Games?

This week:

• The Next Gen shine in regionals
• The truth behind the White Ferns pay deal
• Looking forward to England v South Africa ODIs
• Lizelle Lee's shock retirement... why?

This week:

• Our memorable moments from the Test
• Did England get their strategies right?
• What changes can we expect for the ODIs?
• Player loans in the RHF

This week:

• A new captain for the Windies
• England's Test team
• Who will open the batting?
• Who will open the bowling?
• Will the new Dukes ball give us a result?

This week:

• Katherine Brunt's bizarrely-timed retirement from Tests
• What will England's squad for the Test look like?
• Ireland v South Africa
• ICC unbundles the women's media rights from the men's - a step towards separate governance?

We're back! This week:

• More Coaching Moves
• Reflections on Mithali Raj's legacy
• Why Greg Barclay is talking nonsense on Test cricket and Afghanistan
• #CECup review: are Vipers too dominant?

This week:  

• ODI Status for 5 new teams
• Changes to the ICC Championship + WC qualification
• Amy Satterthwaite retires after losing her NZ contract

This week:

• Regionals so far: Vipers and Sparks on top
• Coaching moves: Trevor Griffin to Storm, Charlotte Edwards to Sixers & Matthew Mott into the murky world of men's cricket

Plus we show off our new T-shirts!

This week on the CRICKETher Weekly:

• State of play in the #CECup
• What should double headers look like next year?
• Surrey announce their first 4 contracts - but where will England players end up?
• Why the USA should have hosted a women’s World Cup (not a men’s one)

We're getting married this weekend, so in a special pre-recorded episode Raf speaks to Rob from https://www.talkinaboutwomenscricket.com/   

Rob is the author of From Peden to Haynes: Australia's Women Test Cricket Captains (amongst other books), and a women's cricket aficionado!

• FairBreak so far - Full Member batters v Associate bowlers
• Grace Scrivens stars for Kent
• What's the future of county cricket?
• Richard Bedbrook & the ECB's approach to the U19 World Cup

This week:

• Marie Kelly & Issy Wong shine in regional warm-ups
• Anya Shrubsole & Laura Marsh update their LinkedIn statuses
• Heather Knight signs for FairBreak

This week:

• What's the U19 World Cup for?
• Lizelle Lee & Dane van Niekerk win Wisden
• Women's cricket in WW2
• Some goods and... less goods... from the County T20 Cup

• ICC's Afghanistan Working Group Not Working?
• 2023 U19 World Cup - It's Gonna Be A Big One!
• Farewell to Anya Shrubsole... or is it?

This week:  

• Our #CWC22 post-mortem
• Where do England go from here?
• Latest team news in The Hundred
• New Australia contracts
• Our thoughts on the FairBreak Global tournament

#CWC22 Final Insta-Reaction

This week:

• England! India! West Indies! South Africa! New Zealand!
• Basically... the World Cup so far
• Plus our predictions for the semis and final of #CWC22

This week:

• Dissecting the new Caribbean Premier League
• World Cup positions: what do teams need to do to qualify for the semis?
• Marizanne Kapp on fire for South Africa
• Plus we despair over England's ability to throw away wickets

This week:

• A revolution in Ireland
• #CWC22 current standings
• Ash Gardner back with a vengeance
• Windies upset another apple cart
• What can & should England change from here

This week in women's cricket news:

• England unconvincing v Pakistan
• A run-down of possible future England captains - is Scrivens really such a mad option?
• Lancashire get the timing wrong on double headers
• Sparks part ways with coaches mid-season - a bold move!

Reviewing the opening games at #CWC22:

• South Africa & India survive scares
• Dottin causes havoc v New Zealand
• England come close v Australia

Plus, how many games can a team afford to lose and still qualify?

This week:

• The Hundred player retentions: an analysis
• Pros & cons of the free market
• Our World Cup predictions
• The madness of the ICC's 9-player rule

This week:

• We assess the big performances for New Zealand v India... and take some positives for India
• Will the Curse of Raf™ strike again for New Zealand?
• We look forward to a big summer of internationals in England - including a TEST (woooop) and an ODI at Lord's

On our 100th episode:

• Our Ashes post-mortem
• How can England win the next Ashes Down Under?
• Was this a better or worse defeat than the 2019 Ashes?
• England's World Cup squad: any surprises?

Remember to share your favourite moments from the last 100 episodes with us on the site!

This week - a 'Where did it all go wrong?' special!

• Where did it all go wrong for England 'A'?
• Where did it all go wrong for England?
• Where did it all go right for Kate Cross?

On the CRICKETher Weekly:

• Reflections on an absolutely bonkers #Ashes Test
• Should women's Tests be 5 days?
• What changes will the teams make going into the ODIs?
• What do we make of the truncated schedule for The Hundred?

This week it's all about the #Ashes:  

• Where did England lose the 1st T20? 
• How will both sides approach the Test? 
• Mooney's Miracle & Tayla's Troubles  

Plus some worrying news about the World Cup in New Zealand.

This week, we're asking questions:

• Can South Africa win the World Cup without Dane van Niekerk?
• Can Scotland triumph in the Commonwealth Games Qualifier?
• Can England beat Australia (and Covid) in the Women's Ashes?
• And why the heck wasn't Amanda-Jade Wellington included in Australia's Ashes squad?

This week:

• Controversy surrounding India's World Cup squad: no Shikha Pandey or Jemimah Rodrigues
• The rejigged Women's Ashes schedule: who benefits?
• What are Crictos?

This week we're feelin' 2022, looking ahead to the 3 big events of the year:

• The Women's Ashes
• The World Cup in New Zealand
• The Commonwealth Games

Can anyone stop Australia winning all three?

This week in women's cricket:

• The ECB cave to Yorkshire... again
• England fail to inspire or entertain v Pakistan
• Exciting games in the Lottie Cup
• Issy Wong goes on loan to Storm

This week, we look back on 2021:

• Syd & Raf's Favourite Moments of the Year
• The domestic season: Capsey Comes of Age
• England at Home: The ups and the downs
• A two-Test year!
• Overall, was 2021 a Good Year for women's cricket?

This week:

• TWO England Ashes squad announcements
• England's new "bold" approach against Australia - will it work?
• Who should have been selected for the A tour but wasn't?
• We rhapsody about Alice Capsey... again!

This week:

• Disappointment for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers
• Cricket in the Olympics?
• The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket
• Overcoming institutional racism & sexism: our suggestions

The link to the ICEC survey is here: https://eu.research.net/r/PH2H6XM