Explore every episode of the podcast The CRICKETher Weekly

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

This week, the World Cup is underway!

• England thump Sri Lanka & a historic win for Scotland
• Should Cricket Ireland take the ECB to court?
• Australia beat South Africa
• A shock loss for NZ v WI
• Plus what’s in our World Cup swag bags?

This week:

• Capsey shines for England at Taunton, but can England win the World Cup?
• Are Australia still favourites?
• Our predictions for the semi-finals
• A new combined trophy for the Women’s & Men’s Hundred
• The Women in Whites is out NOW!

This week in women's cricket:

• England: Should Knight be dropped?
• India: Right to retire out Yastika?
• T20 Blast: Blaze Top Batting
• A 3-year contract extension for Shelley Nitschke

This week:

• Sophie Devine outclasses everyone in Eng v NZ T20s
• Will NSB return for the World Cup?
• What Kent’s hammering by Middlesex in the Blast reveals about the new domestic structure
• A plea from French women’s cricket

This week:

• New Zealand’s middle order show up to the party in Cardiff
• Blaze dominate the One Day Cup
• World Cup squads: Kirstie Gordon returns to Scotland, South Africa return to 2010 & Australia back themselves into a corner over King

This week:

• England squeak past New Zealand
• Maddy Green's purple patch
• Dean grabs her captaincy opportunity
• England's injury worries multiply

This week:

• England’s World Cup squad… we have views!
• England quick-march off to an army bootcamp
• Charis Pavely & Alexa Stonehouse impress in the One Day Cup
• What can cricket learn from Formula 1?

This week:

• Laura Wolvaardt’s incredible 100 v India
• Our favourite Suzie Bates memories
• England players return to the One Day Cup, with mixed results
• T20 World Cup to be on free to air TV in the UK

This week:

• Controversy at The Oval: a wrong dismissal and a too-big bat
• Is Lauren Filer in our World Cup squad?
• Was it right to withdraw England players from the ODC for a camp?
• No women in The Wisden Five

This week:

• Tier One: Exciting young batting talent on display in Hampshire, as Freya Kemp makes her case for World Cup selection
• Australia “reassess” their Molineux captaincy call
• New cricket books including What Cricket Means To Me

This week:

• Charlotte Edwards on 5 Live: what did we learn?
• Will the England players play any county cricket this summer?
• Australia’s selection strategy in tatters after WI series
• Kerr, Green & Halliday shine v South Africa

This week:

• England v England: why we’ve only learned things we already knew
• Will Davina Perrin be in the World Cup squad?
• Meg Lanning to coach Australia U19s in their tri-series v England & SL
• Our fears for the place of women’s cricket in the NZ20

This week:

• England struggle with the bat in Pretoria
• Is Molineux being carried by Australia v WI?
• Surrey’s split captaincy
• WCA’s flawed rankings of franchise leagues… & should the women start their own union?

This week:

• Why Syd switched off The Hundred auction… and why do we have an auction at all?
• Australia off to West Indies: Molineux set to play as a specialist captain?
• Is an 18 first-class county system really a blueprint for success?

This week:

• Australia hammer India in the Test
• Where next for Australia and Alyssa Healy?
• England heading to Pretoria for World Cup prep
• Syd wants to help with The Blaze’s rebrand

This week:

• Bad news for Sophie Molineux and Australia
• Melie Kerr scores a ton in her first match as captain
• CRN conference: inequality in The Hundred & Katy Perry’s dancing cricket bats
• T20 World Cup fixtures finally announced

This week:

• Australia lose the T20 series but can India win the World Cup?
• Melie Kerr lands the NZ captaincy
• Pakistani players not being considered by Indian-owned Hundred teams - what can the UK government do?
• A new book, On This Day In Women’s Cricket available now on Amazon UK & AUS #AD #GIFTED

This week:

• Sophie Molineux’s reign starts with a loss v India
• Clare Connor stepping down: we discuss her huge legacy, plus who might succeed her
• Pre-order Raf’s new book via Waterstones for a 25% discount using the code FEB26

This week:

• Lauren Bell wins #WPL for RCB & for specialist bowlers everywhere!
• Is it time to expand WPL & if so… how?
• Lanning heads to Lancs
• It’s the Super-Scriv-Smash
• Why Sussex’s special measures are a blow to gender equality

This week:

• RCB, GG & DC through to the #WPL finals
• Scotland survive a wobble v USA to qualify for England 2026
• Sophie Molineux announced as new Australia captain - an odd call from CA?
• An explosive revelation from Sarah Taylor

This week:

• Sharma Drama at WPL: Deepti, Nandni and Vaishnavi
• The irritating slowness of DRS: are we relying on it too much?
• All change for The Hundred: we review the new brands & look at how teams are shaping up
• How are Scotland & Ireland faring in the World Cup Qualifiers?

This week:

• WPL week 2: RCB on top, retiring out controversy & Lauren Bell rings
• Commentators struggling to keep up with Phoebe Litchfield’s innovations
• Pantomime Villain Alyssa Healy retires
• World Cup Qualifier: What are Scotland and Ireland’s chances?

This week, we review WPL Week 1:

• Nadine de Klerk hits 20 off the last over for RCB
• Georgia Wareham brings her WBBL form to GG
• Has Nicola Carey earned herself a recall for Australia?
• Syd calls for a change in the LBW law

This week:

• India prepping strongly for the T20 World Cup
• Who are the contenders for Wisden’s Leading Woman Cricketer of 2025?
• Grace Scrivens shines in the Super Smash

This week:

• Our favourite on and off-field moments from 2025
• Raf’s Team of the Year
• What do we want to see in 2026?
• Kirstie Gordon returns to Scotland
• Bonus points in the Super Smash… even if you lose!

This week, it’s the big 300!

• Our favourite moments from the past 300 episodes
• NZC CEO resigns - why?
• How dominant were South Africa v Ireland?
• A new list of first-class women’s match compiled by the ACS

This week:

• Hurricanes triumph in WBBL after a Lizelle Lee special
• Our WBBL season review: Wareham & Lanning shine
• How did England players perform & who should play in the 2026 World Cup?
• Jon Lewis & Heather Knight reunited at London Spirit

This week:

• A bizarre abandonment in WBBL - plus the finalists now confirmed
• ⁠Heather Knight becomes General Manager of London Spirit
• ECB abolish 2-year contracts but only if you’re a woman
• Why Phoebe Graham owes Lissy Macleod a pint

This week:

• Heat crash out of WBBL
• Why England players haven’t fared too well in the WPL auction
• 2026 English domestic fixtures announced
• Erin Osborne to shake things up at Somerset
• FairBreak’s questionable decision to set up in Saudi Arabia

This week:

• Syd picks his WBBL match of the week
• Rain regs: could they be changed?
• Dane van Niekerk set for a comeback v Ireland
• Netta Rheinberg & 80 years of The Cricket Society
• Darcey Carter stars for Scotland in the Emerging Nations Trophy

This week:

• Syd gets on board the WBBL Cane Train
• The importance of the ICC’s Emerging Nations Trophy
• Why can’t England play in-swing?
• Who will make their England debut in the next 12 months?
• Raf reviews the ECB’s latest Equity Report

This week:

• Awards for Davina Perrin & Venus Weerappuli
• New English players in WBBL, but will they get a second gig?
• Fran Wilson moves from playing into coaching
• Is the mega auction for WPL as mega as it seems?

This week:

• Where next for Lottie’s England?
• ⁠Will Australia get a new coach and/or captain?
• ⁠How India triumphed in the #CWC25 final
• ⁠Is an auction in The Hundred a good idea?

This week:

• England beat NZ
• Farewell Sophie Devine
• Alana King’s masterclass v SA
• Our revised semi-final predictions
• Has this World Cup changed the game?