Rain poured down this week, but there was still plenty of cricket on. It started with the retirement of Katherine Sciver-Brunt, a real servant of the women's game. Mid-week, Richard wrote a piece about the Hundred & how it could have a future so we discuss that in this episode. Speaking of the Hundred, there have been some more contracts come out this week as it is now an open market. Some more contract news is that Scotland women have announced their first pro contracts including podcast guest, Katherine Fraser. This week we spoke to Jess Woolston of Northern Diamonds who took their first ..read more

It's been another busy week featuring international retirements, unprepared pitches, more Paige Scholfield centuries and quite a few more wickets. This week we chat to England U19, Central Sparks & Birmingham Phoenix leggie, Hannah Baker to chat about the amazing year she has had and look ahead to this summer. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram, TikTok & YouTube is “Noughtie Child Podcast” and our Twitter is “00ChildPodcast” so feel free to give those a follow to stay up to date ..read more

It's been the first week of the women's cricket season and it has not disappointed. There were wins last weekend for defending champions, Northern Diamonds, The Blaze registered their first win as a new team, the South East Stars thrashed Thunder and Sunrisers FINALLY register their first RHFT win...the Andy Tennant Era is well and truly underway! There were 5fers for Abtaha Maqsood & Lucy Higham while South East Stars debutant, Paige Scholfield scored 111* at Old Trafford. There's been mixed availability of England players which is certainly a talking point. Irish all-rounder, Orla Prende ..read more

In 24 hours, the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will be kicking off! We'll be heading to Trent Bridge to see the Blaze play their first ever game, taking on Central Sparks. At the Ageas Bowl, Southern Vipers are playing Sunrisers...Thunder take on the South East Stars at Old Trafford and in Headingley, the title holders, Northern Diamonds will host Western Storm. Some teams have new players, new captains & new shirts so it's all very exciting. This week we catch up with Northern Diamonds' Phoebe Turner. We chat all things Thirsk, chipshops and of course a little bit of cricket! We will be bac ..read more

There isn't tons of cricket to speak about this week so we asked you to send in your questions. We rambled on but we spoke about the upcoming Ashes, made our predictions, comparing the domestic structure in England and Australia & speak about England's most beautiful cricket grounds. We are joined by Sunrisers' new signing, Saskia Horley to speak about her career and joining Sunrisers. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram, TikTok & YouTube is “Noughtie Child Podcast” and our Twitter is “00ChildPodcast” so feel free to give those a follow to stay up to date ..read more

After our brief break we are back with our usual weekly episode. Fairbreak has started in Hong Kong this week, there has been pay rises for Australian cricketers and the Aussie Ashes squad has been announced. We also speak about Afghanistan and the current situation for women and girls. We recognise and believe that #CricketIsAHumanRight and we want to see the ICC take action. The domestic season starts soon and we have a season preview out now: https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/2023-women-s-domestic-season-preview This week we are joined by newly professional Western Storm p ..read more

Hundred Draft Time! The first women's Hundred draft has happened and it was very chaotic. Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail (OS), Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Laura Harris, Alex Hartley (Retained in Draft), Grace Harris (OS), Sarah Glenn, Sophie Munro, Sophie Luff, Laura Wolvaardt (OS), Amanda Jade-Wellington (OS), Kathryn Bryce, Katie George, Kate Cross, Georgia Wareham (OS), Heather Graham, Alice Davidson-Richards (Retained in Draft), Sophie Devine (OS) (Retained in Draft), Hannah Baker, Katie Levick, Eve Jones (Retained in Draft), Harmanpreet Kaur (OS), Lizelle Lee (OS), Grace Potts, Kirstie ..read more

Happy St Patrick's Day! To celebrate we have a very special guest, Ireland all-rounder, Orla Prendergast. We spoke all about Irish cricket, playing in the World Cup & her hopes in franchise cricket. This week we chat about the sad retirement of Dané van Niekerk, the upcoming Ashes and ticket sales, the WPL and plenty of other current topics in women's cricket. As it is St Patrick's day, we have a special episode coming out so head over to our YouTube channel to here that. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram, TikTok & YouTube is “Noughtie Child Podcast” and our ..read more