It’s our final episode of the year and of course time for some Christmas chat. As well as our bumper review of 2025 Women’s Cricket through our eyes, we’re joined by Northants’ Mabel Reid to speak about her career so far, time at Loughborough University as well sharing her very insightful experiences after being diagnosed with autism and how cricket has been an accommodating space.We will be back in 2026 when we celebrate our 5th birthday! We want to take the opportunity to say a huge thankyou to anyone that has listened or engaged over the last year, we appreciate the support so much and always enjoy hearing from our listeners
You'll never guess who is back...or maybe you will because who needs a transparent hiring process! Jon Lewis has been appointed Head Coach of London Spirit and he's back working with Heather Knight again but is there a conflict of interest for Knight? We also discuss Stephen Parry's new role at Essex as well as the staff he's got on board. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
This week we are joined by Worcestershire’s Bryony Gillgrass who is also part of the England U19 set up. We spoke all about her journey so far, a break through summer and the busy winter.We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
We're already dreaming about next summer as the domestic fixtures came out this week. Unfortunately there are some clashes that we're less keen on and some slightly odd choices of grounds (what's new!) We also speak about the WPL auction as well as the on going Emerging Nations Trophy in Thailand. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
We are back from our little break and despite snow falling in England, there’s some important cricket to discuss across the world from the WBBL to the new Emerging Nations Trophy in Thailand.We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
India are World Cup Champions beating South Africa and lifting the trophy on home soil. We record seconds after Harmanpreet Kaur took the winning catch to reflect on the final and the tournament as a whole.
Wow! South Africa and India are in the World Cup final and Australia can't win another ICC tournament. We also are joined by Italy & Northants cricketer Lenny Sims to speak about her historical ties to cricket, representing Italy and life in Tier 2. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
It's our 200th episode! I don't think we quite believe we've made it this far but thanks for listening and supporting us at any point over the last almost five years. We reflect on some of our favourite episodes so far and also reflect on the early days. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
Lancashire's Grace Johnson joins us this week and shares how her summer as been from the highs in T20s to the lows of rehab and dealing with a stress fracture. We also chat about what it means to represent the Red Rose and how she accidently started playing cricket. The World Cup continues and we mention the two games that happened over those days and what we expect moving forward. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
It's been a wobbly World Cup so far with every team experiencing some collapses and nervy moments. We discuss everything that's happened in the past week over in India and Sri Lanka as well as some awards news in domestic cricket. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
The World Cup is underway in India and Sri Lanka and it's been an interesting few days to start the tournament. There's already been two centuries, some impressive spells and of course, Australia winning. We also chat about Rugby and the success of the Red Roses and what that means for the T20 World Cup in England next summer. We'll be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
It's time for the big 2025 Season debrief. We name a team of the tournament and also look back on some of highs and lows of the season. Thanks for tuning in this summer and although we're heading into the winter, there's still a World Cup to look forward to next week. In the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
As the season draws to a close, Richard saw Yorkshire lift the One Day Cup Tier 2 trophy (in a 20 over game) and we both watched the thriller between Lancashire and the Blaze in the semi final. Lancashire will now face Hampshire in the final this Sunday and we'll bring you a summary next week. In the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
The Tier Two One Day Cup Final takes place this Sunday in Worcester so we chat to Glamorgan's Eve Jackson ahead of the big occasion. We also look ahead to the final round of games in Tier 1 with one place left up for grabs in the semi final.We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
As usual plenty to speak about! Davina Perrin impressed with a remarkable century in the Hundred eliminator, the One Day Cup is nearing its conclusion, Namibia and Zimbabwe have secured a place in the World Cup Qualifiers and we even have a guest. This week Italy & Oxfordshire's Emilia Bartram joins us to speak about the recent European World Cup Qualifiers, domestic cricket in Italy and of course a bit about Tier 3. We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and our Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!
The European Qualifiers have come to an end and so has our time in the Netherlands. We has a brilliant final day with Ireland and the Netherlands progressing to the Global Qualifier in Nepal. It's been brilliant to see all four teams over the past week and see the development of each side. We'll be back with our usually weekly podcasts next week one the Hundred has wrapped up and the One Day Cup has started again.
It was a day off yesterday but we are back today having seen Germany v Italy and Ireland v The Netherlands. Arlene Kelly took a 5-fer and Gaby Lewis & Orla Prendergast put on a good partnership.The Netherlands are still yet to qualify after losing to Ireland but mathematically Italy are not totally out of it. We will be back tomorrow for the final day.
Our second day in Rotterdam and we saw Germany take on Ireland and Italy face the Netherlands, with Ireland securing a place at the global qualifier with two games to spare. Another great day of cricket plus a chance to explore Rotterdam.Tomorrow is a rest day so there won't be cricket to speak about but we'll be back on Tuesday night to discuss an interesting two games were Italy play Germany and Ireland play the Netherlands.
We've had our first day at the World Cup European Qualifiers in Rotterdam seeing Ireland beat Italy and the Netherlands thrash Germany.There's lots to speak about and four very different teams to assess. We are here until the end of the tournament so anything you'd like us to discuss (or players you want us to get on the podcast, do let us know!)
We’ve had our summer holiday and we’re back! There’s no better place to dissect the world of women’s cricket at than in Dover Ferry Port at 1am. As we head to Rotterdam for the World Cup Europe Qualifiers, we discuss everything from Gunnersbury’s ECB Cup win to the manic changes to the World Cup schedule just a month awayWe will be providing daily podcasts from the qualifiers so stay tuned for those