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The ICC's decision to change the format for the Men's ODI World Cup earlier this month shows only a handful of nations really matter.

A Cricket Disaster Made in Scotland – But Not Made by Cricket Scotland

The ICC's decision to change the format for the Men's ODI World Cup earlier this month shows only a handful of nations really matter.

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The ICC's decision to change the format for the Men's ODI World Cup earlier this month shows only a handful of nations really matter.

A Cricket Disaster Made in Scotland – But Not Made by Cricket Scotland

The ICC's decision to change the format for the Men's ODI World Cup earlier this month shows only a handful of nations really matter.

cricketosprey.substack.com

"There is also an inter-dependency here: we could be wonderfully successful and sell Lord's out for every home game, but we need everyone else to do it… It has to be a genuine partnership, or else it won't be successful." Great idea! We should try doing it in international cricket...

London Spirit chair warns Lord's alone can't make Hundred a success

Incoming MCC president says high equity valuation was proof of venue's allure but tournament will rely on all franchises succeeding

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Credit to Babar Azam for fighting to the bitter end in what is now a hopeless cause in this first test against West Indies. Obviously the PCB will reward such grit and tenacity by blaming him entirely for the defeat, stripping him of the captaincy again and dropping him from the side completely.

Werner Boucher @wernerboucher.bsky.social · 2w ago

No effort from the ETPL to use the current Dutch WCL fixtures or next week's Scottish WCL fixtures to promote their competition or the nations it is meant to be benefitting. Yeah... This competition ain't happening this year. Why break with tradition?

Spent the last two months building a statistical archive of South African women's provincial cricket. And honestly, it fokken sucked at times. Felt like I spent more time creating the missing puzzle pieces than putting the puzzle together.

Women's Provincial Cricket Database

An independent statistical archive of South African women's provincial cricket: List A and T20 matches from 2005/06 to 2025/26.

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I watched all of the T20 Blaze with part-time Caribbean players and the batting in every single game was better than this Birmingham Phoenix Women's batting performance.

Major League Cricket's expansion has been a long time coming but is it being done on solid foundations? cricketosprey.substack.com/p/major-leag...

Major League Cricket Expansion – Logical Progression or Desperate Gamble?

Major League Cricket's expansion has been a long time coming but is it being done on solid foundations?

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Hypocaust@hypocaust.bsky.social · 2w ago

Excellent piece here from @rosatalksball.bsky.social on the development of the Women's Hundred over the last few years.

'The Hundred: Revolution or Contradiction?' @rosatalksball.bsky.social for @daisycutterzine.bsky.social examines the uncertain lay of the land in the women's competition ahead of the first season under private ownership. #TheHundred daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/t...

Major League Cricket's expansion has been a long time coming but is it being done on solid foundations? cricketosprey.substack.com/p/major-leag...

Major League Cricket Expansion – Logical Progression or Desperate Gamble?

Major League Cricket's expansion has been a long time coming but is it being done on solid foundations?

cricketosprey.substack.com

MLC final showed how weak the competition is. The winning team was made up of geratric CPL players, most of which are retired from international duty. It is hard to see how this competition has a long-term future. Expansion plans look to be a hail mary play rather than a result of natural growth.

@emergingcricket.bsky.social has published a strong response to the recent ICC Men's ODI World Cup format change. Players, writers and fans from around the world are united in their dislike of the ICC's decision. I'm honoured to have made a small contribution to this piece.

EC Open Floor: Powerful perspectives after ICC's boilover World Cup decision - Emerging Cricket

Players, fans and critics of the game pen their concerns following the sweeping changes to ICC Men's World Cup formats.

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The Cricketer@thecricketer.com · 3w ago

The headline sums up how we came to this situation. The focus is what do all these ODI World Cup changes mean for England rather than what do all these changes mean for international cricket as a whole. When it comes to growing the game, self-interest comes first.

The ICC will make three teams who qualify for the 2027 ODI World Cup play off again for the right to be in the main group stage.

The Caribbean Olympic Qualifiers might be the most exciting and unpredictable international cricket tournaments in the next 18 months.

New ODI World Cup qualifying rules mean the Netherlands, who qualified for the 2023 WC ahead of ZIM and WI, then beat SA and BAN at the WC, have to compete in an extra qualifying round to play the big teams. Meanwhile all four of those other teams qualify automatically due to full member privilege.

No. of India-Pakistan games since the 2008 Mumbai attacks - 34 No. of India games against associates since the 2008 Mumbai attacks - 24 No. of Aus-Eng games in the same period - 185 No. of Aus or Eng games against associates in the same period - 49

Future of cricket: ICC considers World Cup changes

The ICC is considering changes to the structure of World Cups, semi-finals in the World Test Championship and a World Club T20 competition.

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The main business model for the Mugafi Group, which owns the ETPL's Glasgow Cosmic, is based on taking IP for nothing, running it through AI image generators for almost nothing and then selling the end result as their own branded IP. When the AI bubble pops, so will their business model.

The ETPL's New Broadcasters and Exploring the Cosmic Universe’s AI Obsession

The ETPL secures some big name broadcasters to cover the debut season, meanwhile the Glasgow Cosmic now have an official fan club before they've played a game.

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The ETPL secures some big name broadcasters to cover the debut season, meanwhile the Glasgow Cosmic now have an official fan club before they've played a game.

The ETPL's New Broadcasters and Exploring the Cosmic Universe’s AI Obsession

The ETPL secures some big name broadcasters to cover the debut season, meanwhile the Glasgow Cosmic now have an official fan club before they've played a game.

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Caribbean Cricket Podcast@caribcricket.bsky.social · 4w ago

West Indies Women may have demolished Ireland today but it only papers over the massive cracks in the Caribbean's development system. You can't run a professional set-up where players play fewer than one game a month and expect them to win tournaments.

NEW ARTICLE ✍️ @mashstpaddy.bsky.social looks back at West Indies Women's T20 World Cup campaign. It was another tale of overcoming the odds but how much longer can CWI expect an underfunded & undeveloped women's game to reap rewards? caribbeancricketnews.counterpress.media/opinion/west...

ETPL announces a list of broadcasters but unless I am missing something there doesn't seem to be a Dutch one yet. Or for Europe outwith UK/IRE for that matter. You would think it would be important for a league that constantly talks about growing cricket in Europe for Europeans to actually see it.

Steve Menary@stevemenary.bsky.social · 4w ago

Another aspect of adding cricket to the Olympics the ICC either hasn't forseen or believed it could handwave away through 'cricket exceptionalism'. With Olympic status comes extra media scrutiny and Pandora's box of cricket is about to be opened.

Great piece of work by @pobjourno.bsky.social for @playthegame-org.bsky.social on cricket governance @cricketacademic.bsky.social www.playthegame.org/news/greed-a...