Episode 185: Villiers to the WBBL, World Cup Fixtures x2 & The Blast

Final after final...it's been a busy weekend. From a nightmare in Northampton to celebrations at the Oval, we speak about our Finals Day weekend in an extra episode of the podcast. For more information about Tier 2 finals day, here's a link to Polly's article: https://noughtiechildpodca.wixsite.com/my-site/post/the-reality-of-covering-women-s-cricket-tier-two-blast-finals-day-2025We're in desperate need of a mid season break so see you in two weeks!

We are sat in Lumley Castle the one poking through the trees behind Durham County Cricket Club. We're recording after the England series has wrapped up and we're preparing for back to back Finals Days in Northampton and London. On that note, we're joined by Leicestershire bowler Ellie Phillips who was a new recruit this season. 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!

Welcome to 100 years of Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club – an audio documentary. We are Richard & Polly Starkie, cricket journalists and co-hosts of the Noughtie Child Podcast.We are here to celebrate the centenary of Gunnersbury Cricket Club with the help of players, committee members and historians. In 1925, Gunnersbury Cricket Club was founded and has since been home to world class cricketers such as Sarah Taylor, Sophia Dunkley and Charlotte Edwards.In this audio documentary, we find out what makes Gunnersbury so unique and how it has survived, and thrived, over the past century. With thanks to Emma & Charlotte Bernstein, Cat Dalton, Naomi Dattani and Molly Barbour-Smith for speaking to us. To Dr Raf Nicholson for sharing historical insight. To Fiona Barbour-Smith for commissioning this centenary documentary. And to Peter Starkie for producing the music. If you enjoyed this and want to hear more from Richard & Polly, weekly podcasts are published on here speaking about professional women’s cricket in depth, often with the players themselves. Our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and ourBluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

If we sound slightly weary it's because we are! It's been a busy few weeks and more chaos lies ahead with the ODIs taking place in three locations that probably couldn't be much further from each other. This week we are joined by Glamorgan's Gemma Porter ahead of Tier Two Finals Day next week to hear all about playing for such a passionate club.As we mention, our audio documentary in celebration of Gunnersbury Cricket Club's centenary is out on 19/07/25 so please do give it a listen.We will be back next week but in the meantime, our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and ourBluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

India have secured a T20 series win over England and have looked very impressive. We chat about the Oval (where England did win) and of course Old Trafford where England women haven’t played since 2012. Some Vitality Blast chat too as we approach Finals DayWe 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!

We were in Nottingham for England's first T20 v India and well...let's just say it felt like Australia all over again! Tier 2 has continued with some T20 Blast action & Yorkshire have secured a place at Finals Day. On that note, we're joined by returning guest Yorkshire vice captain (and current captain for the Blast) Maddie Ward. Richard is in Paris this week so we're recording on Tuesday hence the lack of Bristol chat!We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

The players are having some time off cricket so there's not tons to dive in to but we have had a few England A/development/XI teams play against New Zealand A & India. Plus we're joined by Warwickshire left arm leggie (and monochorionic twin) Mille Taylor to speak all about her season so far & her move to the Midlands. We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

Lots of news to digest this week as we've had two lots of World Cup fixtures, a WBBL draft and plenty of T20 Blast action to enjoy.We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

As expected, we spent plenty of time watching rain fall in Taunton but have since been in Worcester & Durham for the T20 Blast. Last week Polly spoke to Leicestershire's Holly Whitfield & Aimee Colquhoun to find out about their first few months in Tier 2. We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!

We’ve been in Derby & Leicester this week for England’s ODI and the Vitality Blast is back. We spoke to Naomi Dattani who came back from Australia with a stress fracture but has since returned for Middlesex & their opening T20 game at Lord’s. We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok is @noughtiechildpodcast and out Bluesky is @00Child Podcast so drop us a follow to stay up to date!