There is no such thing as a “cricket shot”.

Dear all cricket commentators. Dew doesn’t fall. It forms on the ground.

Nobody who wasn’t, de jure or de facto, part of a top-flight team in 2024 played for a top-flight team in 2025. I disagree that’s “clearly not a closed shop”. Again, my numbers did not miss your player. I just counted her as a top-flight player, — because she played for a top-flight team.

Not really, because there are are well over 100 women to whom this didn’t happen. Your player *is* captured by the numbers, you see — just not categorised the way you feel she should have been. By my categorisation, she was a top-tier player, and she stayed there.

The missing middle Kit Harris investigates how the county game lost over 100 female players. The ECB’s much-heralded restructure of the women’s game – introducing a fully professional top division, featuring players …

139 female cricketers left the county game between 2024 and 2025 — an enormous talent drain. How did it happen? My article explains. wisdenblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/16/t...

Hampshire are pretty lucky to have Bjorn Fortuin released from the England v South Africa series to play on Blast finals day.

Tremendous scenes at Old Pauline CC where Prabhjot Singh Sandhu has taken a hat-trick for Shepperton CC, helped by the umpire miscounting the over and allowing a seventh ball.

What is this tie? BBC characters, especially in sitcoms, wear it a lot. They can’t all be Somerset members. Is it an old boys’ thing? Or a club?

Pre-order now! My beautiful, hand-written scoresheet of South Africa’s historic win in the World Test Championship final. Here’s what New Zealand’s win looked like. Visit cricketkit.org/scoresheets to pre-order. Kit Harris Scoresheets are the original — and best.

Okay then.

The commentators on ECN (Malta v Estonia T20I) have just confidently announced that the record for most sixes in a County Championship innings is held by Jarrod Kimber. @jarrodkimber.bsky.social

Surrey Cricket on X: "Everyone at Surrey County Cricket Club were greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Surrey Academy graduate Josh Lawrence. Josh played in the Surrey age group pathway as well representing the Second XI. Club Captain Rory Burns said “On behalf of the Club I’d like to extend my https://t.co/WQyGD8E25m" / X Everyone at Surrey County Cricket Club were greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Surrey Academy graduate Josh Lawrence. Josh played in the Surrey age group pathway as well representing the Second XI. Club Captain Rory Burns said “On behalf of the Club I’d like to extend my https://t.co/WQyGD8E25m

An awful thing to read. Josh and I were linked: him with his club’s all-time highest score (216), me with the record bowling figures. It is terrible to think that this man so carefree, so energetic, so warm, so handsome, has been taken from us, aged just 34. x.com/surreycricke...

Nat Sciver-Brunt appointed England women's captain All-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt is named England captain by new coach Charlotte Edwards, after Heather Knight held the role for nine years.

The obvious choice, but even so, it does seem like a safety-first / continuity appointment. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Decent turnout at the game. Bitterly cold. Spinners did an amazing job.

Still remembered? Still a legend, more like. Even in 100 years, cricket people will still be talking about Brian Close. Still watching *that* video.

Today I attended my county’s first professional women’s game. A last-ball win over a very strong opposition. I’m completely hooked. Suddenly I have two dozen more @somersetccc.bsky.social games to watch every season, and two dozen more players to call “ours”. I feel very lucky.

By my calculations:
£52m for recreational game
£14m + 51% equity for Big Eight
£28m for other 10 counties
£28m for MCC
Total equity sold: £523m
Total equity valued: £921m
Beyond ECB’s wildest dreams.
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Here is my finished hand-drawn infographic scorecard of India’s victory in the 2024 Twenty20 World Cup final. What do you think of it? You can get a full size (A2) version from my website: cricketkit.org/2024.