We're joined by a very special guest this week...Dr Raf Nicholson, author of 'The Women in Whites: A History of Women's Cricket in England' speaks to us about the process of writing her new book and very generously tells some of the stories within the book. You can order it here:

Amazon (UK & International): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Whites-History-Cricket-England/dp/1836802927

Waterstones (UK): https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-women-in-whites/raf-nicholson/9781836802921

Plus of course we speak about all the international cricket that has been happening ahead of the T20 World Cup as well as some thoughts on Tier 2.

Two guests join us this week as we made the trip to Edinburgh to see Scotland host the Netherlands as part of a pre-World Cup tri series. It was Kirstie Gordon's return to Scotland and she spoke to us post match. We're also joined by Pippa Sproul who is busy finishing her A-Levels before she'll join up with Scotland at the World Cup.

This episode is a bit different this week as we speak toFrench cricketer Poppy McGeown about the situation with French women’s cricket and what they have experienced over the past three years. We have another episode in French with Poppy with the hope of reaching a francophone audience so please share that episode too: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WbA3ni28rNUFHSXrNI25T

Cet épisode est un peu différent cette semaine, puisque nousnous entretenons avec la joueuse de cricket française Poppy McGeown au sujet de la situation du cricket féminin en France et de ce qu’elles ont vécu ces trois dernières années. Nous proposons également un autre épisode en français avecPoppy, dans l’espoir de toucher un public francophone; n’hésitez donc pas à partager cet épisode également.

Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus : https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WbA3ni28rNUFHSXrNI25T

Nous sommes Richard et Polly. Richard est professeur defrançais en Angleterre et Polly est journaliste sportive. Aujourd’hui, nous avons discuté avec Poppy McGeown, qui a joué au cricket pour la France jusqu’en 2023. L’équipe féminine française de cricket traverse une période difficile et,dans cet épisode, Poppy explique ce qui se passe et de quelle aide l’équipe a besoin.

Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus : https://medium.com/@frenchwomenscricket/an-open-letter-on-the-situation-of-womens-cricket-in-france-65b19bab919e

The international summer is under way and well...what a way to start. There's been some One Day Cup action across Tier 1 and Tier 2 to chat about including a blustery day in Southport.

It was also great to chat to Phebe Molkenboer who is heading to her first World Cup with the Netherlands to hear all about the preparations.

There have been quite a few centurions this week in the One Day Cup and many of them have been stepping up for the first time.

We are also joined by Worcestershire's Sophie Beech who of course scored a century at the weekend! She was also involved in the England U19 tour to Australia where she captained the side a few times.

Wednesday was madness! That's not the only topic on our minds as we've also had the T20 County Cup, England's World Cup Squad as well as another round of Tier 1 One Day Cup action so as always, plenty to get in to.

We're also joined by Coco Streets who recently scored a century for Kent in Tier 2's One Day Cup.

Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 and international, we're covering it all this week as Richard drove up and down the country to watch cricket.

We are joined by Glamorgan's Bea Ellis to discuss everything from bat gauges to wanting to be a firefighter...and of course some 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 2026 county season is underway! We've been at two Tier 1 games this week so we discuss the first two rounds. We're going to save the Tier 2 chat for next week too.

It's a pleasure to be joined by Leicestershire leg-spinner April Herathge who speaks to us about Leicestershire last season, their ambitions for this year as well as the other side of her life training to be a surgeon.

Wisden is also out and you may spot a familiar name in there!

It's time for our 2026 season preview and once again we have some rogue predictions...we're very happy to be proven wrong! We'll be back in two weeks to chat about the first few matches as well as our first game of the season up in Durham.