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.

This week we are so pleased to be joined by Gloucestershire’s Alice Bird who speaks to us about her new podcast all about cricket and mental health. We are so grateful for Alice being so open and sharing this incredible project she’s put together. The first episode will be out on Tuesday 31st March so please check out her podcast social media for all the details. (@extracoverpodon Instagram)

We'll be back next week (with a guest!) 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!

England are out in South Africa playing some intrasquad fixtures so we have a look at how the first match went. Plus we've had a week to ponder over the Hundred auction so we add some further thoughts.

A link to Manchester Metropolitan University Women's Cricket Fundraiser for BEAT: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mmu-womens-cricket-march-beat-fundraiser

We'll be back next week (with a guest!) 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!