This episode we talk to someone who has played two Tests, hit the winning runs in one of them, and would just like to play more. Shikha Pandey is an all-rounder for India who has represented her country over 100 times altogether and when I asked her what she wanted to talk about, she said “Why women should play test matches. 😍” So this episode is about her experiences of trying to learn the game without playing multi-day cricket, why she believes the time is now, plus some views on women’s cricket changing the game, and why I believe she should retire from Test cricket.

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You can find Shikha Pandey on Twitter at https://twitter.com/shikhashauny.

Her Twitter thread on changes to the women’s game is here: https://twitter.com/shikhashauny/status/1276859043462537217

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