‘It’s going to be really powerful.’ What’s changing in women’s cricket?

Test Match Special

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Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

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🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A new era in women's cricket in England & Wales begins this week, with the opening top-tier fixtures of the One-Day Cup campaign and a new structure following the county system. How will this change impact the sport? What value is there in aligning with men's county cricket? How could this improve the international side? Katie Smith, Henry Moeran and Gloucestershire's Melissa Story discuss; the impact of international signings, which teams to look out for and a new FA Cup-style competition. Georgia Davis also joins the podcast ahead of her first game as Warwickshire captain.

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0:52.6	Welcome along to Five Live cricket at the start of a new women's cricket season.
0:55.4	And there's a bit of a fresh feel to this campaign with a new look, England returning to action next month
0:58.5	and many of the players returning to action
1:00.7	over the coming weeks in the new domestic season
1:03.8	which is now following a county system
1:06.0	similar to the men's game.
1:07.5	So we're going to assess what this means for the game
1:10.1	whether the new domestic
1:11.5	structure can help England reverse their fortunes internationally and just what it all looks
1:15.9	like, really, because it's going to be a bit different. So we'll do all that with BBC Sports
1:20.1	Cricket reporter Henry Moran and broadcaster and Gloucestershire player Melissa's story.
1:25.0	Evening to you both. Melissa, is it... Hi, Henry. Is it a...
1:28.3	Sorry, I'm left in there. No, it's fine. I just thought as the player, I would go to Melissa first
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