The team of the year with no fixtures
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
BBC Cricket reporter Henry Moeran hears how the Scotland Women’s cricket team went from being their nations team of the year and their historic first World Cup appearance, to not having a single fixture in their calendar.
In December 2024, a month after playing in their first ever World Cup, Scotland’s women had just been named their nations sporting team of the year. Six months later, they have no International fixtures and have not played at home since 2022. Henry Moeran is joined by TMS commentator Daniel Norcross to assess what could be done to help Scotland and hears from the Director of Performance at Cricket Scotland, Steve Snell. Snell tells us how the lack of fixtures impacts the team and his message to the governing body.
Plus Scotland players Abtaha Maqsood and Sarah Bryce share their concerns of what could happen to Scottish cricket if the situation is not resolved.
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| 0:43.6 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:49.1 | Hello, I'm Henry Moran. Welcome to the Test Match Special podcast. |
| 0:53.7 | In this episode, we're going to be exploring how a country went from the highs of being named their nation's team of the year and a historic first World Cup appearance to not having a single fixture in their calendar. This is the story of Scotland women and their quest to get back to where they belong. |
| 1:13.6 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 1:18.9 | Well, in December 2024, just a month after their first appearance at a cricket world cup, |
| 1:24.9 | Scotland's women had just been named as their nation's sporting team of the year. |
| 1:30.9 | An amazing achievement for a young side filled with plenty of talent, enthusiasm and high-quality players. |
| 1:37.8 | But less than six months on, they do not have a single fixture scheduled. |
| 1:42.8 | Nothing in the diary. |
| 1:48.5 | In fact, they've not even played a game at home since 2022. |
| 1:57.9 | This is a side that went to a World Cup that competed at a World Cup, but admirably, albeit in testing conditions in the UAE, where they played every single match in the heat of the Sharjah Day, and eventually headed home fairly early on in the UAE, where they played every single match in the heat of the Sharjaday, |
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