Women’s World Cup: Review of the tournament at the halfway stage
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Daniel Norcross is joined by World Cup winner Alex Hartley and Sri Lanka cricket journalist Estelle Vasudevan to reflect on the ups and downs of the World Cup so far. They debate Australia’s heroics, England’s spin bowling, India’s frailties and how Bangladesh have been the surprise package of the competition.
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| 0:52.0 | put it into a bit of context and sort of gaze into our crystal ball |
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| 0:59.6 | We're me, Daniel Norcross, World Cup winner, Alex Hartley |
| 1:01.8 | and Estelle Vasudevan. |
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