The Nightwatchman: County Cricket – A stepping stone or a graveyard?

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The Nightwatchman – The Wisden Cricket Quarterly

Issue 13 – Spring 2016

The Nightwatchman is a quarterly collection of essays and long-form articles and is available in print and e-book formats.

“A stepping stone or a graveyard?” I was asked of women’s county cricket not so long ago. In the past I would instantly retort that it was just one rung below the international fold, the gap not so big as many imagined. Increasingly scepticism has seeped in. The introduction of the Super League this summer might – perhaps – just bridge the growing divide.

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