BBC Test Match Special: ICC Women’s World Cup – Australia v New Zealand, 2 July 2017

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BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra – Test Match Special/ABC Grandstand: ICC Women’s World Cup 2017
Australia v New Zealand
2 July 2017
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol

The Cricket Paper: Behind the scenes – women in county cricket

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“The business of sport is dominated by men.” Clare Connor, director of England women’s cricket at the ECB and the only female member of the ICC’s Cricket Committee, wasn’t spouting feminist opinion when she made this statement, merely a simple truth. The Women’s World Cup is just around the corner and with reports of record ticket sales, the state of the women’s game on the pitch is arguably in a healthier state than ever before. But what of those off it?

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The Roar: Taking the Mickey – Pakistan’s perennial plot twist

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A lot has been made of England’s transformation since their beleaguered 2015 World Cup campaign Down Under.

Back then, their 50-over tournament came to a fitting culmination as England scraped a win in a rain-ridden dead rubber against minnows Afghanistan. In effect, their revival started as all good English revivals do – drowning in a beer-swilled haze of good intentions.

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