Raf Nicholson
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Women's cricket journalist and historian. Senior Lecturer in Sport @bournemouthuni. Writer for @espncricinfo amongst others. Editor of @CRICKETher.
SW London
Joined June 2011
RT @shubhamjain224: Fantastic conversation involving @RafNicholson, Beth Barrett-Wild (@ECB_cricket) & @SCT_Tails on the future of Women's…
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...We are slowly piecing together why and how an official women's team came into existence in 2000. Key themes: *Piecemeal nature of the process *Relationship between English and Scottish women’s cricket *The importance of individuals in driving things, esp Linda Spence #CRN2025
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I was thrilled to chair a Q&A session on The Future of Women’s Cricket with these 2 amazing women as part of #CRN2025 (the @CricketAcademic annual conference). Watch out for the podcast of the panel coming soon!
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A final #Ashes piece from me before we fly home today: Six Ways To Fix English Women’s Cricket (you’ll enjoy number 6 😂)
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Here’s my #Ashes post-mortem for The Guardian: “RIP Jon-ball, which died at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1 February 2025, deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances”
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Really important discussion, thanks ABC for allowing me to contribute. The fund-raising link for the Pitch Our Future campaign is here:
"They've had no help from the ICC." The story of the Afghan Women's Cricket team via Summer Grandstand:
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Clare Connor has spoken for the first time, following the #Ashes whitewash. Refused to be drawn on Jon Lewis or Heather Knight's futures, but did have some quite interesting things to say:
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Thus ends the worst overseas tour by England Women in living memory. #Ashes My take for The Guardian:
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Extraordinary, really, when you remember that Beaumont has a T20 international hundred, and yet can't get into the current England T20 team.
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A reminder of what happened on Day Two, when England forgot how to field. Day Three coming up in an hour. If England play like that again, it will be the last day of the #Ashes.
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This is so powerful. I actually don't know how the ICC sleep at night, knowing they have done absolutely zero to support these incredible, resilient women.
Afghanistan played their first match since the Taliban banned female sport in the country in 2021 🇦🇫 @AlisonMitchell tells the story of struggle, resilience and hope that culminated at the Junction Oval, Melbourne 🏏
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RT @MCG: A very, very special addition to the MCG honour boards. A. J. Sutherland, the first woman to have her named etched in history for…
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Words from Day One of the #Ashes MCG Test Featuring lyrics from G Flip and why Alana King is emulating a true historical great of leg-spin (no, not that one)
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ICYMI yesterday, here's my write-up of the Jon Lewis interview for The Guardian. Let's just say it's one of the weirder interviews I've done #Ashes
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As expected, Tash Farrant and Emma Lamb have lost their England contracts. For me, the big news is that Capsey & Glenn have both been given 1-year instead of 2-year contracts. That feels like a huge kick in the teeth for 2 players who are critical to Eng's long-term prospects.
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