Raf Nicholson

'My brain was hurting after that day of cricket'

Meg Lanning, Charlotte Edwards, Nat Sciver-Brunt and Megan Schutt relive a decade's worth of great matches and drunken antics in the Women's Ashes

19-Jun-2023•Raf Nicholson

An ICC for women? It might be the only way to save women's Test cricket

Women currently have little representation in the ICC's various committees that don't understand the distinctive history of the women's game

22-Jun-2022•Raf Nicholson

How can women's cricket learn to use the DRS better?

With reviews infrequently used in bilaterals, poor use of the system in high-stakes events like the Women's T20 World Cup have cost teams dearly

04-Mar-2020•Raf Nicholson

Girls at the G

Crashed minibuses, balls down the drain, lunch with Bradman: a history of 85 years leading up to #FillTheMCG

18-Feb-2020•Raf Nicholson

Sarah Taylor was a genuine great, irrespective of gender

Outstanding skills behind the stumps earned the women's game untold recognition

04-Oct-2019•Raf Nicholson

Memories of Perth glory inspire Kate Cross to hit her mark in Ashes Test

She's been pigeon-holed as a red-ball specialist, but suddenly, with a must-win Test coming up, that's no bad thing at all

16-Jul-2019•Raf Nicholson

Freya Davies treads her own path to England recognition

She could have given up cricket to become a lawyer, but now Freya Davies is being looked at as a possible heir to Katherine Brunt

18-Feb-2019•Raf Nicholson

Hands, gob, heals

The brilliant Alyssa Healy vowed to "bring the bitch back". What's an English journalist to do but love to hate her?

28-Jan-2019•Raf Nicholson

New action helps Natalie Sciver fill England's Brunt-shaped hole

The allrounder's rejuvenated seam-bowling skills have made up for the enforced absence of a key new-ball operator

18-Nov-2018•Raf Nicholson

'My parents were going to watch the men's Tests in Sri Lanka!' - Linsey Smith on WWT20 call-up

After coming close to walking away from the sport, Linsey Smith is now an integral part of England's Women's World T20 campaign

15-Nov-2018•Raf Nicholson in St Lucia

When women stormed the citadel

Twenty years ago the MCC reluctantly opened its membership to include women

27-Sep-2018•Raf Nicholson

Lizelle Lee's commanding century powers Surrey to KSL title

The South African crunched a 55-ball hundred which overwhelmed the Loughborough Lightning attack

27-Aug-2018•Raf Nicholson

'A crazy day when everything fell into place' - Amelia Kerr on her world-record 232 not out

New Zealand's teenage prodigy reflects on her stunning performance against Ireland

22-Jun-2018•Raf Nicholson

Suzie Bates: 'Amelia Kerr will break my record as leading run-scorer one day'

New Zealand's captain recently became her country's leading run-scorer. But a new star of women's cricket has just been born

20-Jun-2018•Raf Nicholson

Equal pay on the agenda but England's women have a long way to go

World Cup winners awarded significant raise, but still lag behind Australia and India women's players

08-Jun-2018•Raf Nicholson

Remember when Ireland played their first Test?

No, you don't, so let's rewind back to it

09-May-2018•Raf Nicholson

'I asked Kohli to marry me... and he gave me his bat'

England opener will use prized gift during tri-series in India next month, after infamous tweet led to Derby encounter

12-Mar-2018•Raf Nicholson

New blood means no resting on laurels for England's World Cup winners

England women look to evolve in wake of World Cup triumph, with three new caps named for their tour of India

07-Mar-2018•Raf Nicholson

The biggest, boldest year in women's cricket

An exciting and well-covered World Cup took the game to the next level

30-Dec-2017•Raf Nicholson

Let there be Ashes

How the fiercest rivalry in women's cricket got itself a prize

20-Oct-2017•Raf Nicholson

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