Noughtie Child Podcast

As usual plenty to speak about! Davina Perrin impressed with a remarkable century in the Hundred eliminator, the One Day Cup is nearing its conclusion, Namibia and Zimbabwe have secured a place in th…

The European Qualifiers have come to an end and so has our time in the Netherlands. We has a brilliant final day with Ireland and the Netherlands progressing to the Global Qualifier in Nepal. It's be…

It was a day off yesterday but we are back today having seen Germany v Italy and Ireland v The Netherlands. Arlene Kelly took a 5-fer and Gaby Lewis & Orla Prendergast put on a good partnership.

The N…

Our second day in Rotterdam and we saw Germany take on Ireland and Italy face the Netherlands, with Ireland securing a place at the global qualifier with two games to spare. Another great day of cric…

We've had our first day at the World Cup European Qualifiers in Rotterdam seeing Ireland beat Italy and the Netherlands thrash Germany.

There's lots to speak about and four very different teams to ass…

We’ve had our summer holiday and we’re back! There’s no better place to dissect the world of women’s cricket at than in Dover Ferry Port at 1am.

As we head to Rotterdam for the World Cup Europe Quali…

Final after final...it's been a busy weekend. From a nightmare in Northampton to celebrations at the Oval, we speak about our Finals Day weekend in an extra episode of the podcast.

For more informati…

We are sat in Lumley Castle the one poking through the trees behind Durham County Cricket Club. We're recording after the England series has wrapped up and we're preparing for back to back Finals Day…

Welcome to 100 years of Gunnersbury Women’s Cricket Club – an audio documentary. We are Richard & Polly Starkie, cricket journalists and co-hosts of the Noughtie Child Podcast.

We are here to celebrat…

If we sound slightly weary it's because we are! It's been a busy few weeks and more chaos lies ahead with the ODIs taking place in three locations that probably couldn't be much further from each oth…

India have secured a T20 series win over England and have looked very impressive. We chat about the Oval (where England did win) and of course Old Trafford where England women haven’t played since 20…

We were in Nottingham for England's first T20 v India and well...let's just say it felt like Australia all over again! Tier 2 has continued with some T20 Blast action & Yorkshire have secured a place…

The players are having some time off cricket so there's not tons to dive in to but we have had a few England A/development/XI teams play against New Zealand A & India. Plus we're joined by Warwickshi…

Lots of news to digest this week as we've had two lots of World Cup fixtures, a WBBL draft and plenty of T20 Blast action to enjoy.

We will be back next week but in the meantime our Instagram & TikTok…

As expected, we spent plenty of time watching rain fall in Taunton but have since been in Worcester & Durham for the T20 Blast. Last week Polly spoke to Leicestershire's Holly Whitfield & Aimee Colqu…

We’ve been in Derby & Leicester this week for England’s ODI and the Vitality Blast is back. We spoke to Naomi Dattani who came back from Australia with a stress fracture but has since returned for Mi…

Finally Lancashire have got hands on some silverware and Tilly Kesteven was at the heart of it! Lots to discuss as always with England's T20 series against the West Indies concluding, the Vitality Bl…

Live from the side of an A road near Canterbury as we review the first England game under Charlotte Edwards, plus lots of T20 Cup & One Day Cup chat. We're excited to be joined by Worcestershire & En…

Once again we've been driving round the country following the cricket in the T20 Cup and the One Day Cup. This week we're joined by Kent & Cambridgeshire's Sophie Singer as those two sides meet in th…

We are live from the Test Match Special box at Edgbaston after Warwickshire were defeated by Somerset in the One Day Cup. We've been on the road all around the country and across three tiers.

We will…