Noughtie Child Podcast

It's Hundred season again and we are back from a quick break to chat all about this incredible tournament. From stand out players to unbeatable teams we share all our thoughts on the competition so far. Remember, we have over 30 episodes with players from the Hundred so if you are not sure who's who, it's a great way to get to know the player behind the cricket. This week we spoke to 2021 Hundred...

It's been a crazy few days at the Commonwealth Games with tons of cricket. We summarise our thoughts on the games so far but if you want it depth analysis of the matches head over to our YouTube channel for our daily episodes. We also have a guest, Esther De Lange to speak all about global cricket development!

The day has finally arrived and the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022 have officially begun! It's an exciting time for our city and especially for the cricket world. In this Commonwealth Games special, we preview the games and speak about some of the games we are most excited about. We are joined by Commonwealth Games Cricketer for Team New Zealand, Maddy Green to chat all about it and we share...

What an exciting week with an England ODI whitewash and some major T20 changes. We chat all about that, our time at the cricket this week, the Commonwealth Games squad and all things South African cricket. Another round of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint has happened so we chat about that and we are also joined by an amazing guest. If you haven't heard of Sophia Smale, where have you been? At only 17, sh...

We're back with another episode after the second round of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy where we saw stand out performances from Grace Ballinger, Kathryn Bryce, Ellie Threlkeld, Emily Windsor, Georgia Elwiss, Sarah Glenn & more. We also see Sunrisers come so close to a win again but not just quite make it. Polly made her commentary debut so we discuss that and also the first England ODI against...

The RHF Trophy is back and of course it gets affected by rain! Well, we discuss that anyway and then focus to the next round. It's been a long week and there have also been some Hundred signings but unfortunately our guest has not been able to pick one up despite her impressive place in the regional set-up. We spoke to Sunrisers' skipper and all-rounder, Kelly Castle and we've already started plan...

What a week! We knew the test match would be good but this test just blew us away! What an amazing few days and despite the huge amount of rain, some incredible individual performances took place (Marizanne Kapp 150, Nat Sciver 169*, Alice Davidson-Richards 107 - on debut - Kate Cross 4/69). We chat all about the past week, preview the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy which starts next week and delve i...

It's almost time for the test match and we are absolutely buzzing! We are recording from different countries for this episode as Richard is away in Paris. It's been a really exciting week for England cricket as the test squad was announced revealing that there could potentially be five Test Debuts this week. It comes with a sad note that legend Katherine Brunt is retiring from test cricket. We dis...

Unlike men's cricket, it's been a bit of a quieter week in the women's game! Regardless, last Saturday saw the semi-final and final of the Charlotte Edwards Cup which as many expected, Southern Vipers won and Charlotte Edwards was reunited with Charlotte Edwards. We speak about our experience of the game, Vipers heading forward and looking for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. We also speak about t...

With an exciting weekend ahead, we sit down to preview the Charlotte Edwards Cup Finals day, chat about all the matches in the past week, give our thoughts on the Hundred Wildcard announcements and mention even more women's cricket this week. We are so fortunate to be joined by England and Southern Vipers star, Charlie Dean who is the loveliest person! We loved chatting to Charlie ahead of Finals...

Again it's been another busy week of cricket. We have been at two women's cricket matches in the last week and we chat through these. It's going to be an exciting weekend ahead with two semi final places up for grabs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. We chat about the White Ferns contracts and briefly touch on the T20 challenge results. We will be back next week with another guest but in the meantime...

It's been another busy week of cricket so we round it all up! Unfortunately, we have left this to the last minute after an evening in the Hollies Stand singing Sweet Caroline and so this is a bit of a mess. Anyway, we chat about Saturday's Charlotte Edwards Cup games, Northern Diamonds choking again and Sparks' success. We also discuss the recent news about Amy Satterthwaite's retirement (this was...

As usual, we have a guest and this week we have Marie Kelly who has had an insane start to the season. You may remember that we mentioned her incredible innings against Gloucestershire a few weeks ago when she scored 99, just missing out on a century and broke the record for the fastest women's domestic T20 half-century. Well, we obviously spoke about that but also so much more including coaching,...

We are back with another episode & another guest! This week we spoke to the amazing Gwen Davies who plays for Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix and won the group 3 county championship with Warwickshire. We chat about being a pro cricketer, upcoming Sparks players, her role at Shrewsbury School & so much more. We also discuss the last week of cricket including, Fairbreak, county champs and we prev...

Welcome back! Fairbreak has started and there are so many highlights already from the first three games. We have already seen amazing moments from Henriette Ishimwe, Sterre Kalis, Georgia Redmayne & more. Not only do we speak about Fairbreak and our favourite team, Barmy Army, but we also discuss the matches we have been to in the last few days, Western Storm v Central Sparks (warm up) and also Gl...

Welcome back or welcome if you're new! In this episode we chat to Georgia Redmayne, possibly the best Australian uncapped player. We talk all things Hundred, WBBL, working in a hospital, World Cup & more. Georgia is also playing at Fairbreak which we are extremely excited for and we further discuss that in the podcast. We also continue to talk through the County Championship and the continuation o...

We are back for another episode and we have an incredible guest for you. We spoke to international superstar Suzie Bates who is also playing at the upcoming Fairbreak tournament we are focusing on at the moment. We also speak through some highlights on the Women's T20 County Championships which started last weekend including Lancashire's ever best bowling figures by Alex Hartley after no winter tr...

It's been a cold, wet and even snowy start to the cricket season - as usual. We are back with another episode, speaking about the big news this week, Anya Shrubsole's retirement and also Alex Hartley stepping down from the Thunder captaincy. We also chat about Fairbreak with is taking place in a few weeks in Dubai. Our guest, Sterre Kalis who plays for Northern Diamonds, Birmingham Phoenix & The N...

We've let the dust settle and we are back with another episode to chat about the World Cup Final. We are gutted for England but we can't wait till their back in the summer to face South Africa and India. We also chat through some news about the Fairbreak tournament happening in May and Mignon Du Preez's big news this week. As normal, we have a guest. We spoke to Warwickshire Men's Head Coach, Mark...

There have been some huge signings announced! Big overseas signings for London Spirit (Amelia Kerr, Megan Schutt and Beth Mooney. Huge signings at Welsh Fire, overseas announcements of Rachael Haynes and Annabel Sutherland with the big announcement of Tammy Beaumont taking on the captaincy and Alex Hartley, Fran Wilson, Fi Morris and Sarah Bryce all signing. Less news at Northern Superchargers but...

What a week it has been! Starting with the epic finish between South Africa and India, giving us our four semi finalists and then, the last two incredible semi finals! We now have out finalists: Australia & England. Who will win? We also chat to USA, Southern Vipers and Southern Brave player, Tara Norris all about her career and the upcoming season. New week we will have a winner and we speak to W...

Today we are joined by an amazing guest: Katie Perkins. She is a former New Zealand player who played in the 2017 World Cup and she is a police officer who as you will found out is very passionate about improving the lives of Māori people. She was amazing to speak to and this interview spoke about some incredibly important things and we had discussions about topics you never thought you would find...

It’s been another busy week in cricket with the Women’s World Cup happening in New Zealand. We are so glad to report that England have finally recorded their first win! In this episode, we chat about the world cup, a change in the date of the Hundred draft and our plans about that, the new tournament announced by Southern Vipers yesterday and the exciting English summer ahead! As usual, we have an...

This week has been a very tough week in the cricket world. After the tragic news about the passing of former Australian cricketer Rod Marsh, the unthinkable news about the passing of Shane Warne emerged a few hours later. The news was so shocking and it has been a heart breaking week for cricket. On a lighter note, we have a really nice episode with Ireland International, Mary Waldron. Mary has re...

We're back! After a short break we have returned in time for the 2022 Women's ODI World Cup in New Zealand where England will try to defend their World Cup title. In today's podcast episode, we chat about our predictions, your predictions and tons more. We chatted to the incredible Umpire Sue Redfern who will be umpiring at this World Cup. We will be back next week to discuss more about the World...