Author Archive - Tanya Aldred

ICC stance on the Taliban intolerable

TANYA ALDRED: Not only have the ICC failed to follow their own rules but, more importantly, have been completely negligent over Afghanistan's female players in exile

21/02/2025 | Tanya Aldred | Women's Cricket | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | International |

Sam Konstas, Luke Littler and a dart for instant greatness

TANYA ALDRED: The exuberant Australia batter showed no fear against Jasprit Bumrah - and we got a sprinkling of that experience at Alexandra Palace courtesy of another teenage sensation

15/02/2025 | Tanya Aldred | Features | Premium | News | International | Australia |

Fillongley hoot with delight as they swoop on our award

TANYA ALDRED celebrates the success of the latest winners of the Ortus Energy UK's Greenest Ground competition - Fillongley Cricket Club

20/12/2024 | Tanya Aldred | Premium | News | Grass Roots | Features |

"One rule for elite women, an entirely different one for the rest" ECB pass the buck on trans issue

TANYA ALDRED: From a desire to make the game more inclusive, the ECB have ended up with a mess

07/12/2024 | Tanya Aldred | Opinion | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | ECB |

"If it can't be Paris, it needn't be 1970s Northampton": Let's make watching county cricket better

Cricket watchers are a hardy bunch says TANYA ALDRED, but attending Championship cricket shouldn't be an endurance test

28/10/2024 | Tanya Aldred | All Members-Only | Features | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

Bowled all out in Paris and London: Inside Agence France Presse's extensive cricket coverage

TANYA ALDRED takes a closer look at AFP Sport's cricket coverage after their co-chief editor, Guy Jackson, told her that he believes they cover more cricket around the world than anyone else

20/10/2024 | Tanya Aldred | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News |

Boundary view: ICC predictably disappoint again

TANYA ALDRED: At odds with UN warnings over climate change, cricket's world governing body has signed to stay with the Saudi state-owned oil and gas company

02/06/2024 | Tanya Aldred | All Members-Only | Features | News | Men's T20 World Cup 2024 |

What if Twenty20 cricket had never been invented

TANYA ALDRED: wonders what if T20 had never been invented, in the second part of the cricketing counterfactuals series, and asks where would the cricketing world be without the IPL or Big Bash

26/05/2024 | Tanya Aldred | The Cricketer Magazine | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | ECB |

Make your ground green to tackle climate change

TANYA ALDRED: Entries for the Ortus Energy UK's Greenest Ground Competition 2024 are now open. Whether you are tentatively embarking on greening your ground, or have invested in an electric mower, The Cricketer wants to hear from you

09/05/2024 | Tanya Aldred | Features | News | Grass Roots |

Time to get serious and put out The Hundred fire

TANYA ALDRED: Flames don't darken the door of the Championship – even on trophy presentation day. They appear at some Blast games – but not all – with counties having to draw the purse strings close. But at The Hundred, they are ubiquitous

24/03/2024 | Tanya Aldred | The Hundred | Opinion | All Members-Only | Premium | Editors Choice |

Women's cricket will stand on its own two feet… with a little help from its friends

BOUNDARY VIEW: Amid rumblings over how the ECB can justify throwing money at another revamp, the game need only look at its flagship competition - not least the County Championship - where losses are accepted, writes TANYA ALDRED

29/02/2024 | Tanya Aldred | Women's Cricket | Women's Cricket | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News |

Ortus Energy Greenest Ground 2023 winner: Corbridge scoop prize for environmental commitments

Corbridge were our judges' unanimous choice as the 2023 winner of The Cricketer's Greenest Ground competition, and will receive £500 courtesy of sponsors Ortus Energy

12/10/2023 | Tanya Aldred | Grass Roots |

Issy Wong: "I'm just trying to say what I think unless what I think is outrageous in which case I'll keep it to myself"

FROM THE MAGAZINE: England fast bowler Issy Wong pays tribute to her predecessors and ponders a thrilling Ashes summer in an interview with Tanya Aldred

11/07/2023 | Tanya Aldred | Women's Ashes | The Cricketer Magazine | News |

Valley End CC in Surrey win UK's Greenest Cricket Ground award

"The cricket facilities at Valley End are excellent and, best of all, were developed in a more sustainable way"

20/02/2023 | Tanya Aldred | News | Grass Roots | Club Life |

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