In part one, The Cricketer looks at how the first five counties in the second tier of the revamped women's domestic cricket structure are shaping up ahead of the new season
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The club made a pre-tax profit of £11,000 last year despite investing a record amount into the cricket budget and spectator facilities at their home ground
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The Falcons have named three on-loan players for the upcoming season, including academy graduates Lara Shaw and Marai Andrews from The Blaze academy
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OSCAR RESS - INTERVIEW: It is believed that the women's domestic standard improvement, which includes the 'Project Darwin' restructure, will result in less of the current Under-19 squad moving straight into senior cricket
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NICK FRIEND: Only a small minority of fixtures during the regional era were played in the evening, and a lack of matches under floodlights has been seen as a gap in player development
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NICK FRIEND: The latest revamp to the women's domestic game has been a vast piece of work, led by Beth Barrett-Wild, who admits that it has been "incredibly challenging" along the way, never more so than in the fallout to the tier-one tender process
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The club believe they do not have the infrastructure nor the resources to support one of the eight teams. They hope to enter the process for a tier two side which is expected to get underway later this year
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NICK FRIEND: Decisions on the eight counties to take forward the current regional teams from 2025 onwards are set to be made in the next month
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