CategoryWomen’s Cricket

Today cricket historian James Wilson looks at the history of women’s cricket and explains why Clare Connor’s appointment as MCC President is really good news. “Ladies playing cricket — absurd. Just like a man trying to knit.” Sir Len Hutton “Sod off you sexist git” Unnamed woman cricketer History has been made during lockdown by the Marylebone Cricket Club, with the appointment of its first female president, Clare Connor. Connor’s cricketing credentials are impeccable, with over 100...