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🔥 As Australia swelters in extreme heat close to 50��C and is again battling huge wildfires, The Next Test's Tanya Aldred writes in this week's Spin newsletter about a hopeful tale of cricketing communities coming together to recover and rebuild 💪

https://t.co/N0n3UGKlKt

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🐦 Did you take part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch? Andy Wilson did at Whalley Range CC, winner of The Cricketer's Greenest Cricket Ground competition in 2021. He spotted 16 species, including 15 goldfinches!

🏏 What birds have you spotted at your local club?

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🌟 2025 highlight #2... Back in March our Chair, Tanya Aldred sat down with England batter and EcoAthletes champion, Maia Bouchier.

🏏 Maia is one of the most high profile cricketers standing up for climate action and it was fab to hear her thoughts 👇

https://t.co/rHbo1akuqa

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🌟 Highlights from 2025 #1... Our Co-Founder, Xeena Cooper scooping a Gloucestershire Cricket Foundation Cricket Collective Award for Tackling Climate Change!

🏏 Xeena "has been an indefatigable campaigner for climate action and sustainability within the cricket world" 🌱

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🏏🌍 We're back! Happy New Year, cricket lovers.

In 2026 we're going to be exploring our purpose and working on a Theory of Change.

What do you think we should be focusing on this year?

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🙏 Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of our friends in Australia who have been affected by the terrible wildfires.

Blog, from Tanya Aldred 👉 https://t.co/g3ASP68knm

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🎄 We're taking a break. Have a restful Christmas and we'll see you in the New Year for more cricket, climate and sustainability 🏏🌍🙏

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🏏🌍 Cricketers put their money where their mouth is on climate.

Tanya Aldred on the new Sport One, Carbon Zero climate movement from High Impact Athletes:

👉 https://t.co/pYCinNHz1l

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📢📢 New blog - Desert Vipers: Pioneers for Sustainability in Cricket 🏏🌍

Ahead of their Sustainability Match on Sunday, we sat down with Sustainability Lead, Ben Hardy-Jones to chat all things green 🐍💚

Find it here 👉 https://t.co/5fKgyowSYR

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📢 Check out our Comms Lead, Chris Britt-Searle on The Last Wicket pod, chatting all things cricket, climate and sustainability 🏏🌍💚👇

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🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️

Chris Britt-Searle of @TheNextTest joins TLW gang to talk about climate change and the impact on Cricket.

Listen on your favorite podcast app, or on YT now!

https://t.co/HkPaiQvZoQ

#INDvsSA #CricketTwitter

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🎙️NEW EPISODE ALERT🎙️

Chris Britt-Searle of @TheNextTest joins TLW gang to talk about climate change and the impact on Cricket.

Listen on your favorite podcast app, or on YT now!

https://t.co/HkPaiQvZoQ

#INDvsSA #CricketTwitter

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🏏🌍 Earlier this year, The Next Test's Tanya Aldred sat down for a chat with England star and @ecoathletesteam Champion, Maia Bouchier ✨

Maia has been an inspiring voice for climate action and sustainability in the cricket world.

Read more here:

https://t.co/rHbo1akuqa

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🏏 🌍 Cricketers - Concerned about the climate? Feel like you might be labelled hypocritical for speaking about it? Help is at hand...

100+ athletes across sport have joined Sport One Carbon Zero.

Cricket's huge. Our voice matters.

Ready to lead? Go 👉 https://t.co/lGhL53HjGU

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🏏 Bamboo cricket bats?!🎍Pineapple leather pads?!🍍

Cricket is facing both a bat crisis and a sustainability crisis, but innovation is stepping up to the crease...

Read more about these game-changing projects: https://t.co/Xe7hb0YrFk

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⚡ The power of Pat Cummins 💪

🏏 🌍 Hear Joanne Bowen, CEO of Pat's Cricket for Climate chat to ABC about how the climate crisis is affecting cricket down under and how having the Aussie test captain on your team really opens some doors! 👇

https://t.co/8ZGaqTwZDU

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@stephenjmann Great work Perth stadium! 👏

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🏆 Great to see the Playing for our Future documentary winning a Broadcast Sport Award for best Sustainability initiative 🌱👏

🏏 "Without grassroots cricket, you don't have international cricket, or any other form of cricket." Sir Alistair Cook speaking on the film.

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🏏🌍 Join us: https://t.co/Ez5Gq4XUSI

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🏏🌍 It's the Ashes! The Climate Ashes, that is...

🌱 Australia take on England to discern who is leading the way in climate action and sustainability.

🏆 Five tests. One planet. Who will take home the urn?

➡️ Scroll through to find out... 🧵1/9...