James Worstead

Englishman in France, English teacher, coach amateur French team Vipères de Valenciennes, fan of Irish cricket, growing Associate Cricket and Women's Cricket.

[Cricket Thailand @ThailandCricket]

@ICC 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝟐𝟎 𝐖𝐂 𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐑 2025

@CricketNep were 80 for 9 at the end of their innings as Thailand confirmed their superiority with victory by 78 runs and won the 2025 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

#iccwomenst20worldcupasiaqualifier

[Women's Cricket Blog @WomensCricBlog]

Our round-up of Round Five of the MBODC, which saw The Blaze win again; Somerset stay in touch at the top; and Surrey fail to defend a big total for a third time....
https://t.co/DQCi4XHyUG...

[Cricket Scotland @CricketScotland]

Looking to bounce back against the Netherlands 💪

📺 Watch live and free on https://t.co/YZgtBhRFLu!

#FollowScotland

[Essex Women's Cricket 🏏 @EssexWomen]

🎯 We set The Blaze a target of 232.

Grace Scrivens ends on a brilliant 120* after opening the batting. Well batted, Scriv!

🦅 #FlyLikeAnEagle

[Essex Women's Cricket 🏏 @EssexWomen]

👏 Incredible batting.

120* off 134 deliveries.

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

Pity the Women's games are not given more attention by Cricinfo

[The Blaze 🔥 @TheBlazeCricket]

BACK-TO-BACK 🙌

Tammy Beaumont brings up her second Blaze century in as many matches, what a player she is 🔥👏

The Blaze need 19 runs to win!

#FiredUp

[The Blaze 🔥 @TheBlazeCricket]

UPDATE:

Tammy Beaumont (97) and Kathryn Bryce (47) are crushing it for The Blaze 💥

195-1 through 36 overs, we're in control 👌

#FiredUp

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@TheBlazeCricket Good to finally see Kathryn Bryce higher up the order

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@Alpha_Nerd_777 That's true and it's why I feel zero sympathy for the West Indies (or other Full Members) not qualifying for World Cups. But with the overloaded calendar things are not likely to go towards every FM playing qualifying matches

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

Come on Thailand !

[Alpha Nerd @Alpha_Nerd_777]

@WorsteadJames ODI Super League was great & should have stayed. We had ZIM beating AUS, PAK, SL & IRE in away matches. South Africa almost missed out. Guaranteed fixtures for NED. And the thrill of Promotion - Relegation. Proper context to ODI format.
Both ODI & T20 should have Super Leagues.

[HalfwayUpMiddle @halfwayupmiddle]

It's laughable that this wonderful squad haven't got a home game this summer. If the women's game is going to grow there needs to be regular cricket for them. Sort your mess out @ICC you are meant to be growing the game!? The balance of wealth and resources is an embarrassment.

[Annette Aitken-Drummond @NettyDrummond]

"Scotland currently has no fixtures scheduled for the remainder of 2025."

I like this from Cricket Scotland. It's bold. Basically calling out @ICC for what they are - custodians of the game for the few, not the many.

These players need to play, or else, what's the point?!

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@Alpha_Nerd_777 Yes I do agree. That's why the men's Super League was such a brilliant concept. Unfortunately with such over full calendars in the men's game that leaves less access to grounds for W. So getting all the teams to qualify as football does is unlikely.

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@cricketqueens Thank you ! This is going to be manic. I hope it doesn’t turn into a humiliation for this admirable Thailand side. They deserve to go out heads held high.

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@rocshot @IrishWomensCric Thank you

[James Worstead @WorsteadJames]

@_hypocaust Enjoying Thai resistance. Hoping they make it hard and make people sit up and notice them.

[Nate @CricFanUSA]

“There might be fewer countries playing (test), rather than *ALL OF THEM*”… Mr Greenberg just demonstrated what happens in the eyes of the big 3 when you don’t play test cricket: you aren’t even counted as a cricket playing nation.

[hypocaust @_hypocaust]

Imagine if this game, and several of the other thrilling encounters at this qualifier, had been part of the main event of a World Cup with a global TV audience.