Why haven’t England closed the gap to Australia? A new era at the ECB & the WBBL starts with a bang

Once Lauren and Katya round up the latest from the WBBL, they are joined by former ECB Women's Cricket Performance Director Jonathan Finch.

With Finch, Katya and Lauren look back on the vast array of changes that have happened in the women's game over the past 20 years, as well as getting an insight into what it's like to deliver bad news to players, his reflections on leaving the ECB and why now is the time for change at the ECB.

0:00 Intro
1:26 Metro Bank
1:48 WBBL round-up
13:50 Reflection on leaving ECB
15:38 How ECB governance used to look
21:35 Changing attitudes towards women’s cricket
25:10 Scrutinising the domestic game
35:35 Should England players play more county cricket?
44:15 Delivering bad news to players
46:50 Toughest moments in the job
50:40 Why is now the time for change?
52:50 Lack of world-class batters in English cricket
55:50 Closing the gap to Australia
1:02:00 Changing landscape
1:08:15 Being from a non-playing background
01:12:22 Metro Bank Outro

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