Counties fear ECB is freezing them out of shake-up of women’s cricket

Counties fear ECB is freezing them out of shake-up of women’s cricket

Only first-class bids for tier two teams put forwardNational counties concerned about ‘stitch-up’

Counties in England who do not have already have a first-class men’s team believe they are being frozen out of plans for a new second division for women’s cricket.

Only first-class men’s counties will have the chance to run a team in the top two tiers of women’s domestic cricket from the 2025 season, even though first-class status has never formally existed within women’s cricket and, historically, many county women’s sides have been stronger than some first-class ones.

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