KATYA WITNEY
The staff writer @wisdencricket, on where women’s cricket finds itself

Women’s regional cricket in England is entering its final summer. As the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy gets underway next week, it will mark the last chapter of a transitional period for the game.
While that transition has had varying levels of success, the importance of this phase should not be underestimated.
Back in 2018, the ECB was again on the precipice of launching the women’s game into a new era. But, and let’s remember this is less than six years ago, the landscape was almost unrecognisable. The Hund...