Scenic: Village cricket is at the heart of the game’s grassroot

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN
So there are ructions in Ambridge over the possibility of women being asked to play. It is hard to see why this should be controversial as Brenda Tucker won the single wicket there as long ago as 2009.
They voted at an EGM to change the constitution to allow women to be playing members – an interesting move since it seems unlikely that club constitutions would formally bar women from playing, since the prospect would have been unthinkable...