WOMEN’S CRICKET
Back in 1998, a member of the MCC objected to the idea of women’s being allowed to join him in the Lord’s pavilion on the basis that, were they granted access, ‘the Long Room would resound to the clattering of teacups’. Hardly the most alarming of prospects.
I know this happened because I’ve been round in 1745. Apparently, the report continues, ‘the girls bowled, batted and ran as well as most men could do in that game’.