
Maia Bouchier on Cricket, Climate & Sustainability
Maia Bouchier, England star and EcoAthletes Champion, is one the most powerful voices in cricket speaking out on climate change and calling for climate action and sustainability within the sport, and beyond. Recently she spoke to The Next Test’s co-founder, Tanya Aldred, about some of her personal experiences, her fears and her hopes for the future.

Extreme Heat and Hazardous Air - Is the IPL really safe?
We all know that India can be roasting hot and we’ve undoubtedly heard about the terrible air pollution in some of its cities, but what were local conditions like during last year’s IPL matches?

International Women’s Day: Where Next for Women’s Cricket?
Female cricketers have come a long way since “eleven Maids of Bramley, and eleven Maids of Hambledon, dressed all in white...” played each other on Gosden Common in 1745, at the first recorded women’s match…

Fillongley: UK’s Greenest Cricket Ground 2024
Interested in making your cricket ground more sustainable, but a bit lost on how to do it?
Inspiration comes from The Cricketer’s Greenest Ground competition

Greener Games Sustainability Conference: Key Takeaways
In October 2024, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club hosted the inaugural Greener Games Sustainability Conference at the Seat Unique Stadium in collaboration with The Next Test and the Bristol Climate and Nature Partnership. Here we look at some of the key takeaways from the speakers…

Six of the Best: simple things to make your club more nature friendly
Mark Cocker is an author, naturalist and cricket lover who writes regularly for the Guardian’s much-loved Country Diary column. Here he shares six great ideas he has seen while judging the winners of the Cricketer’s greenest ground competition…

Greener Games Conference: Introducing our Speakers
Introducing our special guest speakers for the upcoming Greener Games Sustainability Conference, hosted by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club at the Seat Unique Stadium in Bristol













The Next Test Join Forces with Gloucestershire CCC
Working together to develop responses to the climate and nature crisis