The MCC and Lord’s are pioneers in sustainability within sport and leading the way for climate action in cricket. But is partnership with Barclays, Europe’s biggest financiers of fossil fuels sending the right image?

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.

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?

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

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…

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…

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

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