Sign up to The Cricket Drop - our new cricket newsletter on Substack

A brand new newsletter is bringing you the biggest news and headlines from around the world of cricket, whether it's T20, Test, One-Day Internationals, County Championship, The Hundred or IPL.

The brainchild of James Rodger, a lifelong cricket fan with a season ticket at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, The Cricket Drop - available on Substack - strips away ads, the noise, paywalls and more to give you the very best opinion, features, views and news from cricket writers across the globe.

The Cricket Drop is your new weekly cricket newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox. With one eye firmly on this summer’s domestic season and the other on the blockbuster Ashes series this November and December, it’s set to become essential reading for fans in England, Australia and beyond.

James said: “I have bored my wife to tears with Test Match Special on in the car, and Sky Sports on in the house - so it seemed high time I channel my passion into something more creative.

"I was an avid cricketer in my youth - so if you want to support my efforts to turn my career-best 21 not out into a more meaningful endeavour, I'd love you to subscribe to The Cricket Drop. After all, it's free!"

James added: "There is so much fantastic cricket writing out there - from Substacks, to blogs, to broadsheet writers and tabloid reporters. It's all out there waiting for you - if only you could strip away the noise and find it. That's what I want The Cricket Drop to be about: the very best (and biggest) of the sport, no matter what format you prefer to watch."

Each newsletter will feature regular sections such as the week’s biggest headlines, a round-up from the English domestic scene (be it County Championship, The Hundred, T20 Blast or Women's One-Day