Former England cricketers receive death threats for criticising the schedule
"We spoke about social media so much on this platform but let’s just be a bit kinder," said one of the England cricketers
Australia's Beth Mooney, left, and Australia's Ashleigh Gardner celebrates after winning the Women's T20 Cricket World Cup semifinal against West Indies in London, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Former England cricketer Kate Cross, who called the ICC’s arrangements for scheduling the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup “ridiculous,” said she has received death threats and abuse online.
“We’ve been getting death threats and abuse online,” Alex Hartley said on the latest episode of No Balls: The Cricket Podcast, which she co-hosts with Cross.
“I woke up this morning to post about the ICC scheduling for the semi-finals to 450 comments on that Instagram post. Normally, we will get 30 per post. There’s been a little bit of confusion because what we said doesn’t warrant death threats and abuse,” Cross said.
The semifinals for the World Cup are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday this week. While the top team in Group A would face the second team in Group B in Thursday’s knockout clash, it was the other way around. However, the rule also stated that if India qualified for the semifinal, they would play that semifinal on Tuesday against the top team in Group A—a stipulation the podcast duo criticised.
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