Since we returned from India, we’ve had the ECB’s announcement about the new competition which will run from 2020.
First and foremost, the idea that we’ll have women’s domestic cricket on free-to-air TV for the first time ever is huge, and so exciting.
We do need to broaden cricket’s fan base as well. Sometimes when you’re in the cricket bubble you forget that not everybody loves it so it’s always important to try and grow the game. I’m sure it will be a brilliant spectacle and I hope it is a great success.
It does mean the end of the Kia Super League, and obviously Twenty20 international cricket is huge in the women’s game, so we need to make sure that from 2020 the structure below the new competition is right. We’ve had discussions with the ECB and I know they’re working hard on it.
Some of the best bits of last summer’s World Cup were when we saw kids imitating us – there was one girl at Bristol who apparently copied me diving for my crease! – so I really love the idea of kids seeing us on free-to-air TV and giving it a go.