Later this week, I will watch the T-20 women’s World Cup match between India and Bangladesh from home on the television despite having a ticket for the match at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Earlier this week the met office issued what is know as a red extreme heat warning which joins the existing amber extreme heat warnings covering large parts of England including Manchester and the Midlands.
Temperatures rose on Monday (22nd of June, 2026) and are forecast to reach around 34 degrees in southern parts of England with the met saying that despite this there is a risk of thundery showers for some.
The heat built further into today (23rd of June, 2026) with highs of around 37 degrees for parts of south England and 35 degrees forecast in southeast Wales according to the Met Office.
Tomorrow, (24th June) and Thursday (25th of June) is set to be the peak of the latest so called heatwave with temperatures expecting to reach 39 degrees and there remains a chance that this will be exceeded in some parts of the country say the Met Office.
I thought long and hard about weather or not I should travel by train to Manchester and attend the match. When making my decision I thought a lot about the fact that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to firstly attend a women’s cricket World Cup in my own backyard and see nations that I otherwise would not usually get to see play.
Those of you reading this will understand why I have made this decision to not attend today’s match in light of the red heat warning issued by the Met Office and the travel advice from Network Rail.
As I have said previously cricket is one of the most accessible sports in the United Kingdom, however that is not echoed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) who will not refund match tickets now that I have chosen not to attend the match on Thursday as a direct result of the weather conditions before me because I have underlying health conditions which could be impacted by the extreme heat.
I have written to the Minister for Sport, Tourism, Cilvil Society and Youth Stephanie Peacock MP about the issue (at the time of writing this post I am still awaiting her response to my concerns).
However I strongly disagree with the ICC’s stance on this especially now that temperatures have reached the high 30’s and are a risk to life, once again I am urging the tournament organisers (of the T20 Women’s Cricket World Cup) to seriously look at this policy when staging future tournaments elsewhere across the global.
Surely the health and safety of players, official’s, venue staff and spectators matters when staging these tournaments!!!!!!!!
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It is only right that I take the opportunity to thank the ICC (International Cricket Council) official’s, the match officials and players and team officials of both Bangladesh and India along with the Cricket World Cup volunteers, station staff at Manchester Piccadilly railway station and the train crew and station staff from Transport for Wales who ensured that I was able to travel up to the north with ease.
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Cam
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