As the Women’s T20 World Cup comes home to England this summer, two platforms built entirely around women’s cricket are coming together to make sure inspiration doesn’t stop at the boundary rope.
There is a particular feeling about this summer.
For the first time since 2009, England is hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup — and the energy building around it is different to anything we’ve seen before. Edgbaston under lights. Lord’s packed for India vs Pakistan. Twelve nations. The biggest field the tournament has ever seen. Women’s cricket has arrived at an entirely new level of visibility, and there are millions of girls watching who didn’t know this sport looked like this.
That matters. What a girl sees shapes what she believes is possible for herself.
The Spark and the Fire
Female Cricket has spent years making sure those girls had somewhere to go once the spark was lit. From breaking news and player profiles to deep-dive features and The Pioneers series, the platform has become the heartbeat of the global women’s cricket community — a place where the game is taken seriously, covered properly, and celebrated without asterisks.
It’s also where girls arrive with questions that go beyond the scoreboard. What does it take to actually play at this level? How do I train the way these players train? Where do I even start?
Striide was built to answer exactly those questions.
Play Strong. Think Stronger.
Launched specifically for female cricketers and girls in sport, Striide is a coaching and athlete development platform that understands what it means to grow up playing cricket as a girl — with all the gaps, barriers, and blind spots that come with that.
It’s not just batting drills and bowling tips. Striide brings together technical cricket coaching from elite-level players and specialists, mental resilience sessions, nutrition and recovery guidance designed around female physiology, strength and conditioning, hormone health awareness, and confidence-building programmes. It’s the kind of holistic athlete education that most girls — even talented ones in well-resourced environments — simply don’t get.
Among those contributing to the platform is Lydia Greenway, the former England wicketkeeper whose coaching career has been defined by exactly this kind of joined-up thinking about female athlete development. The platform is also expanding into Hindi and other languages, working deliberately towards the reality that cricket for girls is a global conversation, not an English-speaking one.
Why This Partnership Matters Now
The timing isn’t accidental. Both Female Cricket and Striide have been building towards this kind of collaboration, and the World Cup summer has given it the right moment.
When a girl watches Smriti Mandhana walk out at Lord’s this June, or sees Nat Sciver-Brunt bowl in front of a full house at The Oval, something shifts in her. The partnership between Female Cricket and Striide is designed to catch that moment — and turn it into something lasting.
“I’m completely in sync with the product offerings and the idea. Because it is related to women’s cricket and primarily for girls, it is very closely related to my heart.” — Vishal Yadav, Founder, Female Cricket
“The Women’s T20 World Cup in the UK is my biggest thing. For me right now, it’s not the numbers — it’s the impact we can drive through the platform.” — Pratim Das, Founder, Striide
Two founders. One goal. Making sure the most watched summer of women’s cricket in a generation translates into something real for the girls inspired by it.
What You Get Through the Female Cricket x Striide Partnership
Subscribers joining through the Female Cricket x Striide partnership page gain full access to Striide’s growing library of coaching and education content — structured around the needs of a female cricketer at any stage of her journey.
That means learning from elite players and high-performance coaches. It means mental resilience training that builds confidence on and off the pitch. It means nutrition guidance that respects female athlete physiology, not just adapted male-sport models. It means strength and conditioning programmes built for girls. And it means cricket education that goes deeper than technique — into the mindset, the recovery, the identity of being a female athlete in this sport.
For girls in towns without a high-performance academy nearby, or in countries where women’s cricket coaching is still sparse, this is genuinely significant. A phone, a subscription, and suddenly the training room is open.
As part of this partnership, Female Cricket readers can get 30% off Striide for their first three months — a limited offer available exclusively through the Female Cricket community. Use code FEMALECRICKET30 at https://www.striide.app/femalecricket, or let the button auto-apply it for you. Register on the web first, then download the app on iOS or Android and sign in to get started.
Grassroots to Greatness
The players competing at Lord’s and Edgbaston this summer didn’t arrive there by accident. They were inspired by someone, coached by someone, believed in by someone — and somewhere along the way, they found the tools to match their ambition.
That’s the chain this partnership is trying to strengthen. Not just celebrating the game at the top, but making sure the girls watching at the bottom have a real path upward.
This summer, women’s cricket has the loudest stage it’s ever had in England. Female Cricket and Striide want to make sure every girl in the stands — or watching from her bedroom — knows what to do with the fire she feels.
Exclusive offer for Female Cricket readers: 30% off Striide for 3 months
Use code FEMALECRICKET30 at striide.app/femalecricket
Register on the web → download the app → sign in to activate your discount.
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