The Next Test

A legal tipping point on climate The new normal – the legal obligation to act on climate.

🌍 A tipping point has been reached.

🏏 Cricket has a moral & legal duty to cut ties with fossil fuels & high polluting industries.

@andrewsimms.bsky.social on the new ICJ ruling 👇

theecologist.org/2025/jul/29/...

Flames at Cricket Matches - Just How Hot are They? — The Next Test - Cricket, Climate & Sustainability Climate change is a threat to sport as global temperatures rise and extreme weather becomes more frequent. Why is cricket still using flames at matches?

🔥If you've been watching The Hundred, you'll have hardly been able to miss all the huge jets of flame shooting into the air, as they do at many cricket matches🔥

But just how hot are they? And is this a great image in a rapidly overheating world? Blog 👇

www.thenexttest.org/blog/flames-...

🏏 COME ON CRICKET. It's time to fight back 💪👇

🏏Today sees the start of the Metro Bank One Day Cup!

🌍 Turns out they are leaders in climate responsibility! Unlike certain other banks who sponsor cricket...

💚 If you're interested in switching to a greener, more ethical bank, it's super easy and quick.

Find more info at: bank.green

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇳 The 7,187 runs scored in the #ENGvsIND series is a new record for a five match series, eclipsing the 6,826 in the 1928/29 Ashes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇦🇺

💡1928 also saw the birth of Charles David Keeling, creator of the Keeling Curve.

Back then, global CO2 was a tolerable 307ppm. Today, we're hitting 425ppm 😷

Does this include decommissioning, clean up and storing of waste? Also, potential disasters? Rising sea levels and increased extreme weather events...

🤬 "Shame on them." Not our words - those of the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank.

💀 Barclays, Europe's biggest financiers of fossil fuels and main sponsor of Lord's have now left the Net Zero Banking Alliance.

🌱 Switch to a green, ethical bank today: bank.green

🚨 New Report: #HumanRights impacts of the #ClimateCrisis in & around #Sports @sportandrights.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social

Read: lnkd.in/dxEPGMC6
@sportecogroup.bsky.social @climateblawg.bsky.social @sportpositive.bsky.social @thenexttest.org #ClimateJustice #environment #ClimateChange #law

WHAT ABOUT SPORT? Driving emissions or driving action? Fossil vs Future · Episode

⚽ "Sport's awfully good at communicating those valuable connections between something you love and something you might miss if it was gone."

🏏🌍 @PCA Chair and renowned climate expert, James Cameron's latest pod on climate x sport 👍

🏏 Off to The Oval then, for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvsIND 🇮🇳

🌍 The Oval has signed up to the UN's Sports for Climate Action Framework and pledged to reach Net Zero by 2030 💥

💚 They've made impressive progress - reducing their impact & engaging fans in creative ways 👏

Win £500 for your cricket club with Ortus Energy Greenest Ground 2025 The Cricketer and Ortus Energy present a competition to reward cricketing sustainability, with a cash prize of £500 on offer to the winning club. Enter today!

📢 One month to go! 🚨

🏏 Cricket clubs! There's still time to get in your entry for this year's Greenest Ground Award from @thecricketer.com and Ortus 🌍💚

💥 Win £500 for your club! 👇

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🌍 "Climate change is real and make no mistake, all of us that think this is someone else’s problem have to wake up..."

🏏 R. Ashwin rarely shies away from speaking out on important issues 👊

🇮🇳 One of many Indian voices in the new Hit for Six report:

bit.ly/4m64faK

🌍 "I think about our future generations: what will they have? They'll have nothing if the world continues the way it is right now"

🏏🇮🇳 Rohit Sharma understands the threat climate chaos poses to cricket.

📋 The new Hit for Six Report spells it out:
bit.ly/4m64faK

Outcomes after ICC Annual Conference in Singapore  | ICC Media Release

🇦🇫🏏 Great to see discussions happening around supporting the Afghan women cricketers 👏

🌏 No mention of the climate crisis or sustainability efforts though.

🤔 Have @ICC seen the new Hit for Six report?
👉 bit.ly/4m64faK

www.icc-cricket.com/media-releas...

🏏🌍 "There is no doubt the extreme weather can impact cricket and affect finances and participation."

🇦🇺 Aussie legend Simon Katich features prominently in the new Hit for Six Report: The Danger Zone from @Basis_org + @ClimateCentral

Find it here: basis.org.uk/resource/hit...

🏏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ENGvsIND 🇮🇳 at Old Trafford! 🔥

🌱 DYK... Old Trafford has a roof garden with plants, living walls, bat boxes, a greenhouse, garden kitchen, and solar panels ☀️

🌳 They also teamed up with City of Trees to plant trees and hedges 👍

✈️ Just try NOT to fly Emirates 😬🤫

The Next Test's Chris Britt-Searle on the new Hit for Six Report - featured in The Best of Cricket 💥

All stories here: open.substack.com/pub/bestofcr...

🏏⚠️ “This isn’t just about performance — it’s increasingly a question of player safety.”

🔥 Cricket has a serious climate problem. Urgent action is needed at all levels of the game.

📋 Read the report from @Basis_org @ClimateCentral Frontrunners & TNT:
basis.org.uk/resource/hit...

Hit For Six 2 - The Follow On | A BASIS Resource “Before I’d seen the report I hadn’t really thought about how would impact the game of cricket. I was really taken aback. The game has to have a plan, a

Hi Paul, have you seen today's Hit for Six report on cricket and climate? basis.org.uk/resource/hit...

Action against climate breakdown can count on sport to prove it's really happening.

The evidence is in golf, tennis, cricket and everywhere, as sport finds a role in sounding the alarm.

My column for @theobserveruk.bsky.social

Cricket Has A Huge Climate Change Problem The new Hit for Six report highlights extreme heat's impact on the world's second biggest sport. Players and fans are increasingly at risk due to rising temperatures.

🏏🌍 Cricket's climate problem 🔥

The new Hit for Six report, featured in Forbes 👇

www.forbes.com/sites/vitasc...

@climatecentral.org

@climatecentral.org

🏏🌍 "Climate change is on our doorstep, and it's our responsibility to take care of the only planet we call home." Virat Kohli knows where it's at 🙌

🚨 Hit for Six: The Danger Zone - new report on cricket and climate change drops TODAY 👇

basis.org.uk/resource/hit...

🚨 New Report - Hit for Six: The Danger Zone 🚨

🏏🌍 Following on from the original Hit for Six report, The Danger Zone is a stark reminder of the existential threat to cricket from climate breakdown.

Read more on our blog:
bit.ly/4m64faK

🏏⌛Of course when the first Cheltenham Festival was held, back in 1872, atmospheric CO2 was at a very tolerable 288ppm!

🇵🇰 ☀️ Pakistan's quiet solar revolution ⚡

Last year, individuals in Pakistan installed the energy equivalent of half of the entire national grid in solar power... IN ONLY 8 MONTHS 🤯

🏏 Inverex Solar have sponsored various cricket tournaments, including the PSL 😎 👍

The Greenwashing Files - Exxon | ClientEarth Advertising vs. reality - discover the greenwashing practices of Exxon

🏏🌍 As Guyana Amazon Warriors celebrate their GSL win with ExxonMobil on their chests, we thought it's worth mentioning that Exxon have engaged in decades of climate denial and bear huge responsibility for the crisis we're in

No sportswashing please 💀

www.clientearth.org/projects/the...

🏏🌍 Great to see The Next Test co-founder Xeena Cooper featured in the latest Wisden Cricket Monthly 😎

This month's Greener Futures column features our recent Climate and Nature Action Plan for Cricket in association with @gloscricket.bsky.social.

Learn more about the plan: bit.ly/3GjiXMs

Thankfully, I suspect the battle for clean energy will already have been won by the time the next election rolls around. Renewables are running rings the around fossil dinosaurs. This is a last ditch, desperate attempt by people who know their time is nearly up 💀