Annesha Ghosh

11/07/2026

13/05/2026

For the people ✨🏃🏻‍♀️

Fun fact: Besides other athletes, I am still chasing the Indian women’s cricket team and their stories 😅



Interesting giant screen photo choice, must acknowledge: 📸While training young sports storytellers in Germany 🇩🇪 last year at the World University Summer Games Young Reporters Programme

[ Sports , Storytelling , Cricket , Role Models , Athletes ]

14/04/2026

New writing ✍️ For the 163rd edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

Deepti Sharma, the India allrounder, has been named the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack Leading Women’s Cricketer in the World for the Year 2025 in the 163rd edition of what is colloquially known as the ‘Bible of Cricket’.

My tribute feature on India’s all-weather allrounder, also featuring an interview with Deepti herself on her bumper year, is part of this year’s Almanack along with the WPL - Women's Premier League 2025 review.

Read both the features in the book when it’s out on April 16; the link to the Deepti piece is also available on my Story, FB, and X: https://www.wisden.com/series/icc-womens-cricket-world-cup-2025/cricket-news/world-cup-player-of-the-tournament-deepti-sharma-named-wisdens-leading-cricketer-in-the-world-women

Documenting’s Deepti’s career arc, along with the growth of the Indian women’s cricket team and the women’s game globally at large, for almost a decade now has been career- and life-shaping for me. Writing the Leading Women’s Cricketer of the Year piece for a second year on the trot is a privilege I don’t take lightly.

Thank you Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for the honour. And thank you for your time, Deepti.

To words and people ✨

15/02/2026

Calling this Rovman Powell v Mohammad Nabi wicker on commentary for ICC during Afghanistan v West Indies ICC Men's T20 World Cup official warm-up at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, India

15/02/2026

Calling this Ibrahim Zadran six on commentary for ICC during Afghanistan v West Indies ICC Men's T20 World Cup official warm-up

13/02/2026

Three and a half weeks. Two ICC - International Cricket Council events. Across men’s and women’s cricket.

Grateful to have worked as a lead and colour commentator, and to handle toss and post-match duties as a presenter, at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2026 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Matches at the Tribhuvan University Ground and Upper Mulpani International Cricket Ground decided the final four entrants for the 10th edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, to be held in England and Wales in June-July.

It was my first time in Nepal. The warmth, the stakes, the crowd support during Nepal’s win over Zimbabwe and the contests themselves for the top four spots, made it memorable. I hope to be back more often, mic in hand.

From there to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for three ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 official warm-up games. Another first visit. Serious preparation and strong competition from Afghanistan, West Indies, Namibia and Scotland, with the Ayush Badoni-led India A also in the mix.

One small exchange stayed with me. Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus (pictured below) noticed the effort to try and pronounce his name with the softer “H” from the epiglottis, rather than defaulting to a hard “G”, during the toss. Later, he even said that if I went with “Ger-rard” he would understand, because that is “what many end up going with not knowing what the actual pronunciation sounds like.”

It reminded me that the basics matter, and that players do notice, even when you are working with them for the first time. :)

So now, it is back to the notebook between tours. Listening to the greats and stalwarts. Reworking pronunciations. Researching backstories and game styles — all more diligently for the next time I am entrusted with picking up the mic. Nothing dramatic, just putting in the hard yards, as one should, and do justice to every opportunity the industry trusts me with.

Thank you, ICC and all the crew members and my co-commentators involved in both events.

A selection of links from calls from these tournaments that made their way to ICC digital platforms here:

Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi removes West Indies’ Rovman Powell: https://lnkd.in/g2wJSbER

Nepal bowler Sita Rana Magar’s CR7 celebration: https://lnkd.in/gzqyfyM9

USA quick Tara Norris v Ireland’s Orla Prendergast: https://lnkd.in/gtmKHxRv