On Saturday, May 30, and Sunday, May 31, the day of the Indian Premier League final in Ahmedabad, the International Cricket Council conducted board meetings in the same city. According to the subsequent press release, the outcome was “a series of decisions aimed at strengthening governance, supporting women’s cricket, enhancing global competition structures and fostering innovation in the game.” We should all applaud those headline intentions, but what lies behind them needs to be unpicked. Starting with women’s cricket, it is mainly good news.