Season 12, Ep 24: The month of August is maddening for some in English cricket, yet for others, it's a chance to bankroll the rest of the year. Phil Walker of Wisden Cricket Monthly has written sensibly about this and joins us for a chat. As for Adam - on his birthday! Also, Chappelli retires from commentary, Meg Lannng hits pause on her career, and other big shifts keep coming in the game for men and women.
Your Nerd Pledge number this week:
5.32 - Jonathan Brand.
Audio is here.
This week, Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon on a balcony in the French Quarter in New Orleans. It is Red Dress Day, a perfect time for tales of typhoid, Glenn Maxwell, and I ❤️ New York. Or is that Jeremy Coney on a road trip to Tennessee? Come with us across the continent, following the endless white lines of the interstate.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
3.59 - After Dinner Mint
2.58 - Rahul Venkat
1.91 - Jai Singh
1.16 - Jesse G.
1.28 - Ian Wolstenhome
8.10 - Prasanth Kannan
3.93 - Jeremy Bourke
4.86 - Emil Varghese
3.16 - Steve Dodd
1.02 - Jeremy Nash
Audio is here.

Test cricket has resumed, with South Africa belting England inside three days at Lord's. Adam and Daniel Norcross have the reins for this series. Geoff is on the highways of America driving a van from New Orleans to Las Vegas, and is pretty pleased with himself.
