Somebody please beat the Breakers
Added 2021-03-05 12:43:26 +0000 UTCSeason 9, Ep 23: NSW win the 50-over comp every bloody year, but just for a moment the Breakers are fifth. Enjoy the novelty. This week we go back and forth over the Tasman for a range of formats, with some Shield corkers and some T20 madness, some men's games and some women's, some England and New Zealand and India and Australia, as well a detour to Abu Dhabi for Afghanistan and Zimbabwe and their future on free to air. What else? Javed Miandad’s I ❤️ NY hat, Keith Miller's trip to the opera, and of course our old mate Charles Bannerman and those he inspires. It’s another sprawling weekly episode of The Final Word.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers:
2.11 – Rahul V
2.67 – Daniel Dabney
7.60 – Stewart Beamont
Story Time 36 – Dr Quiney, Medicine Woman
Today: Rob Quiney, healer of seagulls, was there anything he couldn't do? How are 229 and 257 the first and second record holders in two completely different categories? What kind of player took completism to unrivalled levels? Plenty of Tony Greig, for some reason, and Percy Holmes, for others. The most fun you can have at the Brabourne Stadium for 17 days. And why, why, how, do some teams possibly get first-class status? Plus some very important Winnie news off the top.
Your new Nerd Pledge numbers:
4.22 – Richard Jones & David Smith
2.50 – Maureen McCord
4.54 – Jack Firth & Ian Bounds
1.47 – Geoff Price
2.77 – Billy Frendo & Rory Seymour
2.42 – Pushkar Godbole
2.16 – Samuel Therkelsen & Jayaprakash
Plus plenty more revisits and confirmations.
The India-England Daily
New episodes have started for the fourth and final Test, on the podcast feed or on video, which is here.
