Australia's choke, the Afghan Mankad, and farewell Bell
Added 2020-09-12 12:44:27 +0000 UTCSeason 8, Ep 27: A bit late posting this week, sorry, it's been a hectic one. Casting our minds back, we saw quite the choke. Australia's T20 series against England started with a dominant position that somehow turned into a loss. England bossed the second, and Australia got one back via Mitchell Marsh when both teams were changed up for the third. Adam came straight from the comm box to this show via a few wrong turns on the motorway with all the details.
In other news this week, Dawlat Zadran lit up the Afghan T20 league with some lovely work at the non-striker's end, the last of the class of 2005 in the shape of Ian Bell said goodbye to first-class cricket, the women's Big Bash has a schedule, Yuvraj Singh is looking Australia's way, plus some overdue Happy Birthday Sachin and plenty more.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers were:
2.04 – Simon Kozlina
19.97 – Hugh Kenney-Herbert
Then back to last weekend, it was Story Time 14, with our encore interview from Pat Cummins doing typical dreamboat things. This edition had one central lesson: age is no barrier for tweakers with mad skills. Some sad tales from the history of the game, some fun ones too. And you'll never forget the Triple H once you know his.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers for Story Time:
3.83 – Evan Willis
2.22 – Geoff Mouritz
1.16 – History of the Netherlands
4.72 – Chris Arkle
1.64 – Jake Schmidt
2.99 – Troy Smith
Thanks everyone for the messages and the new challenges on edited numbers. You're all doing the work of the ethereal and the divine.
