You hear that, Mr Anderson? That is the sound of 600 wickets.
Added 2020-08-26 14:01:24 +0000 UTCSeason 8, Ep 25: That is the sound of inevitability. No matter who didn't believe it, James Anderson's march did not stop towards the mark that only three spinners had achieved before, 600 wickets in Tests. The Final Word this weeks looks at his work on the last day of the Pakistan-England series, as well as others like Azhar, Buttler, Crawley, Babar and Rizwan. The Australian men take the first ever chartered flight from Perth to Derby direct, the Australian women prepare for New Zealand, the Australian schedule remains a game of Guess Who, the West Indies women fill the breach in England, and Ricky Ponting goes toe to toe with the Patron Saint of The Final Word, Ravi Ashwin. Righteousness will prevail.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this episode:
1.24 – Jesse G.
2.57 – Adam Hewitt & Julian Campbell.
4.69 – Rohit Ramesh.
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Then last weekend for Story Time, our encore guest was Natalie Germanos, in a wide-ranging conversation at Lord's in 2019 during the men's World Cup. There were lots of revisits and correspondence, including our most special piece of mail yet.
There were more tales of Ravi "Careless Whisper" Bopara, the human sax solo; some Sehwag madness, an Anzac connection; the 2005 end of Australian Ashes dominance for the women's teams; the least successful Test promotion; a reason to love the Gabba; and some excursions back to the Wills Trophy when India used to host every team available.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers for Story Time:
3.19 – Gus Crouch.
8.71 – Daniel March.
4.06 – Basab Majumdar.
2.19 – Jack A & Harry Howard.
5.47 – Dan Walsh.
4.10 – Ben N.
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