Season 8, Ep 24: The great MSD has put the cue in the rack, for India at least. In the circumstances, there was nobody better to get back on the show than Bharat Sundaresan, author of The Dhoni Touch.
We also get our light-meters out after a frustrating second Test between England and Pakistan at Southampton. That's where Australia's men are heading, their white-ball squad named during the week. Unfortunately the same can't be said for South Africa's women. We also return to the summer of 1894-95.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this show:
6.14 - Jeremy Bourke
1.99 - John Leather and Cumbrian
4.75 - Cameron Manning
And on Story Time last weekend, we noted the news that we've passed Hanif Mohammad and Brian Lara – more than 501 of you wonderful people supporting us to do this malarkey. We've got more time for more stories. Thank you.
Viv Richards goes to town, Mitch Johnson plays indoor, cricket's grudge match between Chile & Peru, and I get to yell at Bradman. After that we go back to Perth in December 2017 when we interviewed an England spinner, journalist and commentator, the lovely Vic Marks.
The Nerd Pledge numbers were:
2.90 – Sam Littlejohn & Will Day
2.91 – Satchmo Distel & Dane Hanstead
4.40 – Michael Reichstein
7.35 – Gregory Wellman
3.11 – Brook Quinn