It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today: raise the bat. 50 episodes of this indulgence are somehow in the bag. We'll have both Mad Dogs and Englishmen, midday sun or otherwise. A closer look at the fitting finish to an epic Test series, an exhibition of T20 perfection, some pure filth from 100 years earlier, and the Final Word's party number gets another run. This is also the week for a chaotic attempt at Julio Pledge! The far less accomplished game on the show.

Your new Nerd Pledge numbers:
4.19 – Dan Walsh & Alastair Wilson
2.73 – Brian Stratford
3.24 – Dane Hansted
3.69 – Sam Littlejohn
2.13 – Harrison Payne

Your Julio Pledgers:
Nick Rice
Anand Viswanathan
Paul Dennett
Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi
Ross Davey
Alex
Pranav Lalan
Susheel R Ramasahayam
Brian Withington
Rob Kingston
Eleanor Higgs
Richard Oakley
Mohit
Mark Peckham
Matt Whitehouse
James Mulcahy
Matt Featherstone
Peter James Patrick Blondi
Josh Williams
Tane Aikman

Plus revisits and confirmations.

Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword
Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com 

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