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Story Time 89 – Bradman on the job: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This time, tales of thwarted ambition, tales of brief moments in the sun, and tales of lengthy honeymoons with just a smidgen of cricket thrown in. Plus we go around at some crunchy revisits and sort them out right smart. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 6.53 - Daniel Maloney 5.86 - Al Saunders & Graham 2.14 - Sami Dowd 6.66 - Edward Edgecumbe 17.86 - Jacob Norton Revisits: 5.13 - Stuart Akers 9.02 - Charlie Ryan 1.33 - Ed Simba 4.80 - Dave Brown 3.89 - Chris Beattie 11.33 - Pip Clark Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 100!: Raise the bat by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 84 – The weighting of dice cricket: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Daniel Norcross hops in to give Adam some recovery time, and perhaps not coincidentally the show is all about leg-spinners and long-distant Caribbean cricket. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 3.47 - Paul Harmer 2.70 - Daniel O'Connell 11.33 - Philippa Clark 4.80 - Dave Brown 3.44 - Cameron M 5.37 - Will Cuckson & Elliott Diamond 5.46 - Richard Bond McNally 3.03 - Eric Parnis 7.51 - Ben Woolgar Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get 20% off Woodstock Cricket kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 65 – There has never been a Test match in Adelaide: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Let's learn about a whole lot of running without a lot of smiting, by the last person you would expect it from. How many international caps did Morne Morkel win WITHOUT playing for South Africa? Krejza goes Krazy, Gilchrist goes crazy, and there's a triple-header with a whole lot of permutations. But one question persists throughout: has there ever really been a Test at Adelaide? Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 3.10 – Amelia Vine 12.34 - Rosie Piper 1.54 - Shane Fagg 2.96 - Nick Tewson 3.83 - Timothy O'Mera, Simon Butcher & Jayaprakash Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk kit with the code TFW20 44% off Wisden Cricket Monthly subscriptions at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out Brick Lane Brewing on Instagram,FB and Twitter The Final Word is part by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 22, with Dan Liebke: Another weekend with the world in flux, another edition of Story Time to take you back to a happier time, deep within the belly of cricket history. From the Battle of the Ridge to some of Lancashire’s finest, we have you covered this weekend. Then, a conversation with the always funny Dan Liebke, who has a new book out. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 5.42 – Tom Stewart 5.65 – Niall Duxbury 6.06 – David WFG 5.75 – Toffee 31.94 – Iain Gordon 4.62 – Will Sandford Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get your Wisden Cricket Monthly discount at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 146 - Cowdrey MYTHBUSTING by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 94 – The many crimes of Fidel Fernando by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 132 - Andy Caddick keeps up with the Kardashians by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 58 – When Uncle Rod Marsh was king: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today: someone who managed one sixtieth of a Test career, and someone who managed an average that no one else has matched. The lows into highs of a player we've loved to recall. And a magical mystery tour through some of the most wild selector logic. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 5.88 - Jeremy Bourke 2.07 - Vijay 5.30 - Angadh Oberoi 6.41 - James Roder 3.87 - Clayton Lewis 4.41 - Steve Dodd Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at  finalwordcricket.com Have a look at the Lord's Taverners programs at lordstaveners.org Check out Brick Lane at bricklanebrewing.com Get 20% off Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Get 44% off a Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Sup by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 88 – The Invisible Invincible: It's Story Time, our skip through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This weekend, the second part of our high-speed revisit round where we happen upon the tale of a man who was there with Bradman and co in 1948 but never on the main stage, before landing back on players like Boonie and Keppler Wessels who lived their careers in the limelight. Between times, we swing through Florida, find another Chesney and go back to where it all began for New Zealand. Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week: 1.76 - Sam Ashworth 2.27 - Sheetal Potdar 4.10 - Timothy O’Meara 3.46 - Keelan O’Reilly 2.70 - Daniel O’Connell 3.05 - Tim Manning 3.41 - Richard L 5.37 - Elliott Diamond 4.80 - Dave Brown 2.44 - Mike Dunn 1.92 - Shannon Blackmore 1.76 - Cameron Allen 8.81 - Glenn Finkelde Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 The Final Wo by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 77 – The double and the double-double: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. We're back in the swing of things, with the Australian summer's Test matches done with, and the English winter unrelenting. Today, The Kid can only mean one thing to Adam. There's never a bad time to talk about Captain Misbah, and who fancies a trip to Lismore? Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 19.51 - Michael Gormley 5.34 - Jake Sheedy & Sean Barry 42.50 - Chris Churches-Lindsay 4.21 - Kumar Gopalkrishnan 4.00 - Dan Walsh and James Heuzenroder 2.39 - Dane Hansted 11.13 - Christopher Byrne Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk kit with the code TFW20 44% off Wisden Cricket Monthly subscriptions at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out Brick Lane Brewing on Instagram,FB and Twitter The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urth by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 50 – A gentle wave of the bat: 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 by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 57 - The dusty old bastards club by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 82 – Walking like a dude, feeling all cool: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, even when Bharat Sundaresan is not on the show he can create general hilarity by being in the room. We're Story Timing you all the way from Karachi in the depths of the Pakistan tour. Plenty of tales from this part of the world and from much further afield. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 1.42 - Uzair Khan & Ross "River Fever" Davey 2.31 - Anna Peterson 1.58 - Rooto 2.58 - Danny Strickland & Rahul Venkat 5.63 - Michael Holden & Mark Bagworth 3.41 - Conor Prendergast & Richard L. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get 20% off Woodstock Cricket kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Check out Brick Lane at bricklanebrewing.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 25, with Harsha Bhogle on India’s TV revolution: How the Sheffield Shield came to be, Stan McCabe’s sculpture and one of the more curious Test careers. That’s where we begin on this weekend’s Story Time deep dive. Also, Marcus Trescothick’s mitts, twin tons with a difference and the night Ireland stunned the world. When that’s done, enjoy a conversation with Harsha Bhogle from Calling the Shots on the fascinating history of cricket broadcasting in India. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 1.50 – Sarah Vaile & Helen Maynard-Casely.  7.01 – Crispn Crunch. 1.19 – Finn opt Hoog 3.60 – Nick Miller.  4.14 – Oliver Cawley. 3.71 – Pat McKeon.  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com Listen to the Calling the Shots documentary: https://omny.fm/shows/the-final-word-cricket-podcast/playlists/calling-the-shots Help out the Lord’s Taverners during lockdown: www.lordstaverners.org Check out CBUS Super at  cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by  Jay Mueller by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 96 – Find the jade monkey before the next full moon by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 64 – The Dublin scorecard mystery: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today, an early theme emerges with the West Indies and Ireland, leading us to a true scorecard mystery from just a few years ago. Then a pledger becomes a subject before Julios are feted - likewise an underappreciated hero of 2005. Some stunning stats, as always, as we hit the revisits: the most runs off an over (more than you think) and the most economical Test spell ever sent down. Sit back and enjoy. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 5.68 – Luke Reynolds 4.90 - Douglas Wardell-Johnson 2.21 - Andrew Beech 26.25 - Ciaran O’Kane 5.43 - TD Fairbairn 1.77 - Joel Emonsen 3.94 – Matt Laycock 1.05 - Bernhard Sayer New Julio Pledgers: Katy Morris Shravan Kumar Liam Stanley Paul Watts Thomas Cooper Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk kit with the code TFW20 44% by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 90 – Vote 1 Maxwell Sheffield: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, what a show this turned out to be. The Lion King returns, as does The Nanny, a fair bit of karaoke, Morticia Addams, some of the nerdiest areas that TFW listeners have ever led us to, and the missing Bowen Big Mango. Plus the wildest coincidence in the history of this show. Tune in. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 2.00 - Jonathon 3.62 - Bharat Agarwal 5.27 - Alex Brown 3.27 - Steve Lofthouse 5.18 - David Nicholls 2.04 - Vivek Arcot 5.26 - Simon McInerney 3.70 - Samuel Chappell Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Revisits: Owen, Edward Edgcumbe, George Pearson, Josh Goleby, Duncan Davies, Elliott Diamond, Chris Beattie, Matt May. 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Suppo by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 133 – Happy Birthday, Sachin by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 74 – On the nature of death in the Buffy universe: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a sequence of unfortunate timing with some of our numbers - but here's your proof that we don't mess with the spreadsheet. We cover a bit of Lord Gower, the all-round skills of Jolet Hartenhof, when someone was better than Bradman, and the propensity of cricketers to get on the darts. Also don't miss our Aerosmith Broadway production with Derek Pringle. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 4.80 - Jono Haylen 3.86 - Steve Dodkin & Brian Stratford 2.15 - Duncan Davies & Bryan R. Caine 6.52 - Dominic Bowes 6.14 - Nikhil Venkatesh 5.01 - James Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 170 – The childhood diary of Adam Collins by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 136 - Anil Kumble: sex symbol by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 128 - Revisits Special... the big one by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 117 – Made in heaven by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 78 – The 4am revisit special: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we burn through a couple of months' worth of numbers that we didn't get right, but this time we're confident. We'll go back to Faisalabad, have a clash of continents, double up in Lancashire, and find the most prolific player to never have a Cricinfo biography. Were we right about Jeff Thomson's real average? What's the finest work done by an Antigua dentist? Why is the host of Bullseye in my hotel room? Find out! Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week: 14.45 - Terry Hogan 6.04 - Jeffrey Gabriel 3.86 - Brian Stratford 4.21 - Kumar Gopalkrishnan 4.14 - Sam Ashworth 6.28 - Declan Lawlor 5.88 - Max Heaton 1.43 - Wayne Holloway 5.67 - Andrew Turner 6.14 - Nikhil Venkatesh 2.07 - Vijay 2.15 - Bryan R. Caine 28.01 - Richard Jansz-Moore 2.39 - Dane Hansted 96.00 - Jeremy Brown 3.82 - Julian King 4.18 - Ed Fowler 4.54 - Chris Unwin 3.45 - Mark Stein 6.43 by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 85 - Hayfever: a career-ending affliction: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Daniel Norcross is back but in the chair for Geoff this time. And both he and Adam end up landing on a similar topic: inappropriate post-war county captains and how they found themselves in the job. Specifically, a man named Mandy - it's worth sticking around for the end of the show, this tale is worth it. Also featured: Curtly, Warnie and Sexy David Hookes. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 4.51 - Joshua Goleby 2.05 - Sam Littlejohn 4.64 - Adam Tunney 4.10 - Sam Nemzer, Timothy O'Meara & Slim Johns 4.17 - Rob O'Neill & Andrew Donnison 2.83 - Claire Danny Daniel 2.69 - James Blundell Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get 20% off Woodstock Cricket kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/l by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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The Final Word 59 - Rally round Rakheem, Clifford, and Jerome: It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today: Daniel Norcross once more plays the role of Adam Collins with panache and aplomb. Sounds delicious. And we have a huge amount of fun with a particularly dastardly number, a creative solution, a look at the world's biggest roundabouts, the best ducks, the most running, and a Trinidad legend of 1928. Jump in. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 7.75 - Timothy Waud 2.12 - Darren Smith 3.07 - Dan Forman 3.90 - Nigel Browne 11.37 - Tanya Wintringham 9.04 - Chris Arkle Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get 20% off Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Get 44% off a Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out Brick Lane at bricklanebrewing.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Titl by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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Story Time 92 – Alex Tudor and the perfect day out: Our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener challenges. by The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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