It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a new record for single largest pledge provokes a ridiculous voyage into the obscurities of the past. We have cricketing pilots, an Almanack exploration, Stork Hendry going in to bat for Clarrie Grimmett, and a thorny clue that you might have more luck with than we did.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
411.12 - Sean McGivern
23.30 - Michael Holden
1.68 - Eric Parnis
2.93 - Graeme Innes
4.43 - Sean O'Carroll
17.75 - Tane Aikman

Join us for the Edinburgh half-marathon on 28 May to raise funds for the Lord's Taverners. Register to run at this link or by emailing finalwordcricket@gmail.com. Donate to support the runners here. Or learn about other Tavs projects by joining their mailing list at bit.ly/tavssignup.

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