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Laurie Nash's hat-trick ball, and how the ICC screwed Thailand
🕑 Added 2021-12-06 23:31:53 +0000 UTCGuess who forgot to post the episode to Patreon last week? It was... Adam, let's blame him. Yes. But you probably already found Season 11, Ep 7:
With a new COVID variant causing panic in the ranks, the ICC cancelled its Women's World Cup qualifier that was underway in Zimbabwe. But there will be no rescheduling, just the promotion of countries that already sit at the top of the tree. Andrew Nixon joins the show to explain how Thailand, in particular, have been dudded. Also this week: the WBBL final, Ashes selections, and New Zealand hold off India in a classic Test.
Before that, it was...
Story Time 72 – Laurie Nash and the hat-trick ball
In which Daniel Norcross joins the show once again as Adam (read, Winnie) deals with jetlag, allowing the show to start with World War II and take a wintry perambulation through the fields of Daniel's imagination. We have some splendid parts of the story of Laurie Nash, the feats of two direct-hit specialists at cover, another peer through the smoky haze at Dion Nash, and the history of the Tamworth Big Golden Guitar. Plus, New Zealand's special secret...
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
2.12 - Darren Smith
1.06 - Jake Cunliffe
6.66 - Graham Jones
2.50 - Sam Brown
4.20 - Peter Tattersall
2.68 - Guy Hornsby
4.18 - Ed and Jamo
