The Happy Birthday Sachin special

Yes, after taking the piss out of Sachin's social media for years, we decided it was time to tip our lids along with the rest of the cricket world when his birthday rolled around. And my word, are there a lot of stories. The run time for our show would equal about 33 seconds per Test match that he played, so we actually did very well to move through things as quickly as we did, with Bharat joining the two of us for some special Mumbai memories. 

Thanks to listener Rahul Venkat for the suggestion of a Special Sachin Story Time - episode 133.

Your reverse-engineered Nerd Pledge numbers were:
2.66 - James Philbrook
1.67 - Slim Johns
3.83 - Not That Tim Minchin
28.70 - Michael Holden
7.00 - Terry Hogan
5.47 - Dan Walsh

The video episode is above, the audio is here.

Also, please appreciate this fine, fine photo editing of a terrifying Giant Sachin stalking the countryside like the tripods from War of the Worlds.  

The Final Word with Peter Handscomb

Season 14, Episode 7: Victorian captain, back in the Test side for India, then not in the  Ashes squad, Peter Handscomb's cricket career is still the proverbial  rollercoaster. These days he is learning to take the ride. Now in a  stint playing for Leicestershire, Handscomb sits down with The Final  Word for a long and frank conversation about the hard winning of  self-belief, the role of anxiety, the complications in enjoying the  highs, and the process of letting go.

A video edit is coming, the audio is here. 

The Saudi move on cricket, with Daniel Brettig

Season 14, Episode 6: After our initial conversation last week about Saudi Arabia wanting to buy Indian cricket, it's time to talk to Daniel Brettig, who did some substantial reporting for The Age. Also this week, Ireland bat big in Sri Lanka, New Zealand level a ridiculous T20 series in Pakistan, Glenn Maxwell and David Warner roll on in the IPL, Jimmy Anderson hunts another target in the County Championship, and the Rachel Heyhoe-Flint Trophy starts in a flurry of sixes.

The audio is here.

Your Nerd Pledge number this week:
2.39 - Peta Dowling

Story Time 132 - Caddick keeps up with the Kardashians

A bonus Story Time that was a tasting plate before the Sachin Birthday main, this was a revisit round with a whopping 15 numbers. So many stories to breeze through, but the only tempter you really need is to know that there was a day when Andy Caddick broke the internet.

Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week:
2.56 - Simon Ward
1.54 - Cameron
3.18 - Max Hanlon
2.55 - Pushkar Godbole
6.20 - Brent Simmonds
2.44 - Matt Blacker
4.47 - Rob Kingston
3.47 - Paul Harmer
12.40 - Elia Andrews
3.30 - Toby
3.66 - Erin Kane
3.20 - Gareth Cottiss
5.34 - Andy Turner
4.23 - Chris Lintott
4.89 - Richard Jones

Here's the audio.

Week 4 of April was a quiet one then? Just the two Story Times, one weekly show, one feature interview, and we'll be recording another Story Time later today for the coming weekend. 

As ever, couldn't do it without you. Stay tuned.