Cricket sells out to Saudi oil

We're both in Australia at last. Back home in the brisk but beautiful bosom of Victoria, just down the coast from Melbourne as we cover the T20 World Cup qualifying stage in Geelong. On the days when matches are played in Hobart, we are wandering around the nearby regions to find nice places to record the World Cup Daily, because we're doing some work with Victorian tourism for these few days. If you want to click the videos or share them around, every little bit helps. 

That's an example of a good sponsorship. Something that we actually like and believe in, and that is good for people. An example of a bad sponsorship might be...

Aramco.

Cricket sells out to Saudi oil

Season 13, Ep 4: As climate catastrophes worsen by the year, the International Cricket Council has decided to promote the world's biggest oil company as cricket's major sponsor. As a bonus, it's the company that bankrolls the murderous Saudi Arabian government, who are also hunting sportswashing opportunities through English football and their rebel golf tour. This is in the same week as Cricket Australia announces an end to its sponsorship from another major fossil fuel company, while Netball Australia alienates its players by taking the cash from Gina Rinehart's mining empire. Elsewhere this week, the WBBL starts with a bang, and the ultimate cricket veteran, Scyld Berry, joins the show despite never having listened to a podcast.

Audio is here.

Your Nerd Pledge number this week:
6.48 – Matt Wust / Fake Patch Clapp.

Story Time 109 – Skewered by your own obituary

Death, where is thy sting? Apparently it comes afterwards. This week, a trawl through the obituaries of yestercentury. A record that still stands by a mile, a woman who was outstanding at sequences, a duelling piano bar in Texas, and the second-best wicketkeeper in England.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
2.57 - Julian Campbell
3.92 - Laksmi
3.42 - Harry Chapman
3.60 - Mark Xerri
3.90 - Anna Forsyth

Revisits: Rosie Piper, Ian Colvin

Archive ep: Allan Border is banned from getting old

As we post up old lost episodes from the early seasons, perhaps in-depth match chat from 2017 is not what you need. But it's worth it for the segment on AB's endorsement roster. Season 3, Ep 9 was also recorded during Donald Trump's inauguration week, in which Billy Stanlake was King of Geelong, Glenn Maxwell was switch-hitting to the moon, an exorcism was held against Marsh spirits, Peter Handscomb made his one-day debut, Yuvraj Singh kept going for India aged 57, and Jess Cameron combined with Amy Satterthwaite for one of the wildest last-ball finishes ever.

Audio is here.

Not bad for one week, hey? Can't stop, won't stop. See you at the beach.