Non-Striker Run Out II: The Quickening

It finally happened! A bowler's run-out of the non-striker between major cricket nations, the first since Sri Lanka and Jos Buttler if memory serves. That match also marked a series sweep for India's women, and the end of the summer romance between Adam and Daniel on the daily shows. The video is at the top of this post, and the audio is here. They gave the in-the-moment response to the dismissal, then a few days later on the weekly show...

Season 12, Ep 32, Adam and Geoff looked at it after a few days of consideration. There were various claims being put forward about legality and interpretation of the Law, most of them wrong, so we spent some time clearing that up and looking at the detail of what Charlie Dean and Deepti Sharma did on the day, and what the MCC might do next to help protect players and umpires from opprobrium. Also this week, the Strauss Recommendations signal a big shift for English county cricket, Cameron Green makes an all-but-too-late case for T20 World Cup selection, and Pakistan do some extraordinary things via Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan. Plus a belter of a Nerd Pledge.

The weekly show audio is here.

Your Nerd Pledge number this week:
4.89 – Richard Jones.

Story Time 107 – Secretary starring Maggie Gyllenhaal

Sometimes, being a secretary can be the best path forward. Just swap Maggie Gyllenhaal for Ian Peebles. Plus, the glottal magic of Dutch fielding positions, the best way for Northants players to get in the news, generation-spanning family feuds, and Bharat Sundaresan's relationship with Patrick Patterson, after some reflections on Geelong's flag in the AFL grand final. Bharat returns to join Geoff, while promising to keep his answers under 30 minutes.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
7.06 - Chris Dobbins
6.80 - Nic Savage
2.10 - Richard Jansz-Moore
18.84 - MJ Knoester
3.09 - Tim Gilkison & Ian Colvin

Story Time audio is here.

Bharat's visit to Patrick Patterson.

Future plans

Season 13 of The Final Word will start next week, with October coming around the Australian season starting. Adam has booked flights for Australia and will arrive home in October a few days after Geoff, where we'll be doing daily shows together all through the T20 World Cup and at least the first three Test matches. He has to head home just before Christmas with Winnie II on the way, but we'll look to organise some meet-ups and live shows while we're together as well.

Hello from the Sacramento Delta.