Laura Wolvaardt, and the hottest day in British history
Added 2022-07-28 14:49:51 +0000 UTCWhat's doing? We've been busy in the UK. With a series of big interviews over recent and upcoming weeks, we're de facto up to three shows a week just for the time being, all captured as usual in one Patreon post per week. Even if occasionally that post is late, like this one.
Season 12, Ep 16: It was melting outside, so we retreated inside to the air-conditioning at The Oval to record this one. Matt Roller from Cricinfo joins the show. The Big Bash is in real trouble with IPL teams buying out the competing South African league, while South Africans give up on the ODI World Cup. There was real Final Word flavour to the bizarre end of England's domestic T20 final. The Future Tours schedule gets leaked, Ben Stokes retires from ODIs, South Africa's women get steamrolled by a renewed England, Ireland fall just short against New Zealand, and Pakistan set up a Test epic in Sri Lanka.
Your Nerd Pledge number this week:
2.48 - Lee Geldard
The Final Word with Laura Wolvaardt
Season 12, Ep 17: Owner of one of the cleanest cover drives in the game, Laura Wolvaardt burst onto the scene as the Teen Wolf: the youngest cricketer to make an international century, shortly before lighting up the 2017 World Cup. These days she's a senior South African player by the age of 23, with a very evident determination that is taking her from strength to strength. She sits down with The Final Word during the Proteas' tour of England to talk us through the road to here.
Story Time 97 – Nutshot City Limits
This time, a very rare QUADRUPLE HEADER. Not Travis Head crossed with the Hydra, but rarer still, as rare as a competent Travis Head shot against spin. We've got dodgy umpires, dodgy scorers, dodgy openers, and dodgy overs. We've got Younis Khan majesty, medical emergency, and David Guetta. And as you might have guessed, a lot about the box.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
3.13 - Ryan Smith
7.84 - Cam Again
1.08 - Geoff Price
2.22 - Pranav Lalan, Gopal B, Nick Dempsey & Matthew Share.
Audio is here.
