Season 11! And the end of The Streak

Season 11, Ep 1: Time to kick off a new season, as cricket begins again in Australia. The audio is here. 

A huge omnibus show after a busy week in the game. We saw two all-time classics in the Australia-India women's one-dayers, one extending the Aussie streak to 26, the next ending it at last. See the last-over work of Jhulan Goswami, pictured above. 

There's our view of England's abandonment of touring Pakistan with no security concerns in sight. HCL Technologies return to inspire. Moeen Ali retires from Test cricket. Indian players are coming en masse to the WBBL. Perth will not get an Ashes Test this year, but arrangements elsewhere continue apace. 

There are the close finishes in England's county championship and in the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy. Maxi makes runs in the IPL. Tasmania's Shield team pulls out of Queensland. England's women knock off New Zealand. What did we miss?

Your Nerd Pledge number this week, from the Father of Nerd Pledge himself:
3.34 - Phillip Meng

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Story Time 63 – The best off-spinner in New Hampshire

Audio is here.

Last weekend: another Daniel Norcross visit, as we find out the things of which he was a keen observer. Live free or die. Also, a beautiful failure who is getting better bit by bit, a Nerd-Julio hybrid double header, another visit to the Shit List, and tangential Jack Fingleton. Don't forget bloody Benaud taking all the credit.

Your new Nerd Pledge numbers:
2.75 - James Philbrook
2.33 - Leigh Couchman
2.00 - Jack Frantz & Brian Strain
3.09 - Mrunal Nakashe
3.18 - Thilo Fob
2.31 - Chris Dobbins
25.06 - Heidi Minchin

New Julios:
Nick Baskaran
Andrea Balcombe
Matt Danson
Akshay Krishnakumar
Oliver Mattock
Rion Gulley
David Adamson
Caroline
Andrew Ruddick

Revisits: Grant Cartledge, Nigel Browne, Max Gillespie, Max Hanlon, Peter Halton, Jimit Raja, Jesse G, George Pearson, Jeremy Nash.