Story Time 168 – Viv Richards versus Papua New Guinea

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Let's hear a tale we had never found before, about one of the unlikeliest mismatches of them all. Also, an equally unlikely change of allegiance, a game with four results on the table, the player who faced the longest wait, a real wrong number, a curious cumulative record, and the little-discussed batting of a bowling legend, Your Nerd Pledge revisits this week: 6.35 - Max W 78.00 - Peder Roberts 10.70 - Rafael Szumer 1.14 - Guy Hornsby 5.00 - Xavier Bochat 12.32 - Glenn Finkelde and new number 6.79 - Ben Woolgar Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Get that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfw Sort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday Run or donate to the 2024 Edinburgh Marathon for the Lord's Taverners All links at linktr.ee/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices