Story Time 42 – Selfish batting

We're busy recruiting for our tours to Brazil and Pakistan when (hopefully) the planet allows for such a thing in 2022: on The Final Word, we Dera to Dream. From there, straight into our work on Story Time for another weekend, looking at an unexpected captain then a peculiar omission following a Test double ton. We finish off with a trio of our favourites: Simon Katich, the Wild Thing and one of Pakistan's finest century-crushers. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 2.56 – Harry HHH Howard 5.44 – Joe Reinhard 2.17 – Hamish Stares and Richard Casamento 2.46 – Christopher Byrne 3.84 – Will Day & Kris Swales Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Order the 2021 Wisden Almanack now and save big at wisdenalmanack.com/2021 In Australia or the USA, plug in code WA30 to get 30% off the RRP. In the UK, subscribe to get the book for £25 instead of £55 CBUS Super is at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices