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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 9: India v Pakistan
The Big Bertha of cricket matches came around at last, with the Nassau Stadium on Long Island packed to capacity. The pitch was better than other games at this ground, but the contest was no less tight, with every run a struggle for both sides. As it came down to a close finish, the question was whether Pakistan's nerve would hold where it has failed in so many World Cups before.
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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 8.2: The heavyweight contest of Group B took place in Barbados, with England needing a win more badly than Australia giving the team's divergent fortunes in their opening matches. David Warner and Travis Head who made the early running, while Jos Buttler and Phil Salt almost matched them for speed. But the middle orders would decide the fate of this game. Meanwhile, Afghanistan outgrew the status of underdogs with a demolition of New Zealand.
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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 8.1: Netherlands v South Africa, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
What an opening week of this tournament! The Dutch have a habit of knocking off South Africa in World Cups and they very nearly did it again on Long Island. Meanwhile, in Dallas on Friday night, another chapter was added to the fierce rivalry between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Adam Collins has Ben Jones with him.
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we look at the point when a Marsh coincidence became a Marsh supremacy, before a wander back to one of the most unconvincing toffs to stumble over a Test cap for England. Skip forward some decades to meet the unlikely Danza Pacino Hyatt, discover the mystery of the Pearls Cup, and why not go modern with Brendon McCullum's finest coaching moment.
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1.18 - Toby
1.96 - Chris Jones
2.68 - Matthew Share
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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 7: Canada v Ireland
O Canada! A first T20 World Cup win for the Maple Leafers, defending 137 with class and skill at Eisenhower Park on Long Island. Adam Collins has Daniel Norcross with him to reflect on the second consecutive day where an associate nation has knocked off a full member. Bigger World Cups are Better World Cups.
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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 6.2: Scotland v Namibia.
While history was being made in Dallas, Geoff was with Steven Finn in Barbados watching the Scots eventually flex some muscle against an already muscular Namibia. The arm wrestle wavered either way before a final flat six decided the day. Let's go to the street outside Queen's Park Oval in Bridgetown to find out what happened.
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T20 World Cup Daily: 2024, Day 6.1: USA v Pakistan
Wow. What a game, what a victory. It took going to a Super Over but the Americans have produced the most stunning result against Pakistan in Dallas. Adam Collins checks in with Cam Ponsonby at the ground to discuss a massive victory for the co-hosts.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 5.2: Australia v Oman, Uganda v Papua New Guinea.
The Australians finally get into action, but Oman are not about to let them do it easily. On a testing pitch in Barbados, a lot of testing takes place, and perhaps the catch of the tournament. Meanwhile in Guyana, Uganda's Cricket Cranes make history when they take on Papua New Guinea, and 43-year-old Frank Nsubuga has his own place in it.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 5.1: India are away, thrashing Ireland on Long Island. But what's going on the New York pitch? It's just as much of a talking point as Rishabh Pant's return and the men in blue's fine work with the ball for Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross, who makes his first appearance of the World Cup.
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Season 16, Episode 18: Coming to you from New York City! Or more specifically, Long Island. The ICC is hunting for US-born cricket converts, so we found a couple to sit under a tree in Eisenhower Park for a chat: US national panel umpire Bryan R. Caine, and sportswriter Mike Leboff. Also this week, another cricketer in hot water for gambling in a sport funded by gambling, and Nerd Pledge gives us a very rare Double Revisit, one year in the making.
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18.81 & 24.73 - Luke Reynolds
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 4: Scotland dominate the first ten overs of their game against England, and give themselves a real chance - but what effect will some badly timed rain have? Meanwhile, Afghanistan flexed their muscles against Uganda the previous night while Ben Jones discovered the paloma.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 3: Time for a Super Over! That didn't take long. David Wiese was there in all disciplines for Namibia in the absurdly tight game against Oman. The next morning, welcome to New York, where Sri Lanka batted in concrete gumboots before South Africa did much the same.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 2: Join us in a Dallas diner for pancakes, and maybe an imminent upset? West Indies, the other co-host, had a challenge on their hands in their opening game, as Papua New Guinea were resolute with the bat thanks to Sese Bau, before a host of spinners and Kiplin Doriga's fine hands behind the stumps brought an opportunity to create a huge surprise. In next: Andre Russell.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 1: What. The. Absolute. Hell. The USA pulled out one of the great cricket turnarounds tonight, after Canada dominated the first innings of their World Cup opener. Aaron Jones and Aussie Gous produced the miracle after Jeremy Gordon's over for the record books.
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The T20 World Cup Daily, Day 0: Welcome to America! The Final Word hits Texas ahead of the opening game tomorrow. It’s time to head down to the cricket ground at Grand Prairie and check out what has been put in place, while the temperature rolls through a low swelter and the finishing touches are applied to the stadium.
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, the argument has gone on long enough that it's time to finish it. Is a century plus a half century a milestone? Also this week, a reinterpreted Bannerman, a misunderstood basher, and a contender for the most freakish debut of all time.
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3.53 - Tim Vanderpump, Party Liaison
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1.19 - Matt Blacker
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Season 16, Episode 17: India, the UK and the USA are all heading towards national elections, in the same year that the USA, England and India will all be prominent in cricket, starting with the gathering for the T20 World Cup. For that to arrive, the IPL had to finish, after a campaign as long as any election, and this time Mitchell Starc went from first gear to seventh with exactly the right timing, as did Team USA to down a Full Member nation in a series for the first time. Meanwhile, the ICC still has mates with a (digital video of a) bridge to sell you.
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Season 16, Episode 16: It has been quite the story. First, the revelation that France's cricket board was approving scorecards from domestic games with no evidence of ever existing. Then, blacklisting the entire national women's squad when those players asked for an investigation. The ICC says there is nothing to see here. As ever, there is a lot of money at stake.
We speak to the France24 reporter who broke the story, Peter O'Brien, and one of the banished players, Poppy McGeown.
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, is this one of the most bogus games to get first-class status? Probably not in the top hundred if we're honest but it's funny anyway. Also, a great player's brief and bombastic return, another's fondest day, and the ease of resolving scheduling dilemmas when you have sufficient clout.
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2.33 - Pushkar Godbole
4.92 - Robbie McIntyre
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4.86 - Gareth Cottiss
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The 1961 Ashes had it all, especially at Old Trafford. The ground where Jim Laker ran amok the previous time the Australians visited would be the scene of a staggering come-from-behind triumph under the bold leadership of Richie Benaud, spinning to win from out of the rough. Adam has Steve Cannane with him to interview Harry Ricketts, the co-author of a terrific new book focused on a match that helped earn the Australian captain the reputation as the best leader in the game. But it’s a portrait just as much about the England skipper, Peter May, and how a champion player would become a symptom of an antiquated class system by the end of his time in charge. A book that’s going to win a stack of awards, it’s out this week. Enjoy!
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