Ep 106: Fielding cauliflower match ups for dust bowels

At one point Tony says "We've been talking for 20m and only Rachna has made any sense" (edited out). At another point Tony whines on like a pork "chop" about Sanju Samson not making the "cut" (edited out). And for some part of the pod Tony self edits himself out of the pod on account of a power-cut. In between all of this, Chops, Bisi, Rachna, VaMu, SandyG and Tony talk about "cricket without borders", fielding in the IPL, over-reliance on data, selection methods, the Afghanistan ODIs, the upcoming India-England series and much more....

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Bisi: https://twitter.com/bisibelebhaat SHOW NOTES:

1. The IPL in Jan is flying high even before the IPL has begun - https://x.com/StarSportsIndia/status/1746482773916033474

2. Chappelli thatha doesn't like any of his time wasted when he's watching a Test - https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/why-aren-t-we-making-a-bigger-deal-of-the-slow-pace-of-play-in-test-cricket-1416516

 3. Johnson and Kelly, and Faf du Plessis bringing up some outrageous catches to start off 2024 - https://x.com/robelinda2/status/1746102830258414042?t=0s4MadG6g_fmP2t9Mdyeng&s=09 and https://x.com/SA20_League/status/1746170663667188205?t=MJf4LOnzsHqwY6ttvL9ncw&s=09

4. Jemi Rodrigues on the bane right now that is India W fielding and catching - https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-videos/rodrigues-our-fielding-hasn-t-been-up-to-standard-1415270

5. Contribute to Rachana's very promising attempt to spread cricket and life lessons in rural Nepal - https://www.justgiving.com/page/rachana-ramchand-cwb-nepal and read more about Cricket Without Boundaries here - https://www.cricketwithoutboundaries.com

6. Weirdest coin toss ever! EVER! https://twitter.com/FanCode/status/1745323088613630133