Season 12, Ep 22: Daniel Norcross joins Geoff this week, after the success of the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament and the sad news arriving that former umpire Rudi Koertzen has died, after being one of the iconic figures of the 1990s and 2000s. Elsewhere, The Hundred is kinda sorta happening, the Asia Cup is approaching, and Sikandar Raza is on the streak of his life in making Zimbabwe win two series against Bangladesh.

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The long slow smile of Rudi Koertzen