Season 13, Ep 21: It’s been a while, but the weekly show comes to you from Daniel Norcross’ front room in South London with Geoff having a brief spell before joining Adam in India next week for the Border-Gavaskar. It’s an episode with plenty to get through around the cricketing world before finishing on a conversation about the mistreatment of South African skipper Dane van Niekerk, the repercussions of which could be incendiary for the women’s game in that country.

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