It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a chance diversion takes us to Dr Erica Larson's work on insects. Adam's childhood dreams of Bob Cowper are realised, three times over, while Andy Whittall keeps bobbing up as well. Eddie Barlow pulls a cool trick, Wisden is scathing about some timid New Zealanders, and we confirm that Harold Larwood did not in fact bowl at 564 miles per hour.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:

210.15 - Rob O'Neill

3.07 - Martin Lawrence

7.94 - Eranda Jayawickreme

2.35 - Nick Tewson

7.00 - Matt Gaynor & John Lansdell

2.01 - Ian Wolstenhome

Revisits

8.16 - Ramaswamy

4.63 - Tim Andrews

3.17 - Nick Dempsey

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Story Time 138 – Influence of the male ejaculate on prezygotic barriers in field crickets