Tim, Nick and Bes return to react to the news of the T20 World Cup (02:10), among other ramifications in the global game as we still battle a pandemic. The boys take a look at two more South Africans signed to deals in the USA (09:15), before Bes wraps news (17:25) with updates from Rod Lyall and Craig White. Following that Tim and Nick talk to Jarrod Kimber (21:50) in part two of their chat!
Our picks of Jarrod's best articles:
Tim's picks:
The Shahid Afridi of Kansas: Mohebullah Archiwal's story of how cricket took him from war-torn Afghanistan to middle America (2017):
http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1118422/the-shahid-afridi-of-kansas
Emma Lai Walks on the grass: The story of the cricket-club waitress who was playing for her national team within a year of picking up a bat for the first time (2017):
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18731161/jarrod-kimber-emma-lai-waitress-turned-cricketer
Nick's favourites:
Borren's Boys: A profile on the Dutch captain completed after his team's fighting win over Hong Kong (2017):
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/18710103/jarrod-kimber-peter-borren-netherlands
Wild Thing: Shaun Tait bowled to the left, he bowled to the right, and nearly a decade ago, he bowled a frightening spell with all his might (2015):
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/920605/wild-thing
Point fielders with gloves: Wicketkeepers are batting better than ever before, but it's time for them to go back to what they were best at (2015):
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1083622/point-fielders-with-gloves
Jarrod's selections:
The master of Mombasa: From a small city in a cricketing backwater emerged Aasif Karim, a taker of big wickets (2015):
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/900135/the-master-of-mombasa
Sreesanth: the story of a fall: How the clown prince of Indian cricket is fighting his way back after a jail sentence and a ban for spot-fixing (2019):
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1204180/sreesanth--the-story-of-a-fall
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