It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, who is the greatest French cricketer you've never heard of? This story comes thanks to historian John Peck. Daniel Norcross tries to untangle a slew of distinguished 1930s signatures on a bat, we detour via Esther Williams and 1920s silent film, develop a heavy Dutch theme, and look at some of the maddest finishes to T20 matches. An unmissable Story Time. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:Jenny - 3.10Rooto - 2.10Richard Jones - 2.01Sam Brown - 4.11Ramaswamy - 4.20Nick Dempsey - 3.65 Solutions: Joe McDavitt, Jeremy Bourke, Jack Jorgensen Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at <a href="https://patreon.com/thefinalword">patreon.com/thefinalword</a>Sign up to learn about all the Lord's Taverners projects at <a href="https://bit.ly/tavssignup">bit.ly/tavssignup</a> Find previous episodes at <a href="https://bit.ly/finalwordcricket">finalwordcricket</a>.comTitle track by <a href="https://urthboy.com/">Urthboy</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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Cricket for everyone – your friendly guide to the world's strangest sport. Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins combine match analysis with irreverence, politics, interviews and history as they follow the game they love around the world. You can support the show at patreon.com/thefinalword.
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