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Feb 2019
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24: PSL last-ball six revives memories o...

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About this episode

This week on The Cricket Pod, Paul Radley and Chitrabhanu Kadalayil talk about the week that was in the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition, which is at the halfway stage.

How important is a fit AB de Villiers to Lahore Qalandars? Was Sarfraz Ahmed's last-ball six like the one Javed Miandad hit in 1986 – also in Sharjah? How good is Hasan Ali?

Also in this episode: 

  • An interview with Daniel Weston, Germany's Australian-born opener, on the upcoming European Cricket League. 
  • A cursory glance at the scope for analytics to have an impact in cricket like it has had in baseball.
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