It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, dare we suggest a very slight case of pledger error, or will this hubris ultimately destroy us all? There's a story detour back to Scotland, there's a fate that still has its effect on so many in the game, and there's the time when the biggest of big guns had to face down an unexpected opponent in what became India's biggest heavyweight bout.
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TFW Daily - England create carnage - Women’s World Cup Day 4, England South Africa
Women’s World Cup Day 4, England v South Africa: England have arrived at the World Cup with a resounding victory over a South Africa team that many thought could be a potential banana skin. It was the unsung bowling
of Linsey Smith that set the ball rolling for England, with South Africa seemingly powerless to prevent a disaster. Firdose Moonda joins Cameron
Ponsonby.
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TFW Daily - They’re from Tigerland - Women’s World Cup Day 3, Bangladesh Pakistan
Women’s World Cup Day 3, Pakistan v Bangladesh: The first upset of the tournament comes in only its third game, and the first of 11 matches in Colombo. We already know that Marufa Akter is a star, and she flexed her muscles literally and figuratively to send the Tigers to second on the table. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon.
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TFW Daily - Gardner v Devine - Women's World Cup Day 2, Australia NZ
Women’s World Cup Day 2, Australia v New Zealand: It was a
battle of class v experience and century versus century, thanks to Ash Gardner and Sophie Devine. Contributions with the ball came from Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux for Australia, and New Zealand’s Jess Kerr and Lea Tahuhu, but it was a batter's game in Indore
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TFW Daily - India stutter to start - Women's World Cup Day 1, India Sri Lanka
2025 Women's World Cup, Day 1, India v Sri Lanka: It wasn't always easy, but India's muscle and skill showed through when it mattered most, overcoming their co-host on the opening day of the World Cup. Join Geoff and Adam as they consider whether Harmanpreet's side can win it all.
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