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7. Stats Life!

7. Stats Life!

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 Andy Zaltzman joins the Back Garden Cricket Club Can you have too many cricket statistics? Does knowing more about the numbers actually make you understand less about the game? And is Bob Harris's obsession with recording back garden batting averages a sign of genius or something requiring professional attention? This week, comedian, News Quiz host and Test Match Special's resident statistical wizard Andy Zaltzman joins Jon "Siri" Briggs and "Whispering" Bob Harris for a wonderfully entertaining rummage through cricket's past, present and possible future. Andy reveals how a greenhouse may have shaped his entire batting career, why modern Test cricket risks losing some of its magic, what the scorebooks don't tell us about Joe Root, and why the game might benefit from a rather unexpected new rule. There's also the curious connection between fatherhood and batting averages, a radical idea for T20, and Bob's cats decide that three people talking about cricket is at two too many. And when Andy tackles our infamous 12 Bouncers, he leaves behind a new Law of Back Garden Cricket that could have the scorers tearing their hair out. It's a conversation that proves there's far more to cricket than the numbers. Although Andy probably has a statistic to contradict that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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