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Story Time 270 – The man who slept at the non-striker's end
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It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Andrew Fidel Fernando joins the show for an unlikely tale of an unlikely nap, one with real consequence. There's also a Welsh excursion for a squad of Western Australians, the kid who won player-of-the-match from well down the pecking order, and a return to one of the faves of faves.
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https://pod.fo/e/412373 Fidel's previous apperance on Story Time is here
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