Abbas from the Final Word community joins the podcast to talk about cricket in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, fills Adit in on what he's missing when he's not watching franchise matches, and might have solved the issue of how to give franchise opportunities to women's players outside the Big 3.
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Chapters:
01:10 Cricket origin story, especially the 2011 World Cup
05:05 Staying up late to watch the IPL
09:34 Franchise cricket as experiments
16:16 Schools cricket in Sri Lanka
20:44 Issues surrounding Pakistani cricket
34:45 Thoughts on Sri Lankan cricket
45:12 How a combined Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi women's franchise league would help player development
48:03 How cricket helps Abbas to connect
