Despite the ICC's best efforts with messed up pitches at strange venues, ticketing faux-pas, scheduling gaffes and comical broadcast deals, the first week of the T20 World Cup has been a low-scoring blockbuster featuring upsets, reversals and box-office Pakistan. As England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan lick their early - potentially tournament-ending - wounds, Hank, Chops, Tony and Nitin join the pod to review a memorable week.

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It's time for that flagship, marquee cricketing event ... that happens every year. No, we aren't talking about the IPL anymore (and so thank you god) - It's time for a World Cup, in the oddest corner of the world, at the oddest times of the day. As you reset your body clocks, here's a rare episode of Bits and Pieces that doesn't mention Ashwin or Rahul or Shardul or Dhoni... Join Hank, Adi, Max and Vikas as they blunder their way through the team rosters and make random predictions about the semi-finals. The only thing they seem to get right are Adi's softball quiz questions. Can you crack them? We are on Twitter at 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci 3. Hank: https://twitter.com/mohank 4. Vikku: https://twitter.com/donquicksort

As IPL 2024 winds down to anti-climactic conclusion, Tony, Chops, Bisi and Nitin come together to ponder the most important question of all - who has won the Fairplay Award (PS: We had to check). The gang chats about peculiarities such as the impact of luck in T20, the significance of an orange-clad leader who many thought was unbeatable in India falling short in a big contest in 2024, and just marvel the rare sight of Pat Cummins losing a final. We also review Season 3 of The Test, talk about Eng v Pak, SA v WI, and preview India's chances at the World Cup starting next week (yeah, no kidding) for the 783rd time.

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