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No Balls Cricket Unfiltered Episode 57: Lords Don't Slow Us Down (Please)

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Jofra Archer bowled Rishabh Pant with a ball that climbed the slope and nipped back in.

The hosts open in their usual full-speed derailment before finally settling into Episode 57. They point out that they did not vanish between recordings, even if back-to-back Tests meant there was no gap to record in. The round-up begins with what they treat as the funniest non-India-cricket story available, which is the Riyan Mulder situation. From there, they move straight into the India-England series. The Duke's ball becomes a familiar target for suspicion. England complain when it stops doing enough, then complain again when the replacement does nothing either. India had England under pressure, and the hosts feel that pressure was allowed to slip. The scoreline they keep returning to is the move from 270 for 7 to 387, which they think let England off the hook. The batting side also left runs out there. A better first innings might have reached 450, and maybe 500 if you wanted to push it. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are singled out for batting in a way that made dismissal feel far away. The tone changes when the fourth day suddenly blows the match open. The ball starts misbehaving again. Washington Sundar takes over the conversation. His drift, control, and the way he threatened both edges earn genuine praise. The hosts say this is probably the best they have seen him bowl. They also note that a big share of England's wickets in that innings came by being bowled. The end of the match gets its own comic coda with Zach Crowley's deliberate time-wasting to squeeze one over out of the day. KL Rahul's shrugging approval lands as the perfect final nod. The episode closes the way the show likes to close, with a pile of Oasis references, plenty of laughter, and the sense that cricket has once again been turned into an argument worth having.

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Chaotic cricket chat that still finds the tactical bones under the jokes.

This episode is a brisk wrap of India-England cricket, centered on the second-Test aftermath, the Duke's ball grumbling, and a match that keeps finding its way back into view.

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