Episode 44 - Experiments with Abbas

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.The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=sharedRSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.socialChapters:01:10 Cricket origin story, especially the 2011 World Cup05:05 Staying up late to watch the IPL09:34 Franchise cricket as experiments16:16 Schools cricket in Sri Lanka20:44 Issues surrounding Pakistani cricket34:45 Thoughts on Sri Lankan cricket45:12 How a combined Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi women's franchise league would help player development48:03 How cricket helps Abbas to connect