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We are privileged and blessed to be able to chat cricket on this show and share it with all of you, our listeners.

Without you, there would be no show.

But now and then, cricket has a way of humbling you. Today was one of those times.

On this show, we have two guests who have taken their disability and used it to be an enabler in the world of cricket.

Our first guest, Mr Dean du Plessis from Zimbabwe, is the world's only blind cricket commentator.

He has over 7 years experience commentating cricket on TV with SuperSport, and also on radio.

Most importantly, he is a brilliant analyst and cricket story teller, painting pictures in your mind that only the best can do.

You need to listen to his podcast. It's brilliant.

http://audioboo.fm/blind.commentator

We also spoke with George Abraham from Delhi.

Like Dean, George is also visually impaired.

George is a pioneer for visually impaired cricket, having founded the Association for Cricket of the Blind in India and the World Blind cricket council in 1996.

Listen as they talk to us about how they are turning their disability into a means to enrich the lives of others through cricket.

Of course, we also talk about current world cricket affairs including the Sri Lanka vs South Africa Test series and the England vs India Test series.

Finally, we have another installment of the Muller Award.

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What a pleasure it was to chat with Australian fast bowling legend Craig McDermott

"Billy the Kid" has one of the finest records in Test cricket

Tests ODI

Played 71 Played 138

291 Wickets 203 Wickets

Average 28 Average 24 / Strike Rate 36

He reached:

- 100 Test wickets in the same amount of Tests as Murali;

- 150 in the same amount of Tests as Ambrose, Joel Garner and Michael Holding;

- 200 faster than Thommo and Wasim Akram; and

- 250 in 5 fewer Tests than James Anderson (McDermott also has a better average and SR than Anderson...just saying)

We talked about everything including:

-His role at Cricket Australia as assistant coach;

-Australia Day 1993 against the West Indies;

-Day/Night cricket;

-Mitch Johnson;

-His sons Alister and Ben;

-Why they call him "Billy";

-His new cricket academy;

-Boof vs Mickey Arthur;

-His favourite drink; and

-Craig answers two listener questions!

Find him at cmica.com or on twitter at @c_mcdermott328

Craig McDermott - CBCT

Half of the year has already gone.

We have seen:

Sri Lanka's T20WC win, England lose the Ashes, Australia regain the world # 1 ODI and Test rankings, India loose a Test series to NZ , New Zealand beat the West Indies home and away, South Africa lose to Australia, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in an ODI series, West Indies beat England in a T20 series and no one really cares about Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.

We also have a record 5 nominations for the Muller Award!

Cat was on holiday this week, so Sean Wilson of South Africa's Ballz Radio fame joins Dennis to dissect it all.

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Richard Ings was the head of the Australian Sports Drug Agency, and then the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority from 2005 - 2010.

In this interview, he talks to us about Drugs in Cricket.

Is it a problem?

What techniques are players using to hide the impacts?

Why would cricketers even need to use performance enhancing drugs?

How do the Cricket Australia rules on doping differ from the rest of the world?

Congratulations to listener Brett Graham, whose question was put to Richard to answer.

We also talk about the mankad, Narine's choice to play the IPL final over representing the West Indies in a Test series, Cat delivers a beautifully scripted monologue that is critical of the English Test squad and more.

Finally, the Muller Award is handed to someone who probably should have won it a long time back

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Dennis was very lucky to have Australian cricket's legendary statistician Ric Finlay to join him.

Ric has been keeping score on the international stage since since 1983.

We talk about:

- How he started as a number cruncher

- How he invented the term "Bat trick"

- How the Germans nearly ruined cricket for everyone

- Fairfax vs the ABC

- Yusuf Pathan

- Frank Woolley's unique statistical claim to fame

- Wisden

- What is the equivalent of a century in T20?

Finally, he pots another unfortunate soul by choosing them as the winner of the Scott Muller Award for the week

Follow Ric on twitter @RicFinlay or visit him at http://www.tastats.com.au