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