It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam is recording under a blanket with booster chills, but: can't stop, won't stop. Want to know the silver lining of an Ashes whitewash? The link between Rust Cohle and Gareth Batty? Or learn about the life and times of Syed Abid Ali? Here you go.

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