We are back to worship the algo, and so fittingly we have found a way to force the Kendrick Drake beef into this episode. We also take a look at what Babar can learn from Akshay Kumar and Aditya Pancholi, why Andre Russell is the GOAT, and our take on the World T20 squads.

Kendrick, Drake and the 2023 World Cup
Babar Azam, Akshay Kumar and Aditya Pancholi
Bobby's career at an inflection point
The role of bowling in modern T20s
Dr. Sohail's resignation and PCB shenanigans
T20 World Cup Contenders
Dre Russell Love

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*puke* A terrible series that taught us nothing and made us despair a lot. We dive deep mostly into Babar, but also the larger malaise afflicting Pakistan cricket.

0:00 - 5:00 Intro and whining
5:00 Lack of ambition and intent
11:14 Toxic national team atmosphere
24:23 Babar's lack of evolution
30:37 Did we learn anything at all?

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To celebrate the star turn by Naseem Shah in his new ***** ad, we decide to take a look back at some of the iconic cola adverts starring Pakistani players. Thirty years of pure pop culture.

Original compilation of ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhwhTaU14zM
Osman podcast discussing War Minus the Shooting: https://www.81allout.com/2021/02/22/an-unquiet-history-an-interview-with-writer-osman-samiuddin/
Ahmer article on separating art from artist: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ahmer-naqvi-the-mohammad-asif-enigma-913199
Abid Hussain article on tape ball history (Nadeem Finger) https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/929545/tape-ball-tales

0:55 Intro to why we aren't doing data but Naseem ogling
4:00 BDS, Palestine and the ethics of working with such companies
9:00 Stop calling us boomers (we then proceed to do boomer shit)
10:40 1987 Have a ***** Day ad with Imran Khan
11:55 1990 with IK and Ws
14:00 1993 Vital Signs traffic jam
14:31 1994 Haroon
17:00 1996 the iconic Nothing Official About It ad
23:30 1997 Saeed and Afridi
26:50 1998 Saqlain
27:00 1999 Shoaib, Speed, 100mph
29:00 2000 The last Afridi launda ad
31:08 2001 Wasim bhai
32:10 2002 Lehmann, Warne and Street Cricket
34:19 2003 Problematic 'tribal' ad
34:50 2004 Osman rant on Strings
36:19 2005 Harasser with unknown
37:12 2006 Adnan Sami
38:30 2007 Younis Khan
40:51 2008 Retired Wasim and baby Asim Azhar(?)
41:30 2009 Last minute Afridi ad
42:40 2010 Aisam ul Haq ad
43:19 2011 Afridi and Shoaib
44:00 2012 Afridi golf etc
45:30 2013 Misbah, Junaid Irfan 'pahunch toa gaye ho'
48:20 2014 Afridi, Ws, Selfie, Gul, Sana Mir
49:22 2015 Afridi and Ukmal
52:05 2016 No cricketers
52:30 2018 No cricketers
53:30 2016 (no clip) Afridi and Misbah shipwrecked
55:00 Naseem's ad and his burgeoning sexiness

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