The practice of shining the cricket ball for maximum swing has moved on a lot from the days of a quick rub on the bowler’s trousers. These days it’s an art and a science.

So this week the team discuss how to shine the ball and the importance of a "Team Shiner" in the mailbag. Other topics on the table in the show this week for Mark Garaway, Burners and David Hinchliffe are the role of franchises in T20 player development, how to bat down the order and how to get sneezed out.

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