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Richard Mann

Richard Mann ("Empty Cases") is a West Virginia-based outdoor writer and Field & Stream shooting editor, author of several gun and hunting books and a panelist on the Big Game Hunting Podcast.

Jun 23, 2026

7:12
Um, we were very negative on England last week 'cause they had no experience, uh, and now they're not seemingly like they're a very happy camp at all.
7:21
Yeah, I mean, rumor mill, and we've got to be careful, but the rumor mill is swirling.
7:26
Um, Stokes isn't gonna be welcome back with open arms like, like we're led to believe.
7:32
H- even Harry Brook and, and Stokes apparently don't get on that well, and, and he's the vice captain.
7:37
Obviously, Stokes was a big fan of Ollie Pope previously.
7:40
I don't think Stokes wanted Pope to lose that job.
7:43
Um, Brook's your second best batsman, so that's not ideal.

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19:28
Uh, Rich, England players to follow.
24:48
He is 17-2 with 3-6-5. don't know i just can't work out jamie smith um not sure the lift goes all the way to the top to paraphrase david lloyd's line about emma stoney all those years ago um top bowler tongue two in eight not much to beat nine to four star sports and uh potentially bet right as well rich
25:20
I can't get over that line.
25:22
Yeah, I think Root's obviously rock solid.
25:26
Good record here.
25:27
Better than I thought, actually.
25:28
Averaged his late 40s.
25:31
Harry Brook averaged his 41 here, but his record against New Zealand, it is absolutely superb, particularly away from home anyway.
28:36
He is underrated at 5-1 sporting in the... and spread x uh we'll mention them again jameson at 50s uh we told you last week smith 80s bet mgm virgin but they're way out of line you're getting 20s uh elsewhere uh top bowler here is your bet right boost that we have specifically requested uh no prizes for guessing it's matt henry 11 to 4 he's won five of the last nine a blanket hq better for the run um rich kiwis to follow
9:19
What are we thinking about, uh, England at the moment?
9:24
Yeah, well, I mean, it, it kind of signals what we thought would be a new dawn, but same old regime.
9:29
But Brendon McCullum, head coach, talked last week about a refined approach.
9:33
He, he likened his side to heavyweight boxers.
9:36
Not losers, boxers.
9:38
Um, expect, expe- expect plenty more bad jokes about [laughs] England in the next 30 minutes.
9:43
But wanted, said they wanted to use a gar- lawnmower and not go for that knockout blow all the time.

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37:53
Uh, Sa- I'm gonna get your Santner prices for you when we come back, but let's go to Richard.
19:46
Just go and play
19:48
You know, turn up, he's had a good night's sleep finally as well, and he, he begins to realize what, what is actually important in life.
19:54
Um, look, Bumrah, three wickets in 12, he's still favorite top one by Indians bowler.
19:59
Got to be Corbin Bosch for me.
20:00
He's taken eight in four.
20:02
Um, cracking strike rate.
20:04
He's done us so many favors.

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44:50
We timed him, we timed him almost to perfection, I think, with Kohli.
16:38
Players to follow, Richard.
16:41
Right, well, uh, uh, VIP, uh, s- subscribers will remember me, uh, starting with the Ishan Malinga before I looked at the start of the season.
16:50
It didn't go as well as I'd hoped, but he's, but typically he's roared back to form now.
16:54
Last four games, two wickets, three wickets, four wickets, two wickets.
16:58
Genuine wicket taker for SLA.
17:00
You could do him in the tops, but, um, I thought Malinga to get, uh, two wickets at 2 to 1 with Betway was a bit of a knocking bet, really.
17:08
I mean, obviously he's copped in the each of the last four games, so that looks a one for me.
21:56
Uh, Rich, giving all the numbers, what's the best way to play?
3:50
Mm-hmm
3:50
... cartridge.
3:50
And, uh, I think Weatherby realized that, hey, now we're getting a lot of high BC .25 caliber bullets, but we don't have any cartridges we can shoot them fast out of.
4:02
You know, the 25-06 is a fantastic cartridge, but, uh, it's limited by its Sammy standardized one in ten twist.
4:11
Same with the 257 Weatherby, which is...
4:13
I, I mean, there's a lot of people that love that cartridge, but one in ten twists, so you're, you're still kind of limited on the type of bullet.
4:21
And, uh, you know, Weatherby developed that RPM cartridge, the 6.5, several years back, and then I think they, uh, did the, what was it, 338.

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34:39
I'd never heard that before.

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