The Final Word Cricket Podcast

India vs Australia, Ahmedabad Day 3, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. A long day where the scoreboard won't suggest that much action, but the playing field begged to differ. Shubman Gill made a breakout century, Virat Kohli got to his first fifty in a year, but the Australians kept the brakes on with some clever bowling and a whole lot of determination. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne...

India vs Australia, Ahmedabad Day 2, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. It's The Final Word Daily, where Usman Khawaja batted his way to one of the longest innings ever played in India, and Cameron Green notched his first Test ton. Even in the face of this, Ravichandran Ashwin was undimmed although the other bowlers couldn't say the same. India's brief batting stint before stumps looks full of promise....

India vs Australia, Ahmedabad Day 1, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. It's The Final Word Daily, coming from a deeply weird day where the Test match was taken over by politicians at the start of the day. We've certainly never seen anything like it. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoic...

Season 13, Ep 26: With the ECB's hearing into Yorkshire's racism charges underway, we spend the second part of the show speaking to the reporter who has done more work on this story than any, The Cricketer's George Dobell. Before that, recording in Ahmedabad ahead of the fourth India-Australia Test, there have been fireworks in the early rounds of the Women's Premier League, Western Australia keep...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. And this week it's a special. Geoff and Adam get together with our other hosts, Bharat Sundaresan and Daniel Norcross, in a hotel in Indore that is far too fancy for any of us to be staying in, to record this special all-in episode. With bonus Louis Cameron and Brettig in a Box. Your Nerd Pledge numbers thi...

India vs Australia, Delhi Not Day 4: Another day four, another day of nothing happening. Except for press conferences and ICC ratings for the pitch, which was deemed no good. Adam and Bharat rake through the leavings and wonder what India will do next. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

India vs Australia, Indore Day 3: It's The Final Word Daily. It's all over, before lunch on day three. That makes seven and a half days of cricket across three Test matches. But the kicker: the Australians are back in the series. India lose a shootout! Find out how. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choic...

India vs Australia, Indore Day 2: It swung back and forth, it spun one way and another, and eventually another huge day of Test cricket came to an end. Handscomb and Green did some batting, Ashwin staged another intervention, Pujara showed all of his stubbornness, and Nathan Lyon produced an all-time performance. Now the stage is set for Australia to come back into the series - or for something ev...

India vs Australia, Indore Day 1: After two massive batting collapses for Australia, the tables turned. India got bowled out for 109 after Australia's three spinners joined forces. But the pitch is doing everything, and Australia have just inched into a lead. It's all happening! Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about...

India vs Australia, Indore Day 0: After a long break with some time to clear their heads, the Australians will approach Indore with some team changes, while India don't need to make any, but might make one. Also, why not talk about New Zealand beating England by one run? Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad...

Season 13, Ep 25: While the Women's T20 World Cup final might have gone entirely as expected to complete a hat-trick, the domestic WNCL final did not - an astonishing game of cricket even before the five-wicket final over. Meanwhile, the first women's IPL edition is gearing up for its start. Elsewhere, England and New Zealand set up an intriguing final day that got even better than expected after...

2023 T20 Women's World Cup: After a short sharp tournament full of upsets and close calls, the final went to form. Not without some magic from Laura Wolvaardt and Chloe Tryon. Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Ash Gardner and company just kept doing their thing. Geoff and Bharat watched the game with a Hindi cover band for company in a bar in Indore. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com S...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, one of the dodgiest characters we've yet had the pleasure to meet on the show, plus a one-day record you've never heard of that will never be broken, some more scorecard chicanery from the 1800s, another descendant of the Furphy clan, and the style icons of the 1990s. Your Nerd Pledge numbers thi...

India vs Australia again, but in the women's T20 World Cup semi in Cape Town. A day of brilliance for Jemima Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur, the usual high standards from Beth Mooney, and a coming-of-age performance from Darcie Brown. Twists and turns aplenty. With Geoff and Bharat. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more ab...

Season 13, Ep 24: On his last trip to India covering cricket in 2017, Australian reporter Andrew Wu was surprised to be targeted by anti-Chinese abuse. On returning in 2023 he wrote about the experience. Now he sits down with Bharat and Geoff in downtown Delhi to share some reflections. Also this week, Adam and Geoff round up the Women's T20 World Cup, the Delhi Test, England's win in New Zealand,...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. In the grip of the Delhi Flu, Bharat Sundaresan nonetheless gamely tackles this late-night episode from India with Geoff. We have puzzles via poetry, the moment when baseball finally crossed over to cricket, and a wrist-spinning Catholic insurgency. All backed up by the symphony of bad house party vibes and...

India vs Australia, Delhi Not Day 4: With the match done, Geoff and Bharat headed down to the ritzy Lalit Hotel to hear from head coach Andrew McDonald. What has gone so badly wrong for Australia in India, and why? Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Delhi Day 3: In a match that has gone in fast forward, the fastest forward was saved for the end. A historic collapse, 10 wickets for Jadejashwin, and the Australians turned into fungus heads from The Last of Us. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...

India vs Australia, Delhi Day 2: In the Test that just keeps giving, the match swung back and forth on the second day. Nathan Lyon had another day out, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin played another rescue knock, while David Warner is out with a concussion and Travis Head went nuts opening the batting. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/the...

India vs Australia, 2nd Test, Delhi Day 1: That was fun. A wild day of Test cricket, starting with an unexpected bouncer barrage, a reverse-sweep-a-thon, and two of the biggest brains in the game going forehead to forehead. Is Australia's score anywhere near enough? Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choic...

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Delhi: When you get the chance to record an episode at the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort, one of the most impressive ancient structures in India, why not? Adam has been scrutinising Pat Cummins' body language at the press conference, and there is one change for India, but perhaps should be more. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patr...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, it's finally time to get amongst the revisits, which means that this is a bumper show. Go for a long walk or a long drive and settle in with us for Jo Angel's headwear, Bob Hawke's bicentennial paraphernalia, a Hungarian etymology lesson, the best thing ever to happen in Castlemaine, a modern-day...

Season 13, Ep 23: Coming to you at sunset from the old VCA ground in Nagpur, where Damien Martyn hit that six onto the press box roof in 2004, this is at last our first weekly show from India. The old stadium a different place now, much more low key than when it hosted Tests, but our friend Milind bhai from the security detail showed us around. This week on the show, the fallout from Australia's T...

Season 13, Ep 22: The Nagpur Test is over early, so what better time to speak to the man who coached India to the 2011 World Cup, Gary Kirsten. He also took India and South Africa to No.1 in the Test rankings during his tenure. Before that, he was one of South Africa's all-time greats with the bat. An illuminating chat with The Final Word. Your Nerd Pledge number for this week: 4.03 - Amelia Vine...

India v Australia, 1st Test, Nagpur Day 3: They don't come much more comprehensive than that. India's lower order kept bringing the pain, having some fun for themselves at Australia's expense, before the Ashwin & Jadeja show got going for the umpteenth time. All over in three days, get the details here. Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefi...