The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you.  Today, the West Indies dug deep to beat Zimbabwe, and Scotland are still in it after beating Ireland. Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find us at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with th...

Season 13, Ep 4: As climate catastrophes worsen by the year, the International Cricket Council has decided to promote the world's biggest oil company as cricket's major sponsor. As a bonus, it's the company that bankrolls the murderous Saudi Arabian government, who are also hunting sportswashing opportunities through English football and their rebel golf tour. This is in the same week as Cricket A...

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you.  Today, Sri Lanka secured their first win at the World Cup, beating the UAE with ease, and the Netherlands have won back-to-back matches.  Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find us at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo...

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you.  Today, there was another major upset as Scotland comfortably beat the 2015 winners West Indies, and Zimbabwe eased past Ireland. Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find us at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo Woodstoc...

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Namibia produced a stunning performance against Sri Lanka, and Netherlands went all the way to the line against the UAE. Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find us at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockC...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a trawl through the obituaries of yestercentury. A record that still stands by a mile, a woman who was outstanding at sequences, a duelling piano bar in Texas, and the second-best wicketkeeper in England. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 2.57 - Julian Campbell 3.92 - Laksmi 3.42 - Harry Chapma...

Season 13, Ep 3: There are not many cricket enthusiasts as knowledgeable and as garrulous as historian / comedian / chat-merchant Mark Steel. He has delved into the history of the game before, as we do every week, and he still turns up to play and watch on a regular basis, between making the many radio and television programs that fill his life. Time for us to sit back with a rum and let him roam...

Season 13, Ep 2: There's a documentary sequel coming about the Australian men's team, but strangely this time Justin Langer is not positioned as the main character. Also, our listener Bryan R. Caine was the United States umpire officiating as Rakheem Cornwall bashed a double century in a T20 match this week. Bryan joins the show to tell the story. Cricket makes its pitch for the Olympics, the Maxw...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we deal with no fewer than SIXTEEN revisits in quite possibly our longest Story Time yet. What didn’t we talk about? Ian Harvey features at least three times in very different contexts – it’s that kind of episode. If you’ve enjoyed a rambling history show in the past, this episode is especially f...

Season 13, Ep 1: That's right, it's back to the start of an Australian summer, the end of an English one, and a new season of The Final Word. Who can believe we've done thirteen of them? We've also finished reloading the lost eps from Season 4, so we only have our first three short seasons to put back into the feed. The Sheffield Shield is starting up alongside the WNCL, the County Championship ha...

Season 12, Ep 32: We've been anticipating it, and here it was: a run-out of the non-striker between two major cricket nations, signalling the next phase of evolution of this much-maligned dismissal. On this episode we look at the current structure of the Laws, the details of what Charlie Dean and Deepti Sharma did on the day, and what the MCC might do next to help protect players and umpires from...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Sometimes, being a secretary can be the best path forward. Just swap Maggie Gyllenhaal for Ian Peebles. Plus, the glottal magic of Dutch fielding positions, the best way for Northants players to get in the news, generation-spanning family feuds, and Bharat Sundaresan's relationship with Patrick Patterson, a...

Controversy after running out the non-striker helps India win the ODI series 3-0 and beat England by 16 runs. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ The Final Word will be at every day of the ODI in this series, with Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hal...

Harmanpreet Kaur stole the show in Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 143 against England. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ The Final Word will be at every day of the ODI in this series, with Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and coverin...

Season 12, Ep 31: After three weeks in the desert, Geoff is back to find the outside world completely unchanged. Ha. So this week has Adam pacing him through what has gone on in the meantime. Also, Rachael Haynes finishes up for Australia after a distinguished career, England return to Pakistan after a long absence, and we may well talk too much about AFL Grand Final week for a cricket podcast. Yo...

India claim the opener after beating England by 7 wickets. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ The Final Word will be at every day of the ODI in this series, with Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the action. Learn mo...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. We never mess with the order these numbers land in our in-tray: what comes up, comes up. So it must've been meant to be that in the same episode we'd deal with two spinners who changed the craft of slow bowling forever, Bernard Bosanquet and Jack Iverson. With Daniel Norcross joining Adam, there's time for...

Season 12, Ep 30: Who saw this coming four and a half years ago in Cape Town? Well, the world has turned a number of times since then. With Aaron Finch hanging up his ODI pyjamas after a distinguished career. and in the absence of a perfect alternative, the Bull might just be back in the ring. Adam has Dean Wilson from The Mirror with him to pace through that and plenty else, including another man...

England have beaten South Africa at the Oval, claiming the series 2-1. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the...

England are on the cusp of winning the series against South Africa. Ben Stokes' side need 33 runs on Day 5 to win the Test match...and they have 10 wickets in the bank. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins an...

An historic day in London, as God Save the King was sung at a sporting event for the first time in 70 years in the United Kingdom. Wickets and more wickets in South London. England bowled out South Africa for 118. Then the visitors responded, taking 7 wickets and left the hosts 154/7 at the end of the day. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. With Bharat Sundaresan on the show, strap yourself in for a trip on the long and winding road. Of particular note, his tale of how he debunked the absurd 1009 not out innings of Pranav Dhanawade. When it is Adam’s turn, we’re looking at big numbers in the South Pacific, a dusty old bastard who was one of th...

Season 12, Ep 29: The Chevrons, for the first time, knock Australia off in Australia. But where will that leave them once the World Cup Super League comes to an end next year? Matt Roller, ESPNcricinfo T20 whizkid, joins Adam to consider that, and myriad developments in the short form world, as we gallop towards another World Cup next month. Jamie Cox, these days the MCC's assistant secretary, als...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Daniel Norcross returns for a frolic in his front room on, among other things, the Mighty Misbah. Adam’s attention is an excellent Women’s Ashes series a generation or two ago and controversy in Sydney. And we need to stay ahead of Jimmy Anderson – we explain all that off the top.   Your Nerd Ple...

Season 12, Ep 28: There is a lot to like about this impressive documentary, especially in relation to mental health, and a lot of problems as well. We spoke to directors Chris Grubb and Luke Mellows about ‘Ben Stokes: Phoenix From the Ashes’. Your Nerd Pledge number this week: 3.14 - Peter Brown Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% of...