The Final Word Cricket Podcast

England won their 1st match in the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. Earlier, New Zealand edged past South Africa, winning by 13 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 women's cricket match at the Commonwealth Games, with Geoff Lemon & Natalie Germ...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. One show away from our century, it's time to clear the decks with our biggest revisit show yet. Everything from the cryptic to the hidden to the forgotten to the untelevised, we humbly suggest that we have done some of our best detective work to date on this episode. Jump in. Your Nerd Pledge revisits this...

Australia edged past India, winning by 3 wickets. Then Barbados beat Pakistan by 15 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 women's cricket matches at the Commonwealth Games, with Geoff Lemon & Natalie Germanos at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall...

Season 12, Ep 19: More runs in professional cricket than anyone, more runs in a single Test than anyone, setter of dozens of England records. For 27 years Graham Gooch played first-class cricket, and he's stayed around the game ever since. On the anniversary of his magnum opus 333, he sits down with The Final Word at his spiritual home of the Essex County Ground to go through it all: starting agai...

Season 12, Ep 18: With Geoff out of action, Adam invited Vithushan Ethantharajah to his North London backyard to put the world to rights after Ravi Shastri's grim blueprint for Test cricket. There was celebration too after Sam's Northeast's stunning quadruple ton and a look ahead to cricket in the Commonwealth Games. Oh, and Nerd Pledge offers the perfect indie dancefloor / Pakistan Test cricket c...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. On this episode, the greatest Greek to swing a club since Heracles - and why he's connected to current Sri Lankan Kusal Mendis. A book gift that led us to a forgotten off-spinner, a wicketkeeper who outscored them all, a team that didn't score any, and an Ashes hat-trick that one of us naturally did not see...

Season 12, Ep 17: Owner of one of the cleanest cover drives in the game, Laura Wolvaardt burst onto the scene as the Teen Wolf: the youngest cricketer to make an international century, shortly before lighting up the 2017 World Cup. These days she's a senior South African player by the age of 23, with a very evident determination that is taking her from strength to strength. She sits down with The...

Season 12, Ep 16: It was melting outside, so we retreated inside to the air-conditioning at The Oval to record this week's episode. This week: Matt Roller from Cricinfo joins the show. The Big Bash is in real trouble with IPL teams buying out the competing South African league, while South Africans give up on the ODI World Cup. There was real Final Word flavour to the bizarre end of England's dome...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This time, a very rare QUADRUPLE HEADER. Not Travis Head crossed with the Hydra, but rarer still, as rare as a competent Travis Head shot against spin. We've got dodgy umpires, dodgy scorers, dodgy openers, and dodgy overs. We've got Younis Khan majesty, medical emergency, and David Guetta. And as you might...

Season 12, Ep 15: The second part of our long and winding conversation with former New Zealand skipper Jeremy Coney, recorded on tour in Sri Lanka. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 15% off treatment at AdvancedHairStudio/FinalWord The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer...

Season 12, Ep 14: He's always up for a chat, and there are few more interesting people to listen to than Jeremy Coney, who has a much bigger story beyond his time as New Zealand captain in their most successful era of the mid 1980s. Family, theatre, song, musical instruments, travel, teaching, exploration - he sits down with us to talk through it all. Part two to follow tomorrow. Your Nerd Pledge...

Sri Lanka levelled out the series after beating Australia by an innings and 39 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 Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering...

Dinesh Chandimal’s superb unbeaten 118 helps Sri Lanka fight back against Australia. The hosts lead Australia by 67 runs and have 4 wickets in hand.  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 Geoff Lemon at st...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. On this show, the way to our hearts is through the Conan O'Brien years. We have Irish captains of England, sesquicentenaries, some of New Zealand's maddest moments, the new name of Buckingham Palace, and the sound of a pig fainting. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 1.61 - Mary Stevens & Patch Clapp 2.49...

A people's revolution forced political change in Sri Lanka, with huge protests outside the cricket ground, as Steve Smith's unbeaten 145 led Australia before Dimuth Karunaratne responded in the 2nd test in Galle. 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...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ Marcus Labuschagne and Steve Smith scored centuries as Australia dominate day one in Galle The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and cov...

Maxi might be back! We know it's a long shot, but this time it might actually happen. 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 Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering...

Season 12, Ep 13: Jodie Hicks Watch. An beachside chat with Alex Carey. Channel Seven suing Cricket Australia again, with the inside word from the Brettig Box. A mighty good Nerd Pledge. Yes, of course, the happy madness coming over English Test cricket after a dire couple of years. The England women's Test team letting in fresh air via a new generation of players. The Sri Lankan women hosting Ind...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ England broke another recording. They completed a record chase of 378 to beat India in Birmingham. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Daniel Norcross and Henry Moeran at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of F...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ England scored 259 runs off 57 overs and need 119 runs to win the match. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Daniel Norcross and Henry Moeran at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of t...

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. We gather this time on a breezy balcony in Galle, kicking back in lounge chairs as Adam returns to the show. There will be some divergences through Karachi, the standard-bearers of fast scoring, the bookends of spin, a day out in the Sunday leagues, and a return to Le Velodrome de Vincennes. Your Nerd Pledg...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ Jonny Bairstow scored another century this summer. But it wasn't enough to stop India from taking control of this match in the Midlands. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Daniel Norcross and Henry Moeran at stumps doin...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ Apologies for the audio quality. The Final Word Team had some technical issues at Edgbaston, so we had to use the back up audio. India are in control in Birmingham, leading England by 332 runs. Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes are at the crease, and England ne...

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ Apologies for the audio quality. The Final Word Team had some technical issues at Edgbaston, so we had to use the back up audio. England put India on the back foot, but Rishabh Pant and Ravindran Jadeja's stellar partnership pulled them back into the match....

The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the link! http://advancedhairstudio.com/finalword/ Australia are 1-0 up in the series after beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the a...