The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 7, Ep 16: Daniel Norcross joins Adam Collins from beneath a Douglas Jardine portrait to discuss England's success in South Africa and Australia's tour that never should have been in India. More importantly, Dan Christian joins The Final Word to detail the considerable strides being taken to better integrate Indigenous Australians into this great game.  Then back to the silly stuff: more Ner...

Season 7, Ep 15: Daniel Norcross steps in for Geoff to join Adam Collins for The Final Word's weekly dance around the cricket universe. From Mumbai to Melbourne, then over to Port Elizabeth, they've got you covered. Of course, this episode includes another rousing edition of Nerd Pledge. Thanks to our friends at Future Talent The Final Word listener discount for Wisden Cricket Monthly is at bit.ly...

Season 7, Ep 14: After hammering New Zealand one final time, the pause button is hit on the home international summer. But that doesn't mean the cricket world slows down: a magnificent finish at Newlands was perfectly timed as the debate surrounding four-day Tests heats up.  Before signing off, there's time for some Nerd Pledge before Geoff and Adam catch up with old friend Sunny Munn.  Thanks to...

Season 7, Ep 13: You know what New Year's Eve means on The Final Word? It's time for our biggest show of the year. We have our Best and Worst of 2019. Our highlights and lowlights, and some of our best memories. An Adam Baby Update. Some more Nerd Pledge. Several arguments. One apology. A farewell to Peter Siddle. The Boxing Day Test, and the other Boxing Day Test (in Melbourne and in Johannesburg...

Season 7, Ep 12: It's Christmas Eve, and like last year with Harsha Bhogle, we decided to settle down around the fire (of Australia's merciless record-breaking sun) for a long chat with someone good at long chats. Mel Jones won World Cups and made an Ashes ton on debut, but has had an even more distinguished career in cricket after her playing days. In demand as a commentator and mentor worldwide,...

Season 7, Ep 11: The ABC Investigations unit has just released its exposé of one of the biggest sports betting companies, whose name is all over cricket. This episode we speak to Steve Cannane, the Walkley-winning lead journalist on the case, about what he found. We also get to the Perth Test, the WBBL finals, Nerd Pledge, and a faint summer hint of a new segment. Support the show: https://patreon...

Season 7, Ep 10: Look, it's true: pretty much all triple hundreds been made against dross bowling on flat pitches. They're still amazing. The Final Word this week covers Warner's triple, Root's captaincy, New Zealand's likelihood of choking in Australia, the WBBL late-season frenzy, our Adelaide live show, and and whatever else we stumbled upon on the way. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/t...

Season 7, Ep 9: Three Test matches at the same time? Yes please. Adam and Geoff run the desert comb over Australia and Pakistan at the Gabba, India and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens, and New Zealand versus England at The Mountain, which the Kiwis won live while we were recording the show. Also, Harsha versus Manjrekar, which wasn't much of a contest, and the WBBL. And a closing tribute to Phillip Hug...

Season 7, Ep 8: After handing down Steve Smith's ban, Cricket Australia took the unusual step of linking the player with Maurice Duffy, an Irish academic who describes his job as a 'mindset coach'. The pair worked together throughout that year and through Smith's remarkable Ashes series that followed. We caught up with Maurice to talk about how the relationship. Also, our comprehensive Women's Big...

Season 7, Ep 7: The Australian Test squad is announced, and we have all the wash-up from that announcement and the week in cricket, plus Adam's adventures with lime milk in Tasmania and the time Geoff crashed their car. Then: when you have the same name as your subject, it must make empathy easy. During Robin Smith's career the England batsman was famed for his bravery against fast bowling. After...

Season 7, Ep 6: What's that November sound? Snow in Hobart, Nat Fyfe at the beach, and the the pitter patter of early-season Marsh runs. "He's coming, he's coming, Shaun is coming home." What else happened this week? Pakistan crashed and burned against Australia in the T20s. Board appointments at Cricket Australia. England fell over against New Zealand, before another game with another super over....

Season 7, Ep 5: For all these years, the identity of a Twitter sensation was shrouded in mystery. Now the puppet master emerges. Dan Liebke has written another book full of obscure cricket jokes, so we had him in for a chat. Also: Shakib's corruption ban, Papua New Guinea's World Cup qualification, the rights and wrongs of Big Dances, the WBBL, new coaching appointments, and Australia smashing Sri...

Season 7, Ep 4: As climate strikes increase around the world and the effects of climate change bite more deeply, cricket as a sport is yet to address the issue. But cricket is one of the most vulnerable sports in the face of droughts and storms and rising sea levels, and countries like Australia, South Africa, and those in the subcontinent and Caribbean will be some of the worst affected. Tanya Al...

Season 7, Ep 3: You know nothing gets the Final Word excited like policy. That's not even sarcasm. Cricket has had a big policy week: England announced a women's cricket plan worth £50million, Australia announced a world-best parental leave program, and there's the disparity between the men's and women's sides of The Hundred. We sat down with lawyer and cricketer Isabelle Westbury to thrash out th...

No, this isn't a live show, it's about the live shows. Want to know our special guests? Want to meet a sailor? Want to find a happy hour that goes for 4 hours? We have the answers. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www....

Season 7, Ep 2: We talk to Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde, authors of Cricket 2.0, a new book tracing T20’s evolution so far. We also take a look at The Hundred, Sarah Taylor’s outstanding international career, and various series taking place around the world. There’s never a slow week in this game. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcrick...

Season 7, Ep 1: It's Season 7! We made it through the previous season with all 87 daily shows from the World Cup and the Ashes, plus the long weekly shows. Now it's time to calm things down a touch. Essex did the double, winning the county champs and the T20 comp, so we chat to the entertaining Derek Pringle about his old side. The Australian women's team is gearing up for a fast series, the men a...

Season 6, Ep 13: The end of an unforgettable summer. Before Geoff rushed to airport, he and Adam reflected on the four months that was, told the story of their adventurous videographer Cam Fink and welcomed Dan Norcross back for another round of Nerd Pledge.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stori...

England win the fifth Ashes Test by 135 runs at The Oval.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

England lead by 382 runs at stumps on Day 3 of the fifth Ashes Test.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com.   Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Australia all out for 225 after Day 2 of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval. England lead by 78 runs at stumps.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com.   Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

England are 271/8 after Day 1 of the fift Ashes Test at The Oval.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com. Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Season 6, Ep 12: The world's foremost (only?) cricket-stat comedian Andy Zaltzman joins Nerd Pledge Quiz to solve number riddles set by our listeners. God love him. If you want to set a Nerd Pledge challenge it's through patreon.com/thefinalword Before that Adam and Geoff talk through events of the week including Afghanistan's Test thriller, the departed spinner Abdul Qadir, and the mess of the UK...

Australia retain the Ashes after winning the fourth Test by 185 runs in Manchester.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com. Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad ch...

England fell to 2/18 at stumps on Day Four of the Fourth Ashes Test in Manchester. Australia lead by 364 runs.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com. Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....