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The Final Word Cricket Podcast
Cricket for everyone – your friendly guide to the world's strangest sport. Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins combine match analysis with irreverence, politics, interviews and history as they follow the game they love around the world. You can support the show at patreon.com/thefinalword. Get your big NordVPN discount: https://nordvpn.com/tfw
Episodes
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TFW Daily - Lyon's late twist - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3: The hits just keep on hitting. Each day of this Test has had a buffet on offer, and it hasn't been the…
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TFW Daily - Scores are level - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2: A day that could shape the next few years of international cricket. Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Cameron…
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TFW Daily - It had everything - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1: Injury dramas and controversial selections set the stage for a day that featured match-turning…
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TFW Daily - Boland, Lyon, or left-field? - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview: Australia go into tomorrow’s series-deciding 3rd Test with more questions than answers. Who plays…
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Why do Test teams hate picking openers who are openers?
Season 21, Episode 3: This week, Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to ponder upcoming winter and the conventions of naming storm systems, as we tell ourselves that…
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TFW Daily - Fight to the finish - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5: It wasn't supposed to go that deep. But then, a nightwatchman isn't supposed to bowl all day. And a…
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TFW Daily - The worst collapse since last time - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4: It may be the tipping point for some careers to end in the Australian top order, as only Travis Head…
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TFW Daily - A knock for the ages - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3: It would take something monumental to flip the series on its head, and the man smallest in stature…
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TFW Daily - Boland v Bavuma - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2: There was a long wait to get onto the park, but a session of highlights followed - a blinding catch…
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TFW Daily - Boland goes bang bang - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1: Australia pulled the Scott Boland lever and got the result they wanted. Nathan Lyon made way again…
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TFW Daily - Lyon faces the drop again - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0: One day out from the 2nd Test, and it might be an all-pace battery one again for Australia, if the…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 291 – The Bharat Sundaresan request line
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a few listeners have been hanging out for Bharat to come back on the show, but it's been a…
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John Farnham will see you at Rundle Mall, bright and early
Season 21, Episode 2: The weekly show! Coming to you from St George's Park, in Gqeberha, the city formerly known as Port Elizabeth. But what else is happening…
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TFW Daily - Are the Aussies good now? - SA Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 6
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 6: Time to look back. This was one of the more significant engagements for Australia for a while, and a…
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TFW Daily - Hazlewood’s magnificent six - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 5
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 5: It didn't come as quickly as expected, but Australia's relentless bowling paid dividends, with Josh…
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TFW Daily - Hot Hand Matt - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 4: Matt Renshaw's coming-of-age party continued with bat, then subsequently, ball. Concerns over a Steve…
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TFW Daily - Smith's classic catches reel - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 3: Steve Smith created his own highlight reel in the slips, and Australia piled on the pressure off the back…
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TFW Daily - A coming of age - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 2: A big Queenslander made Australia feel comfortable again, whilst South Africa searched for answers and…
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TFW Daily - Maddinson under the bus - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: Australia pulled another shock beyond Nic…
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TFW Daily - Why no Aussie XI? - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Preview: The talking is almost over. 1 vs 2 in world cricket: a series with narrative everywhere you look. South…
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Australia's return to South Africa launches in 3, 2, 1...
Season 21, Episode 1: Another week, a new season, as the southern hemisphere summer swings into action. All things South Africa lead the show, with both that…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 290 – When Gavaskar did what Bradman couldn't
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, one question: was there any game played in the 19th century that wasn't at Lord's? A…
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TFW Daily - Peake into the future - South Africa Australia, 3rd ODI
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom: South Africa gave some of their younger players a gallop in the North-West University town, and Australia…
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It's decapitation week at Cricket Australia
Season 20, Episode 32: We called it: CA chair Mike Baird has been knocked off by New South Wales, and the cricket privatisation war could now turn in any…
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Story Time 289 – Saving Allan Border's secret world record
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we might need some help to get this one across the line, but there's a world record that…
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TFW Daily - Cam Green troubles - South Africa Australia, 2nd ODI
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg: Australia were bullish at the Bullring, talking about levelling the series. South Africa's batters…
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TFW Daily - Big moment, Big Marco - South Africa Australia, 1st ODI
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st ODI, Durban: In the lead-up to the Test series, this one-day series has extra significance. Starc was here, so was Hazlewood…
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Could Mike Baird be knocked off as CA chair?
Season 20, Episode 31: With Mike Baird's CA board seat at risk, a resignation has seen an independent spot open up. Deidre Chambers, what a coincidence…
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Story Time 288 – Argentina, global nemesis
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a massive tangent from Argentine cricket into Argentine global conspiracy theories. Does…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 287 – One free Buttercup Bread scratchie inside
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, what happens when you find a Buttercup Bread scratchie featuring Courtney Walsh from…
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The soul of Australian cricket (for sale, enquire within)
Season 20, Episode 30: Does anyone have deja vu yet? Another week, another Cricket Australia announcement that they have approved selling the Big Bash even…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 286 – The sandpaper redux
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam were meant to do four numbers rather than two, but with the Sandpaper Redux…
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TFW Daily - Just for a moment - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4: For a final intoxicating moment, the chance of a miracle continued to beckon. But it would take more than a…
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TFW Daily - Do you believe in miracles? - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3: The obituaries of this Pakistan tour to England will mourn the lack of flair, passion, and the unknown of…
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TFW Daily - Hello brink, old friend - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and…
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TFW Daily - A glimpse of light - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and…
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TFW Daily - Bring back Shahid Afridi - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview: As the news of new-look teams gets prepared for the third Test, nobody has any idea who Pakistan might…
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Marnus Labuschagne may never be dropped again
Season 20, Episode 29: It's always Labuschagne season in Australia. We all thought that his time was done for now, but somehow he's been picked on the trip to…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 285 – Bring back the Matador BBQ Cup
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam ask if batting on all five days of a Test really is the feat we build it up…
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TFW Book Club - Zaheer Abbas on Pakistani cricket and his life in the game
Zaheer Abbas is an all-time great. An illustrious international career on top of his first-class exploits in Pakistan and England combined for 46,000…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastWhen Pakistan really did say “Sack them all”
Season 20, Episode 28: The PCB go from meme material to utter embarrassment. Lord’s pitch has a renewal plan, Sri Lanka pull off one of the great rearguards…
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Story Time 284 – Good set of hands in the slips, good set of slips in the hands
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, some players are top of the good stats, others see things slip through their fingers…
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TFW Daily - Here’s to you, Ollie Robinson - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 4
England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 4: Could it be that Ollie Robinson, in the wilderness for 2 years prior to this summer, is England’s most…
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TFW Daily - Lord’s faces more pitch questions - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 3
England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 3: Lord’s got 24 overs more play than was expected on a day that otherwise would have been abandoned early due to…
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TFW Daily - Root concerns as Pakistan wither - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 2
England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 2: The second morning of the second Test began with promise for Pakistan. An injury before play, a wagging tail…
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TFW Daily - Abbas fillets England - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 1
England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 1: Leaden skies, rain delays, ‘keeper up and a bit of swing and seam on offer gave Day 1 at the Lord’s Test a…
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TFW Daily - Lord’s pitch under the microscope - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s preview
England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s preview: England and Pakistan head into the 2nd Test with the series on the line, but it’s issues on the periphery…
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Nightclubs, drinking, cops: guess which team it is?
Season 20, Episode 27: Brydon Carse’s nightclub handcuffs are the latest on the England incident conveyor belt, while Pakistan’s bigger problems seem endemic…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 283 – Can you hit a clay walnut 300 yards?
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, exploring some games that ended up with a slightly lower profile than cricket, let's get…
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TFW Daily - The second-shortest Test - Australia Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 2
Australia Bangladesh Daily, 2nd Test, Mackay Day 2: The carnage from Day 1 continued apace as the second-shortest Test ever played on Australian soil came to a…
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TFW Daily - Another day of chaos - Australia Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 1
Australia Bangladesh Daily, 2nd Test, Mackay Day 1: The world’s newest Test venue was christened with more chaotic cricket, with 18 wickets falling on Day 1…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastTFW Daily - At least it's over - England Pakistan, 1st Test, Headingley Day 3
England Pakistan Daily, 1st Test, Headingley Day 3: England returned to the winners' dais for the first time in the Root 2.0 era, with Ollie Robinson and Josh…
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TFW Daily - Crazy bad fielding - England Pakistan, 1st Test, Headingley Day 2
England Pakistan Daily, 1st Test, Headingley Day 2: A few things went right for Pakistan: Ali Usman grafted his way to a five-wicket day, and they're very…
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TFW Daily - Tongue licks tail - England Pakistan, 1st Test, Headingley Day 1
England Pakistan Daily, 1st Test, Headingley Day 1: England wanted to bowl, Pakistan wanted to bat, and while both sides were happy at the toss, only one side…
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TFW Daily - Captain Root returns - England Pakistan, 1st Test preview
England Pakistan Daily, 1st Test, Headingley preview: It's about to start, and we have no idea how to think about what's going to happen. Do Pakistan have any…
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Among Test chaos, Australia and England face what's next
Season 20, Episode 26: Australia have just gone down to Bangladesh, and England have to pull themselves together against Pakistan. What will be the…
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TFW Daily - Cricket's greatest upset - Australia Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 4
Australia Bangladesh Daily, 1st Test, Darwin Day 4: Spoiler alert, but the most immense upset in cricket history has been completed. The Test arena is where…
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Story Time 282 – Paul Kelly channels Bradman
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, it's difficult to capture sport in song, so let's have a look at Paul Kelly's effort…
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TFW Daily - Cam Green's big chance - Australia Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 3
Australia Bangladesh Daily, 1st Test, Darwin Day 3: Can Bangladesh hold their nerve? They're still well ahead of the game, but by now in a position where they…
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TFW Daily - Bangers stay dominant - Australia Bangladesh, 1st Test, Day 2
Australia Bangladesh Daily, 1st Test, Darwin Day 2: The show goes on. Bangladesh winning three sessions in a row in Australia was big news, but now they've…