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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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World Cup Daily 2023 Final: Australia India
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 46: The final! It's over! Australia with one of the biggest surprises ever sprung in a tournament decider. India struggling to work…
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World Cup Daily 2023: The final preview
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 45: One more day until the storm. On the barricades of freedom. Or something like that. India are red-hot favourites, Australia are…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 159 – Scoring 588 in a day
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, if you take the A358 far enough south you'll find…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Australia South Africa, 2nd semi-final
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 43: Was it going to be 1999 all over again? With 213 in the mix, a nervy chase, and more twists and turns than the Italian Job, it…
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World Cup Daily 2023: India NZ, 1st semi-final
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 42: It was a messy slew of stats spattered all over Mumbai as the runs flowed today. Would Kohli get the Great Big Record that…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Semi-final previews
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 41: It's a knockout! A knockout game, that is - India and New Zealand at the Work Rest and Play in Mumbai, then Australia and South…
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Meg Lanning, the best to do it
Season 15, Episode 9: In a way it's not a surprise, she's been around forever. And in a way it's a total surprise that Australia's captain of five World Cup…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastOral History of the ‘99 semi-final tie - Greatest Season
Episode 2 - The Oral History of the ‘99 semi-final tie In 2019 on The Greatest Season That Was, Adam made a 12-part series exploring whether the 1999 ODI World…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 39, India Netherlands
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 39: India have completed their clean sweep of the group stage with another near-perfect performance at Chinnaswamy, all of their top…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 38.2, England Pakistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 38.2: England, Pakistan, battle of the teams who are going home - at least that much was clear as soon as the coin fell. Could…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 38.1, Australia Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 38.1: Australia are purring their way into the business end of this tournament, easily accounting for Bangladesh, even after the…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 37, South Africa Afghanistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 37: A closer game than it looked it would be at different points, the Proteas getting there in the end. But have they answered any of…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 158 – The great eccentric educator
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam has the tale of a truly bonkers and brilliant man…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 36, New Zealand Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 36: Barring something totally ridiculous, the Black Caps are into a fifth World Cup semi-final in a row. To make sure of it, they had…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 35, England Netherlands
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 35: Two chances remaining for a win in the tournament, and England did not want to fumble this one. But suddenly they looked around…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 34, Glenn Maxwell v Afghanistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 34: MAXWELLBALL. What else can we say? Is this the greatest night of our lives? Perhaps it is. The most extraordinary innings in the…
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Save Robelinda2
Season 15, Episode 8: Imagine someone dynamiting the Louvre. The cricket equivalent has happened, with the magical YouTube channel Robelinda2 being brought…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 33, Sri Lanka Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 33: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh already hated each other before, so they really hate each other now. In Delhi late in a frustrating…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastGreatest Season - Why the 1999 World Cup?
Episode 1 - Why 99? In 2019 on The Greatest Season That Was, Adam made a 12-part series exploring whether the 1999 ODI World Cup swas the most interesting…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 32, India South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 32: Has a team ever bossed the group stage of World Cup to the extent India have this one? Cam Ponsonby and Adam consider this…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 31,2, Australia England
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 31.2: Pakistan kept England alive for a couple of hours, but then they had to do their own work to stay there. Australia battled…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 31.1, Pakistan New Zealand
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 31: Pakistan make half the runs and win the game? Cricket, it's a beautiful thing. The poor old Black Caps, meanwhile, have smashed…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 30, Afghanistan Netherlands
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 30: A match that a few weeks ago looked uneventful ended up with a lot riding on it. The two unfancied teams of the tournament had…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 157 – The tragic death of Johnny Douglas
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam has Bharat Sundaresan in the co-hosting chair and…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 29, India Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 29: There are thrashings. There are bashings. Then there is this. Kohli, Gill, Shreyas. Shami, Bumrah, Siraj. Everyone got in on the…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 28, NZ South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 28: The third tough assignment in a row for the Black Caps, and a chance for South Africa to continue winning ways and beat a team…
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Mathematically possible
Season 15, Episode 7: We've reached the stage of the World Cup where very few teams have been eliminated yet it is the four who are currently in the semi-final…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 27, Pakistan Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 27: After dropping four on the trot, Pakistan are alive again. Well, they'll need everything to go right to make the semis, but they…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastTFW Book Club - Bazball, with Lawrence Booth & Nick Hoult
Book Club 2: Lawrence Booth & Nick Hoult - Bazball, The Inside Story of a Test Cricket Revolution. The Bazball era demanded a book, and there’s nobody better…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 26, Afghanistan Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 26: They've done it again! Every time we think that Afghanistan's tournament of beating more established teams is done, they knock…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 156 – Monkey Hornby and the Sydney riot
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, the best yarn we've ever happened upon? For the…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 25, England India
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 25: We know that England's campaign has been a disaster, but this was a final exclamation mark. What looked like it would be a…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 24.2, Netherlands Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 24.2: What a performance from the Dutch. Bouncing back from an Australian hiding and early trouble with the bat, they’ve gone on to…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 24.1, Australia NZ
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 24: A stone cold classic! Two in two days for this World Cup, as Australia racked up a huge total before New Zealand were set fair…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 23, Pakistan South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 23: At last, after 23 days of the tournament, we finally had a close finish. Nine wickets down, drama and nerves as a chase unfolded…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 22, England Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 22: England, it's been wonderful. They've been the best white-ball team for the better part of the last eight years, dual world…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 21, Australia Netherlands
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 21: Is this the best day of our lives? Anyone who has heard this show knows that we love Glenn Maxwell. Today, as part of a stunning…
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England - the collapse of a one-day champion
Season 15, Episode 6: From world champions to the cusp of elimination with a month to go in this tournament - England are, by any measure, under the pump…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 20, South Africa Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 20: How do you stop Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in the final ten overs? That's going to be the question on the mind of all…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 19, Afghanistan Pakistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 19: Afghanistan and Pakistan at Chennai, and it was spin time - four of them picked by Afghanistan, who went into a slow-bowling…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 155 – Lost archives of the Oz Brothers
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, the Oz Brothers and their religious persuasion is only…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 18, India NZ
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 18: With guest host Carlos Braithwaite. A man who knows all about playing with and against India's best runs his eye over yet another…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 17.2, England South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 17.2: England. South Africa. Two sides looking to bounce back after surprise losses to lower-ranked opposition. Although after this…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 17.1, Netherlands Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 17.1: At last, Sri Lanka are on the board in this World Cup. The Dutch gave it a good shake after losing six early wickets batting…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 16, Australia Pakistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 16: At the Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru without the floodlights from Waverly Park, it was all about massive opening partnerships. David…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 15, India Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 15: India move to four from four with style, easily accounting for Bangladesh in Pune. And better still for fans of the men in blue…
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The other side of the World Cup
Season 15, Episode 5: Outside the pageantry on the field, there are currents and undercurrents influencing this World Cup beyond the play. Senior journalists…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 14, NZ Afghanistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 14: Two weeks into this tournament, and only one team has an unblemished record after four games. New Zealand kept on banking points…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 13, Netherlands South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 13: Two major upsets in three days! It's the Dutch this time, who have had to scrap so hard to make this tournament, doing the…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 12, Australia Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 12: Two World Cup finals have involved this pairing, and two World Cup campaigns this year depended heavily on this result. Both…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 11, England Afghanistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 11: England rolled into Delhi expecting to keep on rolling after Afghanistan, and it did not quite work out the way they expected…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 154 – From the cricket ground to prison
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, our many recent tales of crooks and jailbirds add three…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 10, India Pakistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 10: India and Pakistan! That's the big one. Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique started well. Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan kept it…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 9, NZ Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 9: After missing two games, it was time for Big Daddy Kane Williamson. But don't call it a comeback - he's been here for years…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 8, Australia South Africa
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 8: Two games in to this World Cup, and the Australians are in trouble. Strange selections being made, players with no backups…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 7, India Afghanistan
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 7: It was an important first innings from an Afghanistan team that manged to counter one of its consistent weaknesses. But then it…
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Traitors to the Sheffield Shield
Season 15, Episode 4: In an effort to spend more time talking about the Sheffield Shield this Australian summer, we have Louis Cameron, one of the best in the…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 6.2, Pakistan Sri Lanka
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 6.2: Another day of batting purity, with blazing centuries from Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama up against another two from…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 6.1, England Bangladesh
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 6.1: England in the board with a thumping victory over the Tigers, Dawid Malan continuing his absurd run as an ODI opener - that's…
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World Cup Daily 2023: Day 5, NZ Netherlands
World Cup Daily 2023, Day 5: The Battle of the Ns, as the Dutch take on the Kiwis in an alphabetical head to head. The venue is Hyderabad, with just a glimmer…