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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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Ashes Daily - the Old Trafford aftermath
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 6: Plenty going on after the Manchester washout, with emotions running high between two sets of supporters and between…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford Day 5, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 5: Curses. Oaths and castigations. For those hoping for a grandstand finish, you hoped in vain. The elements were…
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West Indies India Daily - Port of Spain Day 3
West Indies v India, Port of Spain Day 3: With rain at Old Trafford, why not switch to Port of Spain where rain was less of a feature? Virat Kohli made Test…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford Day 4, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 4: We were supposed to have a washout, and it looked that way. But after a lot of rain, the ground staff went to work…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford Day 3, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 3: It went big, it went big, and it went bigger. Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, sure. Then it was the Jonny Bairstow…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford Day 2, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 2: It doesn't get more dominant than that. We were promised an England team that would try all-out attack against the…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford Day 1, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 1: A helter skelter game is promised, with rain on the weekend and England especially needing to make sure this does…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 3rd ODI, Taunton 2023
The Women's Ashes, 3rd ODI at Southampton, Day 11: It's all over! Seven matches, 11 days, and more tightly fought moments than we can even remember, England…
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Ashes Daily - Old Trafford preview, 2023
The Ashes, 4th Test at Old Trafford, Day 0: The Ashes are sitting at 2-1 with two to play. Everything riding on the next week in Manchester. We already know…
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David Warner for Manchester, yes or no?
Season 14, Episode 25: The Manchester Test is looming this week, with selection questions ahoy - none more substantial than whether David Warner will open the…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 2nd ODI, Southampton 2023
The Women's Ashes, 2nd ODI at Southampton, Day 10: There is no such thing as a normal match in this series. Again, it goes right down to the final ball. Again…
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The Final Word with Enid Bakewell
Season 14, Episode 24: You'd better believe it. One of the legends of the women's game, someone we talk about on Story Time every other week. She made a…
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West Indies India Daily - Dominica Day 2
West Indies v India, Dominica Day 2: We won't get to see much of this Test match, but with a couple of slower days this week we did have time to check out…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 142 – "I want to hit a big one!"
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, after a bit too much Ashes madness to record the show as…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 1st ODI, Bristol 2023
The Women's Ashes, 1st ODI at Bristol, Day 9: Another absolute thriller, right to the end. And, three in a row for England! A week ago they needed five in a…
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Over rate police, arrest this man
Season 14, Episode 23: Finally, a normal weekly show. Plenty going on, with both men's Ashes teams getting clobbered for slow over rates, deservedly, and the…
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Is... this the 2005 Ashes yet?
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 5: No play on what would have been the last day, but plenty to think about. Three Tests, three close finishes, and a…
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Ashes Daily - Headingley Day 4, 2023
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 4: Who doesn't love a last-day run chase? It was Day 4 at Headingley, it was a Sunday, and it wasn't quite 2019, but it…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 3rd T20, Lord's 2023
The Women's Ashes, 3rd T20 at Lord's, Day 8: The series is STILL alive! The mighty Australians have lost a T20 series for the first time in six years, England…
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Ashes Daily - Headingley Day 3, 2023
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 3: Rain, delays, leaden skies, then finally coming out to bat, it was all in favour of England. It was all going the way…
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Ashes Daily - Headingley Day 2, 2023
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 2: It was all set up with a Yorkshire pair coming to the middle in Yorkshire, but Pat Cummins had other ideas. Then Mark…
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Ashes Daily - Headingley Day 1, 2023
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 1: Here we are in Leeds. A fast track, plenty of pace and bounce, and a fast bowler to make use of it with Mark Wood…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 2nd T20, The Oval 2023
The Women's Ashes, 2nd T20 at The Oval, Day 7: The series is alive! England needed to win five in a row to have a shot at taking the trophy off Australia…
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Ashes Daily - Headingley 2023 preview
The Ashes, 3rd Test at Headingley, Day 0: Just three days since Lord's and we'll be back in action at Leeds, in one of the more febrile Ashes environments…
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Frothing over in the Lord's Long Room
Season 14, Episode 22: A day after the wildness at Lord's, we look back and try to take its measure. Meanwhile, in the world beyond the ground, the story has…
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Ashes Daily - Lord's 2023, Day 5
The Ashes, 2nd Test at Lord's, Day 5: What the absolute fridge. That was Headingley Mach II for a while, with Ben Stokes reaching heights that seemingly only…
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Women's Ashes Daily - 1st T20, Edgbaston 2023
The Women's Ashes, 1st T20 at Edgbaston, Day 6: A stunning day for women's cricket, with nearly 20,000 filling Edbgaston for the start of the T20 series…
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Ashes Daily - Lord's 2023, Day 4
The Ashes, 2nd Test at Lord's, Day 4: The days don't get any quieter. Bouncer wars. Bizarro Steve Smith stuff. Nathan Lyon batting on one leg. A late burst…
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Ashes Daily - Lord's 2023, Day 3
The Ashes, 2nd Test at Lord's, Day 3: If life is all about about learning things and getting better, then England missed that directive. More madness on the…
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Ashes Daily - Lord's 2023, Day 2
The Ashes, 2nd Test at Lord's, Day 2: What on earth was that? Another manic day of Test match cricket as England were set a challenge and went after it in wild…
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Ashes Daily - Lord's 2023, Day 1
The Ashes, 2nd Test at Lord's, Day 1: After a lot of talk, it's time for the second Test. England won the toss and bowled under cloudy skies, but things went…
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The Final Word Wedding Daily
Adam and Rachel's Wedding, Day 1: You asked, so you shall receive. Adam decided to get married in the middle of an Ashes series, so his wedding gets the…
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How do cricket pitches work? The complete guide, with Lord’s pitch boss Karl McDermott
Season 14, Episode 21: It’s all we talk about. Everyone who watches cricket will go on about the pitch - too flat, too fast, too dry, too green - and almost…
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Women's Ashes Daily - Trent Bridge, Day 5
Women's Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, Day 5: We're never got to type that before! It ended quickly on the fifth morning, but a memorable result with a very…
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Women's Ashes Daily - Trent Bridge, Day 4
Women's Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, Day 4: Ok, the rollercoaster has started again. This match twisted and turned on Day 4 in ways that we would not have…
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Women's Ashes Daily - Trent Bridge, Day 3
Women's Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, Day 3: A historic day: no England woman had ever made a double century before, in any format, and now that has changed…
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Women's Ashes Daily - Trent Bridge, Day 2
Women's Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, Day 2: Annabel Sutherland achieved something significant on the second day, and helped her team a long way in the process…
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Women's Ashes Daily - Trent Bridge, Day 1
Women's Ashes Test, Trent Bridge, Day 1: On a fast track with good bounce, the runs flowed and the wickets eventually came. Ellyse Perry made a stunning 99…
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Looking back at the Edgbaston miracle
Season 14, Episode 20: Well, with a night and a day to think about, we can start to come to terms with what we saw in Birmingham yesterday. An extraordinary…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023, Day 5
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 5: What a finish. What a day. One of the all-time great Test matches, one of the closest results. The rhymes of history…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023, Day 4
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 4: Hooollly schmackerel. We have a blazing Test match on our hands. England went utterly wild on the fourth day…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023, Day 3
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 3: There was rain, but it only added to the atmosphere in a brilliant short burst on the third afternoon. England were…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 141 – The dead Kennedys
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a special episode recorded after the first day of the…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023, Day 2
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 2: Another ridiculously good day, with a Broad morning and a Khawaja afternoon. Two in two, lots of misses, and the worst…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023, Day 1
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 1: And we're away. England batted first and kinda tried to Bazball, but it didn't entirely come off. Joe Root played a…
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Ashes Daily - Edgbaston 2023 preview
The Ashes, 1st Test at Edgbaston, Day 0: We're almost ready. The day before the action starts, Adam and Geoff get together in the Hollies Stand - quiet now…
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At last, it's time for The Ashes
Season 14, Episode 19: It's only been 18 months since the last time the urn was played for but it feels like an eternity. For England, everything really has…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 140 – One September in 1917
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a lot of different threads lead us back to a certain…
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WTC Daily - The Oval Day 5
World Test Championship, India v Australia Day 5: It started with expectation but it ended expeditiously. Scott Boland and those short bursts of time, hey?…
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WTC Daily - The Oval Day 4
World Test Championship, India v Australia Day 4: You'll hear a lot about controversy today, so let's rip into it first. The catch that was, from Cameron Green…
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WTC Daily - The Oval Day 3
World Test Championship, India v Australia Day 3: A classic day at The Oval as India came back into the contest, throwing the bat and then delivering with the…
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WTC Daily - The Oval Day 2
World Test Championship, India v Australia Day 2: It started in a hurry with a Steve Smith hundred, but the game changed several times from there. India's…
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WTC Daily - The Oval Day 1
World Test Championship, India v Australia Day 1: It was long awaited, then it was here. A high-octane morning session from Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj…
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World Test Championship Daily - Oval preview
WTC Final, India v Australia - preview: Two years after India slipped up in the decider against New Zealand they've made it again, this time up against Pat…
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More Ashes injuries, and Cricket Ireland's obstacle course
Season 14, Episode 18: Three years after his first appearance, Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom returns to the show for a conversation at Lord's…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 139 – Here comes the injured No. 11
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a show that could also have been titled Wally Grout is…
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England Ireland Daily - Lord's Day 3
England v Ireland, Lord's Day 3: The Irish had some real fun at last. The match is over in three days but not before Mark Adair and Andy McBrine got to have…
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England Ireland Daily - Lord's Day 2
England v Ireland, Lord's Day 2: Catch your breath after that one. More than 350 runs in two sessions of batting, most of them off the blades of two players…
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England Ireland Daily - Lord's Day 1
England v Ireland, Lord's Day 1: With very little surprise, we announce that it was a Stuart Broad Day. Not that the Irish didn't show some resistance…
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The Final Word with ECB boss Richard Gould
Season 14, Episode 17: Running the ECB is one of the toughest gigs in cricket and one that Richard Gould signed up for when returning to the game this year…