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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
- The Final Word Cricket Podcast
T20 World Cup Daily: Day 15.1
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Pakistan claimed their first win and Zimbabwe narrowly lost to…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 111 – The most downloaded Queenslander on the internet
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, if you were downloading a Queensland cricketer, who…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 14
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, there was only one match for a Saturday - a big Group A contest…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 13
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, the rain washed out Australia versus England, and New Zealand versus…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 12
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Kohli lit up the big stage again, helping India beat the Netherlands, and…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastThe Final Word with Ryan Campbell
Season 13, Ep 5.2: Not many people have a more varied cricket story than Ryan Campbell. A wicketkeeping-batting pioneer alongside Adam Gilchrist, a part of…
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Tim Paine is annoyed
Season 13, Ep 5.1: This was meant to be the intro to our interview with Ryan Campbell, the wicketkeeping-batting pioneer and Dutch coach, but predictably we…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 11
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, there was another shock win…as Ireland beat England, and the rain…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 10
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Australia claimed their first win at the World Cup, thanks to Marcus…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 110 – Teriyaki on a Thursday night
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, an abandoned Adelaide department store takes centre…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 9
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Bangladesh started the tournament brilliantly, beating a resilient…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 8
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, India edged past Pakistan in a thriller at the MCG and Sri Lanka…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 7
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, hosts and defending champions Australia were humbled by New Zealand…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 6
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Ireland and Zimbabwe clinched spots in the Super 12. However, the West…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 5
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Namibia failed to qualify for the Super 12 after losing a close one to…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 4
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, the West Indies dug deep to beat Zimbabwe, and Scotland are still in…
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Cricket sells out to Saudi oil
Season 13, Ep 4: As climate catastrophes worsen by the year, the International Cricket Council has decided to promote the world's biggest oil company as…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 3
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Sri Lanka secured their first win at the World Cup, beating the UAE…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 2
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, there was another major upset as Scotland comfortably beat the 2015…
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T20 World Cup Daily: Day 1
Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Namibia produced a stunning performance against Sri Lanka, and…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 109 – Skewered by your own obituary
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a trawl through the obituaries of yestercentury. A…
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The Final Word with Mark Steel
Season 13, Ep 3: There are not many cricket enthusiasts as knowledgeable and as garrulous as historian / comedian / chat-merchant Mark Steel. He has delved…
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Justin Langer vanishes
Season 13, Ep 2: There's a documentary sequel coming about the Australian men's team, but strangely this time Justin Langer is not positioned as the main…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 108 – Unravelling the longest name in cricket
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we deal with no fewer than SIXTEEN revisits in quite…
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Three votes for Jodie Hicks
Season 13, Ep 1: That's right, it's back to the start of an Australian summer, the end of an English one, and a new season of The Final Word. Who can believe…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastNon-Striker Run Out II: The Quickening
Season 12, Ep 32: We've been anticipating it, and here it was: a run-out of the non-striker between two major cricket nations, signalling the next phase of…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 107 – Secretary starring Maggie Gyllenhaal
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Sometimes, being a secretary can be the best path forward. Just…
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England India Daily - 3rd ODI, Lord's
Controversy after running out the non-striker helps India win the ODI series 3-0 and beat England by 16 runs. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by…
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England India Daily - 2nd ODI, Canterbury
Harmanpreet Kaur stole the show in Canterbury, hitting an unbeaten 143 against England. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To…
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Lucky nothing happened in the last three weeks
Season 12, Ep 31: After three weeks in the desert, Geoff is back to find the outside world completely unchanged. Ha. So this week has Adam pacing him through…
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England India Daily - 1st ODI, Hove
India claim the opener after beating England by 7 wickets. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click on the…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 106 – Bosie and Big Jack
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. We never mess with the order these numbers land in our in-tray…
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Dave Warner to captain Australia? It might just happen.
Season 12, Ep 30: Who saw this coming four and a half years ago in Cape Town? Well, the world has turned a number of times since then. With Aaron Finch hanging…
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England South Africa Daily - The Oval Day 5
England have beaten South Africa at the Oval, claiming the series 2-1. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off click…
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England South Africa Daily - The Oval Day 4
England are on the cusp of winning the series against South Africa. Ben Stokes' side need 33 runs on Day 5 to win the Test match...and they have 10 wickets in…
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England South Africa Daily - The Oval Day 3, an unforgettable day
An historic day in London, as God Save the King was sung at a sporting event for the first time in 70 years in the United Kingdom. Wickets and more wickets in…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 105 – The Truth of 1009 Not Out
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. With Bharat Sundaresan on the show, strap yourself in for a trip on…
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Zimbabwe beat Australia!
Season 12, Ep 29: The Chevrons, for the first time, knock Australia off in Australia. But where will that leave them once the World Cup Super League comes to…
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StoryTime 104 - Roger Telemachus' Calamari
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Daniel Norcross returns for a frolic in his front room…
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The Ben Stokes doco, with the directors who made it
Season 12, Ep 28: There is a lot to like about this impressive documentary, especially in relation to mental health, and a lot of problems as well. We spoke to…
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High performance, pretty graphs or both? The Strauss Review.
Season 12, Ep 27: With Geoff a long way from anywhere, Adam has Will Macpherson for company at The Oval after another busy week off the field as well as on. Of…
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The Final Word Zimbabwe special
Season 12, Ep 26: Let us level with you: we have done a poor job of covering Zimbabwean cricket. The easiest reason for that, however unsatisfactory, is that…
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England South Africa Daily, Old Trafford Day 3
England have won the 2nd Test match, winning by an innings and 85 runs. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off…
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StoryTime 103 - The best dive bar in America
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, possibly our longest episode as we clear the decks…
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England South Africa Daily, Old Trafford Day 2
England have built a huge lead after Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes scored centuries in Manchester. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio…
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England South Africa Daily, Old Trafford Day 1
England started the Test match brilliantly, bowling out South Africa for 151. Then Ben Stokes' side avoided a batting collapse after being 43/3...but ended the…
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Back to the Future (Tours Program)
Season 12, Ep 25: Schedule geeks unite: the FTP for men's and women's cricket were released since the last time we recorded, and there is a lot to take in…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 102 – Swedish meat brawl
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a show recorded between London and Tulsa, Oklahoma…
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England South Africa Daily, Lord's Day 3
South Africa annihilated England at the home of cricket, thrashing them by an innings and 12 runs. The visitors are now 1-0 up in the series. Next stop…
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England South Africa Daily, Lord's Day 2
South Africa have put themselves in the driver's seat at Lord's, leading England by 124 runs. The visitors finished day two 289/7. The Final Word Daily is…
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England South Africa Daily, Lord's Day 1
The rain came to England's rescue, preventing South Africa from bowling them out at Lord's. The hosts face an uphill battle to secure a decent score against…
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England South Africa Daily, Lord's preview
Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross preview the 1st Test match between England and South Africa at Lord's The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair…
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Everything's a culture war if you want it enough
Season 12, Ep 24: The month of August is maddening for some in English cricket, yet for others, it's a chance to bankroll the rest of the year. Phil Walker of…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 101 – Texting David Gower from New Orleans
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon on a balcony in the…
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The Final Word with Adam Zwar
Season 12, Ep 23: Seven years ago, when we first started listing names of guests we would like to get on the show for a chat, the first was Adam Zwar. It never…
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The long slow smile of Rudi Koertzen
Season 12, Ep 22: Daniel Norcross joins Geoff this week, after the success of the Commonwealth Games cricket tournament and the sad news arriving that former…
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Commonwealth Games Daily - Day 8, the gold
That's Aussie gold my friend, and don't you forget it. The result was what most people expected, but India made the journey to get there a special one. Before…
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TFW Daily - Commonwealth Games - Day 7
India and Australia will take each other in the final to decide who wins the gold medal. New Zealand and England will play each other for the bronze medal. The…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 100!
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we raise the bat. Episode 100 means two years of…
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TFW Daily - Commonwealth Games - Day 6
England will face India in the semis after beating New Zealand by 7 wickets. The Final Word Daily is brought to you by Advanced Hair Studio. To receive 15% off…