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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
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The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 260 – Advanced Hair, yeah yeah
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the originator of hair-replacement therapy, the first Australian cricketer with an earring…
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TFW Daily - NZ give Pakistan hope – T20 World Cup 2026, Day 21
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 21 – England/New Zealand: A tournament that seemed destined for certainty was thrown into chaos by a late England…
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TFW Daily - India setup knockout with Windies - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 20
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 20 – India/Zimbabwe, South Africa/West Indies: What a difference a day of cricket makes. A powerhouse display from…
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TFW Daily - Santner Claus delivers - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 19
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 19 – New Zealand/Sri Lanka: New Zealand’s unassuming captain delivered his presence at the crease to turn around The…
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TFW Daily - Seriously, are England good or bad? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 18
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 18 – England/Pakistan: The tournament’s most perplexing team are the first through to the semi-finals, but how? Harry…
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Is Australia's Olympic cricket path in danger?
Season 19 Episode 29: After being dumped out of the T20 World Cup, the next question is whether that will affect Australia's qualification for the 2028…
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TFW Daily - Windies leave India teetering - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 17
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 17 - West Indies/Zimbabwe: It was a proud day for Zimbabwe as they landed in Mumbai to kick off their inaugural Super…
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TFW Daily - SA lay a marker - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 16
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 16 - India/South Africa, England/Sri Lanka: A capacity crowd in Ahmedabad were shocked to silence by a powerful South…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 259 – It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, who are the greatest pair of Cambodian cricketers, and what special skills did they have…
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TFW Daily - Why don't Aussies care? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 14
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 14 – Australia/Oman: Australia did as you might expect with their campaign officially over, obliterating Oman. But Adam and…
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TFW Daily - Zimbabwe top the group - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 13
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 13 – Zimbabwe/Sri Lanka, Afghanistan/Canada, West Indies/Italy: Zimbabwe go through to the Super 8 stage unbeaten. They’re a…
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TFW Daily - Can the Proteas do it? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 12
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 12 – South Africa/UAE, Pakistan/Namibia, India/Netherlands: If it's universally accepted India are the team to beat, are South…
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TFW Daily - Australia head home - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 11
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 11 – Zimbabwe/Ireland, Scotland/Nepal, New Zealand/Canada: It’s not often that the story of the day doesn’t feature any of the…
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India-Pakistan has become cricket's Death Star
Season 19 Episode 28: The big game happened, and once again the cricket was a non-event, but have we finally reached a tipping point where something might be…
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TFW Daily - Sri Lanka sink Australia - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 10
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 10 – UAE/Afghanistan, England/Italy, Sri Lanka/Australia: A quite stunning run-chase, led by the brilliant Pathum Nissanka, has…
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TFW Daily - India do Pakistan, again - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 9
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 9 – Nepal/West Indies, USA/Namibia, India/Pakistan: Was there ever any doubt? India charges on after another Pakistan…
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TFW Daily - Are England any good? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 8
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 8 – Ireland/Oman, England/Scotland, South Africa/New Zealand: Are England going to be a contender? Does anyone know? They're…
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TFW Daily - Zimbabwe repeat Australian history - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 7
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 7 – Zimbabwe/Australia, UAE/Canada, USA/Netherlands: What a performance from Zimbabwe, shocking Australia at a World Cup for the…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 258 – Group chats in the 19th century
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, how did group chats work in the 1800s? Plus, the 1800s Facebook friend, the all-star era…
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TFW Daily - Super Mosca Bros - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 6
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 6 – India/Namibia, Italy/Nepal, Oman/Sri Lanka: A red-letter day for cricket in Italy, taking points at this stage of the World…
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TFW Daily - Double Super Over madness - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 5
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 5 – Afghanistan/South Africa, Australia/Ireland, England/West Indies: The tournament roared into action on a scarcely believable…
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By god, that's Pakistan's music
Season 19 Episode 27: They're back, baby. Pakistan were never going to stay away, were they? After a big pow-wow, they have agreed to play India after all…
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TFW Daily - Can Pakistan out-spin India? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 4
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 4 – Netherlands/Namibia, New Zealand/UAE, Pakistan/USA: Pakistan are on the board, but do they have what it takes to touch…
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TFW Daily - Proteas fire - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 3
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 3 – South Africa/Canada, Zimbabwe/Oman, Scotland/Italy: South Africa were eager to show that they weren’t going to suffer a…
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TFW Daily - England avoid catastrophe - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 2
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 2 – New Zealand/Afghanistan, England/Nepal, Sri Lanka/Ireland: England nearly turned back the clock to become an associate…
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TFW Daily – SKY prevents India caving - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 1
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 1 – India USA, Scotland West Indies, Pakistan Netherlands: An expectant full house at the Wankhede fell silent early on as…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 257 – There are too many celebrities in Britain, please eliminate 3000
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, why are there so many allegedly famous people in the UK who nobody else has ever heard of?…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastTFW Book Club - Covering 500 Tests, with Scyld Berry
Book Club 16: Scyld Berry - 500 Declared: The Joys of Covering 500 Cricket Tests A book that, because of the title, can only have been written by one man…
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FFS, now Pakistan want to boycott the World Cup
Season 19 Episode 26: We have more drama ahead of the T20 World Cup, with Pakistan's government saying the national team will boycott India during the T20…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 256 – From 90s hero to less than zero
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, it's not a fun start but an important one as we look at years of accusations against…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastThe Final Word with Tawanda Muyeye - from refugee to England hopeful
Season 19 Episode 25: Last week, we had Sonny Baker with us, casting an eye to the future of England fast bowling. Today, a player similarly highly-rated…
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Lies about the Harry Brook story emphasise England's problems
Season 19 Episode 24: It's official, Bangladesh have refused to play in the T20 World Cup, meaning Scotland will come in. Justice for Jersey! Pakistan are…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 255 – The Summer of George
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a clue about a show about nothing - but can that be right? Two long-time contributors to…
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World cricket splinters further with World Cup boycott likely
Season 19 Episode 23: Cricket's small group of nations continues to fracture, with news firming even as we recorded this episode that Bangladesh will pull out…
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Ban Australians from county cricket? Ben Stokes, you got punk'd
Season 19 Episode 22: The seasons are changing, and after a white-clothing summer, Steve Smith is dressed in hot pink and smacking balls into orbit. He's no…
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The Final Word with Sonny Baker
Season 19 Episode 21: If you listened to the pod through 2025, Sonny Baker's name won’t be new to you - we spoke about him practically every week after seeing…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 254 – The Irishman who became a Chinese general
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, another vast and sprawling tale of a 20th century life that hardly seems true, from the…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastTFW Book Club - Australia's ADHD Leggie, with Pat Rodgers
Book Club 15: Pat Rodgers - From Macdonaldtown To Lords: The Erratic Syd Emery Pat Rodgers, great friend of the pod, dives into many a story from cricket’s…
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As the Australians relax, England brace for review season
Season 19, Episode 20: It's the weekly show. Normal programming is back. Except for programming at the T20 World Cup, where India's government is now feuding…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 253 – An honorary degree from the University of WA
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a quick one from the SCG before it's time to pack up and ship out, but we have time for…
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TFW Ashes Daily - The Ashes are over! Time to look back
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 6: Toll the bells, it is over. And for this series at least, this is the final Final Word Ashes Daily. What did we…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Behold, a nervous chase - 5th Test, Sydney Day 5
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 5: Get a score on the board and it can make for a nervous chase. So it proved for Australia on the final day of the…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Bethell makes history - 5th Test, Sydney Day 4
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 4: They said it couldn't happen. Ok, maybe we said it couldn't happen. Either way, that was said. Picking a guy who…
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TFW Ashes Daily - The Smith machine turns on - 5th Test, Sydney Day 3
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 3: In truth, it has been a long time coming in Ashes cricket, but in the Year of Our Lord 2026, Steve Smith took us…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Root & Head on the same day - 5th Test, Sydney Day 2
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 2: It was a day for batting, in both camps, as the SCG provided some challenges but also some opportunities. First…
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TFW Ashes Daily - The engine room arrives - 5th Test, Sydney Day 1
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 1: For a moment it looked like we would have another crazy fast Test innings, but then things changed. Joe Root and…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Khawaja's done, Smith isn't - 5th Test, Sydney Day 0
The Ashes Daily 2025, 5th Test, Sydney Day 0: It's been a busy couple of days in the SCG press conference room with Usman Khawaja pulling the pin and Steve…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastMichael Bevan's New Year's Miracle, 30 years on
Season 19, Episode 20: On this day, three decades ago. New Year's Day. Michael Bevan, Roger Harper... you know it. To recognise this cherished moment in…
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The Best & Worst of 2025
Season 19, Episode 19: Happy New Year! Time for another Final Word tradition, the best and worst in cricket of 2025. This past year was one with a lot of good…
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No retirement signal from Usman Khawaja
Season 19, Episode 18: With another longer than expected pause between Tests, thoughts turn to Sydney and the end of the series. But there is no sign yet of a…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 252 – The commando and the buried POW camp
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we stumble by many coincidences onto the story of Australian Test cricket's WWII commando…
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TFW Ashes Daily - the MCG aftermath
The Ashes Daily 2025, 4th Test, Melbourne Day 3 wrap: The whole country is fixated on one thing: 22 yards of grass in the middle of the MCG, and how it came to…
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TFW Ashes Daily - England break the drought - 4th Test, Melbourne Day 2
The Ashes Daily 2025, 4th Test, Melbourne Day 2: Once again, we are left to survey a field of smoking wreckage and ask, what the hell was that? Another two-day…
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TFW Ashes Daily - One insane Boxing Day - 4th Test, Melbourne Day 1
The Ashes Daily 2025, 4th Test, Melbourne Day 1: What a ridiculous day. For years Melbourne was the most boring pitch in the country, but there will be plenty…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Jhye flies, Jofra grounded - 4th Test, Melbourne Day 0
The Ashes Daily 2025, 4th Test, Melbourne Day 0: It's been four years since Jhye Richardson stood at the top of his mark in a Test match but that looks set to…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastThe Final Word Christmas with Andy Zaltzman
Season 19, Episode 16: Merry Christmas to all. In carrying on our tradition of a festive interview with a much-loved contributor to the game, not many people…
The Final Word Cricket PodcastStory Time 251 – Chariots of Fire from 0.2 seconds back
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we're still in Adelaide as we discover by tangent the tale of one of the 20th century's…
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TFW Ashes Daily - End of an era - 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 6
The Ashes Daily 2025, 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 6: Quiet settles on the Adelaide hills, as Geoff Lemon and Daniel Norcross take a beat to consider the end of the…
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TFW Ashes Daily - Ashes done with a twist - 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 5
The Ashes Daily 2025, 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 5: The expected result came in, but not in the expected way. For some periods of time on the final day, the game…
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TFW Ashes Daily - She's going the distance! - 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 4
The Ashes Daily 2025, 3rd Test, Adelaide Day 4: We're going to make to a fifth day! Not, admittedly, one with a whole lot riding on it, but if there's an…