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The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon

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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88:23

Story Time 268 – There's only one thing Kohli can't...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/04/25

It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the greatest run of free lunches in a particular journalist's history. An adopted hero, a distant memorial, a new era beckoning for Bangladeshis bowling fast, and there's only one thing in this world that Virat Kohli can't stand.Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 2.14 - Harsha G 3.51 - Not The Run Machine 6.00 - Alex 4.10 - Tim O'Meara Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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37:28

This is W̶o̶m̶e̶n̶'̶s̶ cricket | The Final Word

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2026/04/22

Season 20, Episode 7: Live from Lord’s at the annual MCC Women’s Day. Adam Collins brings you a series of chats from prominent women in cricket, proving that it’s not just what happens on the field or on TV that keeps the juggernaut of the women’s game rolling. From Meg Lay, the first woman to prepare an international cricket pitch, record-setting German international Tina Gough, Dutch captain and ICC Europe boss Esther de Lange, and sports apparel pioneer Leigh Burns from our partners at Lacuna

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82:30

More corruption accusations in world cricket as ICC...

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2026/04/20

Season 20, Episode 6: A new investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has brought to light the extremely serious risk that rottenness has consumed cricket administration in that country. The ICC, of course, has hands in pockets while whistling. Also this week, Tom Decent joins the show to update us on Cricket Australia's campaign to win over the state associations and sell the Big Bash, a couple of Final Word faves rejoin the Pakistan Test setup, and Suryavanshi is heading for an Indian

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91:55

Story Time 267 – When Mr Cricket passed The Don

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/04/17

It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a 77-year dynasty of decent boring men, a piece of pure cricket slapstick in the middle of a tough streak, an accidental stumbling onto someone's favourite player, and the moment when a legend in the making passed the biggest one of all. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 3.00 - Andrew Cooper 18.46 - Calum Evans 13.00 - Simon Clarke 3.29 - Rory Seymour Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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67:23

Wisden 2026 with Lawrence Booth

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2026/04/16

Season 20, Episode 5: We love a tradition on The Final Word, with one of those our annual chat with Lawrence Booth, the editor of the little yellow bible of the game, every year in the MCC Library before he and Adam go across the road to the Long Room for the launch dinner. Once again, the book is a tour de force – we expect nothing less. And as ever, the man who steers the ship is on top form, be it summing up to perfection England’s Ashes misadventure, or taking aim at the latest round of

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104:29

Brazil's world record, and Dave Warner nicked on the...

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2026/04/14

Season 20, Episode 4: Another big week, do we keep saying that? Laura Cardoso from our favourite cricket team claimed the best bowling figures in T20 history this week with 9 for 4, so let's break down how it happened and hear, briefly, from teammate Roberta Moretti Avery. Making the news for less salubrious reasons was Dave Warner, blowing twice the legal limit into a breathalyser over Easter. Also this week, the likely 12-team Test championship structure, Bangladesh sack the board, Cricket France

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79:52

Story Time 266 – Why do bowlers only get 20 percent?

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2026/04/10

It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, why is it accepted wisdom that bowlers in limited-overs formats should only get 20 percent of the overs each? Let's have a look. Also this week, a little-known WACA classic, a storied ground whose stories have run out, and the curse of the Mitchells. 2.00 - Joel Emonson 9.10 - Ben Connor 12.10 - David Salter 3.77 - Jack Jorgensen Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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43:29

The Final Word with Jake Weatherald

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2026/04/09

Season 20, Episode 3: We find the Australian Test opener at The Oval, where he’s set to play for Leicestershire against Surrey in the county championship – a gig he only found out he had a couple of weeks ago. It’s emblematic of the 31-year-old’s fascinating and unconventional career so far, which has taken the left-hander far and wide from his Northern Territory home, all in pursuit of his Test dream. Now realised, the Ashes-winning opener has been backed in with a national contract, endorsed as

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76:07

Red-ball cricket shoots emerge from frozen winter ground

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2026/04/07

Season 20, Episode 2: This won't be the practice every week, but why note spend half an hour talking about the county round to begin the first episode of county season? Red-ball cricket is back in the north, baby, and past Final Word guests are outdoing everyone else. Also this week, tremulous responses to Pat Cummins' back scan, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the talk of the IPL, South Africa have some contract surprises, and the Women's T20 World Cup groups are out.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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87:36

Story Time 265 – The Rastafarian Lion of Judah

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/04/04

It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Bharat joins Geoff to realise how little they both know about Ethiopia, and to attempt a correction. Is there a cricket link? Of course there is. Also this week, hometown heroes, golden boys, injustices whose sting will never fade, and more than one significant dip in the pool.6.60 - Terry Hogan 3.63 - Tom McCulloch 2.03 - Grant Flemming 2.15 - Andy Cochrane Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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57:00

The Final Word with Toby Roland-Jones

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2026/04/03

Season 20, Episode 1: A new season brings new faces and fresh storylines. But it’s also a time to admire those who have been on the circuit for a long time, dedicating themselves summer after summer. Heading into his 17th professional season, a man who has done this with distinction for Middlesex is their big quick and standard-bearer, Toby Roland-Jones. A decade on from his magical hat-trick to win the county championship on the final day of the season at Lord’s, he’s still charging in and making

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106:44

New Aussie contract list braces for Test overload year

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2026/04/01

Season 19, Episode 39: It’s our season finale for the Australian cricket season of 2025/26, with a cracker of a Sheffield Shield final run and won over five days, and a new Australian central contract list moving well away from white-ball formats and investing everything in the extraordinary glut of 21 Tests between this August and the following July. Also this week, separate administrator madness in both Pakistan and India, an all-time performance in the women's game, and more discontent with

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50:50

The Final Word with Sam Cook - A Change is Gonna Come

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/03/30

Season 19, Episode 38: We’ve learned in our time it’s impossible to avoid investing in some players’ stories more than others. For us, one of those has been Essex and England seamer Sam Cook. When he was picked for his Test debut, it was a triumph for everyone who believes that forever hitting the same spot while nipping it around, at a decent clip without blowing up the speed gun, is worthy. It’s what this guy has been doing from the moment he arrived in the pro game as a teenager, doing it in all

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93:10

Story Time 264 - Wave cash at me in the Brunswick...

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2026/03/28

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. A fresh combo this week, as Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to discuss one of the least orthodox Nerd Pledges we’ve had - not in content, but in method of delivery. Also, how do you track down someone who has a more illustrious namesake?Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week 50.00 - Kamal Mann 4.21 - Handsome Hammy Goodman and Glamorous Gary Goodman 3.51 - Mathew 3.74 - Not That Steve Smith Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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71:28

Much review about nothing: England Ashes...

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2026/03/26

Season 19, Episode 37: In a necessary two-part weekly show, the first dealt with Australian matters, and now Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to look at England’s supposed review of their Ashes disaster. Also this week, the BCCI released a schedule for next year’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which has surprised everyone; Pakistan’s PSL is in trouble again, and Amelia Kerr is going up yet more gears. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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88:31

Cricket Australia to sell the farm? The moment of truth

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2026/03/24

Season 19, Episode 36: Geoff and Adam are back together at last, after weeks of travel difficulty, and a huge news week means a two-part weekly show. Later this week will come the two-day meeting between Cricket Australia and the state associations to decide whether they should go ahead with trying to sell off the Big Bash League. Of course most involved have spent months positioning the conversation to make sure that happens. Is anyone against it, and has anyone given proper weight to the likely

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91:53

Story Time 263 - Paradise is a 1979 Lord’s Final

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/03/22

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the hope of Queensland and the spirit of Somerset, as we return to happier times for domestic cricket. A tale of a Lord’s final of Daniel Norcross’ youth is told with care, as is the career of England’s big boss when he was a big boy plundering runs. Later, an old friend has a clue in for Adam, which relates to yet another book he’s written about the Golden Era of the game. In the middle of all this, a time jump followed by lengthy

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79:13

Dean Jones’ World XI Stunner, 30 years to the day,...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/03/20

Season 19, Episode 35: It was on this day, 21 March 1996, that the great Dean Jones stepped out in front of his adoring MCG crowd to play against the Australian team he was so desperately unlucky not to be at the World Cup. The century that followed, in most challenging of conditions, was a marker of just how good he been since selectors parted ways with the controversial talisman. To mark the 30th anniversary of the knock, two true believers there that afternoon, Adam Collins and Shannon Gill, are

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63:18

England’s Next Big Thing: The Final Word with Asa Tribe

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/03/18

Season 19, Episode 34: It takes a bit to wear the Next Big Thing tag in English Cricket, which is what Asa Tribe has quickly become. A breakout 2025, both for Glamorgan, and terrific performances with Jersey – with whom he’s been playing internationals since he was a teenager – saw him vaulted into an England Lions squad, which he made the very most of rattling off a classy ton against a strong Australia A. Also earning franchise opportunities overseas, this 21-year-old as the cricketing world at

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91:46

Player auctions are absolutely bonkers

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2026/03/16

Season 19 Episode 33: Does anyone understand how players end up valued in auctions, like what we saw for The Hundred last week? Daniel Norcross has a crack at explaining it to Adam. They’re on more comfortable ground talking all things Shield and debating controversial dismissals. Later, will the BBL be privatised? Sounds like we’ll know by Easter. Which is when the county championship returns, which will warm us inside and out as the IPL begins its marathon. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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