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PODCAST

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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91:43

Story Time 238 – David Bowie meets Matthew Wade

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/09/05

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam and Geoff start off with a tale full of incident but plenty of heaviness, before moving on to one of the least expected rises to prominence in one of the most memorable matches of all. Also this week, the cultural place of the humble avocado, the brief burst of one of the fastest of his time, an incident-filled fourth Test linked to some eye-watering stats, and what did bring Ziggy and Wadey

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85:08

Captain Cummins a chance to miss the Ashes

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/09/02

Season 18, Episode 31: Last week we asked whether Australia had a depth problem with fast bowling. A week later, it's suddenly more likely that they might, with Pat Cummins under observation after back soreness that could presage a stress fracture. If the Australian skipper and strike bowler is not fit for a home Ashes, suddenly everything changes. Also this week, Mitchell Starc's first retirement from an international format, Jamie Overton quits red-ball cricket shortly after his Test outing at

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81:09

Story Time 237 – Father Marriott II: The Quickening

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2025/08/30

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam and Geoff are back to normal with a few great tales and a major statistical quirk. We go back to both World Wars to look at the mentor of a frequent ST subject, and revisit our inaugural Dusty Old Bastard. Then there's a true pioneer, and a mathematical oddity: how can the most frequent one-day score also be so unlikely, and how did one Australian number become an Indian nemesis?Your Nerd Pledge

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91:20

Are Australia's fast-bowling reserves really an Ashes...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/28

Season 18, Episode 30: Another couple of next-gen fast bowlers have gone down injured in the last week, with Spencer Johnson again withdrawn from duty and Lance Morris out for a least a year with major surgery. Is there an emerging problem for Australian quicks behind Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood, and Boland, or does their presence mean there is no problem? Also this week, Mitch Marsh's team rack up 400 after losing an ODI series to South Africa, Cheteshwar Pujara retires from all Indian cricket,

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71:34

Story Time 236 – A Scottish cry for justice, with...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/24

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we complete the set, having now had each current member of our Sleuth Group join the show, as we catch up with Sean McGivern in his home town of Edinburgh. There is plenty to chat about at the Carlton Cricket Club - not that one - which explains why we only got through two numbers this week, thanks to Geoff and Adam's inadvertent pledge collision, Sean's fine detective work to right and rewrite a

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62:05

The faces of England’s 2005 Ashes heroes, with Philip...

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2025/08/22

Season 18, Episode 28: Philip Brown is one of the game’s great photographers, having covered more than 300 Tests since 1988. Two decades ago, he had one of the best vantage points possible for the greatest Ashes series of modern memory. To mark the milestone, he found each of the 12 players England used that glorious summer to ask them a simple question: could he take their picture again? The result is a special piece of work. Once he and Adam have finished talking about that, they review Browny’s

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78:23

Our most wholesome day of cricket (and a one-wicket...

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2025/08/20

Season 18, Episode 28: Our inaugural podcast all-star fundraiser at Wormsley was a hit, with The Final Word team getting over the line with one wicket to spare, a big crowd turning out, and money raised to help kids in need. Especially, find out about the magic day had by Kate Mason and Alex Horne. Join Geoff and Adam in Edinburgh as they continue on this week's TFW XI tour into Scotland, also farewelling Australian legend Bob Simpson, enjoying some Glenn Maxwell magic madness, latest possible

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93:09

Story Time 235 – The chase for Skase remains

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2025/08/16

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Adam and Geoff are back together and heading back to Italy in the 1940s, via a detour to Spain in the 2020s. A couple of long-running clues are finally broken down, piece by piece, as we discover some Mary Poppins history, dual-sport families, and place a great of the game in a different space and time. It's a fun one.Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 10.21 - Chris Dobbins 6.34 - Jeremy

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70:05

TFW's 10th Anniversary Special! The lost pilot episode

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/14

Season 18, Episode 26: It is true: The Final Word has turned 10. Technically our first episode was released on July 23, 2015, but July 23 this year was in the middle of a rather busy Test match and Test series, so we thought we'd wait for a quieter moment. It's a good chance to sit and take stock of what has happened, as a quiet side project done for the fun of it has become such a big part of our lives. Adam and Geoff catch up for a look back, before we dust off our rarest archival find: the pilot

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98:30

Umpire Bharat is better than your umpire

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2025/08/12

Season 18, Episode 25: Top End cricket is happening with Australia and South Africa in Darwin, but our attention is on Leicestershire league cricket where the umpiring controversy of the millennium has blown up. In other news, the idea of separate divisions in Test cricket is gathering steam, as is the possible sale of the Big Bash, while a disastrous 10-over league crashes out in the Cayman Islands, and some weird stuff goes on in county cricket. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon.Support the

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89:25

Story Time 234 – Brazil's Smoking Cobras beat the...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/10

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, an unexpected detour into the World War II battle for the Gothic Line in Italy, via a search for a captaincy Bannerman. Also, the Hindu bridge between India and Indonesia, an underappreciated bridging of an era, and a battle of the slowest slow men. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 7.00 - Brent Simmonds 51,834 - Aditya Sutresna 6.32 - Satchmo Distel 3.96

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50:29

The Final Word with Benny Howell: ADHD and pro cricket

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/07

Season 18, Episode 24: The Hundred is here – a competition that divides opinion and likely always will. But what do the players think? Especially those who’ve made careers in the shorter forms? Benny Howell is one of them. At the start of his journey he was an opening bat, but over the last decade or more he’s been the man with a million slower balls. The pioneering 36-year-old begins another season this week with the Birmingham Phoenix and remains as passionate as ever. A big part of Benny’s

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48:41

TFW Daily - Looking back at the Anderson-Tendulkar...

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2025/08/05

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 6: It's all over bar the podcast reviews. A intense few weeks with 25 days of Test cricket, much of high quality, some of it less so, but all of it entertaining. Daniel Norcross has been your steadfast guide through those weeks, and joins Geoff Lemon for an outside view of what has been a truly memorable contest.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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34:41

TFW Daily - Siraj and Woakes in thrilling finish -...

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2025/08/04

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 5: A series as good as this deserved a finish as good as this. It should have been a stroll for England on the final day, needing 35 runs with four wickets in hand - even if one of those wickets was Chris Woakes with his arm in a sling. The fact that Woakes had to walk out to bat will tell you that things didn't go that smoothly. India's tour hero Mohammed Siraj had the ball in hand. So began one of the famous last chapters of a match, and a

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27:44

TFW Daily - One final stanza remains - England India...

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2025/08/03

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 4: So we go to Day 25 of the series, with 35 runs or 3 wickets to decide the fate of the series. Unless Chris Woakes can bat? For most of Day 4 it looked like another England miracle was panning out, thanks largely to Harry Brook and Joe Root, as Mohammed Siraj and company toiled. But with wickets falling near the end, India’s bowlers will get one last chance on morning five. Cameron Ponsonby joins Daniel Norcross from The Oval. Support the show with

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27:46

TFW Daily - Can the Bazballers do it? - England India...

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2025/08/02

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 3: It was Yashasvi Jaiswal’s day at The Oval, as India pressed home the advantage of a weakened and inexperienced England attack. What a knock from the opener. 50s from Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja, and late fireworks from Washington Sundar kept the foot on the throat of the weary hosts. And to top it off, a Mohammed Siraj yorker to castle Zak Crawley completed the visitor’s superb day. How will England approach the chase with so much time? We all know

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27:48

TFW Daily - Bonkers/brilliant Test Cricket - England...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/08/01

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 2: An emotional day at The Oval, honouring recently departed legend Graham Thorpe, saw some of the most riveting passages of a gripping series. Momentum swung back and forth as runs came quickly and wickets fell in clusters. But which team has the upper hand? And will the tension boil over on what should be the decisive day of the series on Saturday? Cameron Ponsonby is with Daniel Norcross. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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27:08

TFW Daily - Spicy deck fun - England India 5th Test,...

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2025/07/31

England India Daily, 5th Test, The Oval, Day 1: Rain threatened to spoil the party, then an extended final session saw plenty happen for both teams before the close, but what is a good score on a pitch offering plenty? A wild but rewarding return for Josh Tongue, but a concerning end for Chris Woakes, who was in significant pain from a shoulder injury. Meanwhile, our man Karun Nair earned the chance to raise his bat in Tests once again. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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33:37

TFW Daily - Stokes out, Bumrah maybe - England India...

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/30

England India Daily, 4th Test, Old Trafford Review: They're dropping like flies after 20 days of Test cricket in this series. Ben Stokes had his arm fall off, Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse won't bowl for England, Rishabh Pant will miss for India, and Jasprit Bumrah will be a morning-one decision. Adam and Daniel Norcross look at all the permutations, and give you the inside track on The Oval's uncompromising groundsman.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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82:44

Olympic pathway is set, as Tests are pushed further back

The Final Word Cricket Podcast ·

2025/07/29

Season 18, Episode 23: With each meeting of the ICC board, the direction of travel becomes clearer. Two tiers of Test cricket, with less time to play it, thanks to the return of the Champions League, the likely sale of the Big Bash, and the upcoming focus on Olympic qualifiers - all of that is now more likely, as the reports come in and the working groups keep meeting. The canaries in the coalmine are already dead. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge

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