The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Day 1 of the Third Test at Ahmedabad – The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon will wrap up each day’s action, decide the Player of the Day, and sort the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all throughout the four Test matches for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. England won the toss, elected to bat, and that’s about as good as it got. India’s spinners once again dominated, with Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin doing the work between them, and only Zak Crawley making a score. Then it was over to Rohit Sharma, who continued his high-scoring form while Jack Leach took a couple of wickets. For a discount on a digital subscription for Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 22: A busy cricket week, aside from the final match in the Yarra Pub Cricket Association for the storied DOCCC (est. 2007). We also look at the mess of messaging from England around resting players that stitched up Moeen Ali, the lead-up to two simultaneous tours of New Zealand, a couple of remarkable results in the Sheffield Shield, a bit of Nerd Pledge and the latest from our Bannerman search, then TFW favourite Bharat Sundaresan joins the show to explain some of the confusing bits about the IPL auction. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 7.67 – Trev from Perth 3.16 – Brad Todd 1.41 – Tim Jones Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's time for some spicy group action, on our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener number challenges. This week we have the Jones-Off of '88, a bunch of Test dads, the 10-day match and how close it came to a win, how far Belinda Clark was ahead of her time, the cumulative size of various Peters, the most delightful day out for a recent guest, and what show would be complete without Our Father Vinoo and a selection of Nawabs? Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 1.26 - Anirban Gupta-Nigam 3.42 - Declan Lawlor & Bernhard Sayer 2.31 - Alan Edgar, Brian Strain & Steve Lofthouse 1.16 - Chris Jones, Dane Hanstead & datGriffin 2.19 - Keiron Costello, Scott Lamprecht, Nick Tewson & Reg Wilson 2.29 - Michael Gormley & Mike Dunn Plus revisits and confirmations from previous contributors. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find all our episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 21: Now the dust has settled in Chennai, we try to strip the parochial from the practical on the broader subject of pitch preparation, and figure out what the various positions of argument are actually about. Also this week some Glenn Maxwell time, a bit of West Indies and Ireland, more stories from our Bannerman Search, then a great chat with Angela Pippos about her new documentary The Record, about the Women's T20 World Cup final at the MCG. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week are: 1.77 – Joel Emonsen 5.04 – Stuart Akers 1.83 – Rituraj Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO, at zoleo.com Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 2nd Test, Chennai Day 4: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon will wrap up each day’s action, decide the Player of the Day, and sort the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all throughout the four Test matches for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 2nd Test, Chennai Day 3: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon wraps each day’s action, decides the Player of the Day, and sorts the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all through the four Tests for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 2nd Test, Chennai Day 2: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon wraps each day’s action, decides the Player of the Day, and sorts the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all through the four Tests for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The game is afoot! Our long-time quarry Rob O'Neill is back with another twisting, turning number designed to push Geoff to the brink of madness. Will Prisoner 24601 succeed? This is our weekly walk through cricket history via the method of Nerd Pledge quiz. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 3.27 – Jeremy Nash 2.05 – Kieran Barns-Jenkins 5.18 – John Pheby 1.05 – Thomas Melia 4.90 – Simon Ward 2.54 – Max Gillespie & Lachlan McKirdy 10.33 – Grant Cartledge 5.22 – Mary Stevens 2.23 – Joe Wozniczka-Wells Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Help out the Lord’s Taverners in 2021: www.lordstaverners.org Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 2nd Test, Chennai Day 1: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon wraps each day’s action, decides the Player of the Day, and sorts the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all through the four Tests for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 20: Featuring Damien Fleming, Dermott Brereton, and Adam White in guest spots, this week's episode comes direct from the Media XI cricket match against the MCC. In the spirit of our accidental Aussie Rules tangents, the match also featured Nick Riewoldt, Brendon Goddard and Daniel Harford. On the show: the West Indies miracle starring Kyle Mayers, the increasing fallout from Australia cancelling on South Africa, medals for Beth Mooney and Steve Smith, domestic cricket ahoy, our wrap of the Big Bash, and a welcome return to Happy Birthday Sachin after a couple of months with attention elsewhere. An episode that was a lot of fun, recorded in a lovely location. Couldn't ask for more. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 1st Test, Chennai Day 5: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon wraps each day’s action, decides the Player of the Day, and sorts the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all through the four Tests for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, 1st Test, Chennai Day 4: The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon wraps each day’s action, decides the Player of the Day, and sorts the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all through the four Tests for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 3 of the First Test at Chennai – The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon will wrap up each day’s action, decide the Player of the Day, and sort the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all throughout the four Test matches for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. For a discount on a digital subscription for Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener number challenges. In a compact episode with some revisits left to future eps, we'll find out many relations or people with the same first names can pop up in one show. There's a very important moment registered on Old Father Time, a number that definitely needs to get bigger, the finest hour of a rhyming individual, and some queries on alternative timelines spiralling off our space-time continuum. Set your watches. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.15 – Simon Dolding 4.09 – Sam Littlejohn 3.39 – Fred Cowen 3.05 – Harry Woolley 2.39 – Harry Chalkley & Nick Garner Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 2 of the First Test at Chennai – The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon will wrap up each day’s action, decide the Player of the Day, and sort the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all throughout the four Test matches for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. For a discount on a digital subscription for Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Day 1 of the First Test at Chennai – The Final Word Daily with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon will wrap up each day’s action, decide the Player of the Day, and sort the nominations for the Final Word Hall of Fame, all throughout the four Test matches for the coveted Anthony de Mello Trophy. For a discount on a digital subscription for Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 19: Australia's tour to South Africa is off, just as England's Tests in India are about to begin. With three weeks to go, CA has chalked up another cancellation. Reasonable precaution, foreseeable disaster? Geoff and Adam don't agree on everything. For England's big task ahead, we chat with Vithushan Ehantharajah about what to watch for and what it might mean in viral Britain. Also this week: Pakistan's Karachi win over South Africa, new sources of heat on Justin Langer, the Windies gear up for Tests in Bangladesh, Aghanistan whitewashes Ireland, Australia's Hall of Fame gets some new entrants, and we kick off another Final Word campaign, this time around Charlie Bannerman. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.01 – MJ Knoester 2.90 – Andrew Singleton 1.56 – Alex Brown Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO, at zoleo.com Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A little late due to squad illness and injury, but here we are: the weekly walk through cricket history via the means of listener quiz numbers. Start out by learning about our own Cam the Cameraman's cricket history, which is none: he played his first organised match on the weekend and there's a very good story there. On the show this week: Jean Valjean is back in our sights, some tips about what a 90s kid could see if they couldn't leave Brisbane, and some highly tenuous links between questions and answers. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 246.01 – Rob O'Neill 6.64 – Brent Simmonds 3.64 – Chris Unwin (again?) 17.03 – Andrew Morton 2.26 – Abbey Sim & Luke Appleton 5.33 – Dominic Bowes & Mark Stein Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 18: "How you wanna raise a flag with a rifle / To make us want to celebrate anything but survival?" So goes the A.B. Originals song January 26. This year Cricket Australia stopped using the term 'Australia Day' to promote matches, recognising that it's a day of mourning for a lot of Indigenous people. Predictably this small gesture was criticised by political antagonists. On the date in question, Munanjahli writer Dr Chelsea Watego joins us to talk about commemoration versus celebration, the complexity of history, and what progress might actually look like beyond platitudes. Also this week, Sri Lanka's series against England wraps up, South Africa head to Pakistan for the first time in 13 years, and the World Test Championship possibilities become slightly more clear. Your Nerd Pledge numbers: 2.24 – Peter Halton 1.68 – Jesse G 1.22 – James Ralston Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We spend a lot of time talking about our Nerds. But this weekend on Story Time, we pay tribute to our Julios. After that, we get to work solving the puzzles that have stumped us over the Christmas period, from Charlotte Edwards to Cam White; Pat Pocock to Min Patel. And we’re never far away from Clem Hill or Chesney Hawkes. Our Julios are: Peter Pohlman Trent Grimes Andy Slee Tom Fisher George Randell Adam Towns Cian Seymour Adrian Samms James Durey Stephen Jones Miraj Vora Isaac Heming John McGill Mark Xerri Ryan Thomas Mich de Waal Bharat Agarwal Charlie Gresty Robert Drummond Brent Simmonds Mike Brown Matt Fried Adrien Muller Elliott Olivier Peter Arnold-Nott Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Help out the Lord’s Taverners in 2021: www.lordstaverners.org Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 17: Sometimes an interview comes along that knocks our socks off. We all think that we know Marcus Stoinis: the big smile, the big sixes, the cheekiness, the time in the gym. We expected to talk to Marcus about his career, but instead the conversation went somewhere else: cricket as the backdrop to the rest of his life, the years of trying to take care of his family while nursing and losing his father. We often don't know how a conversation will turn out, and that was never more the case than here. Also this week our reaction to India's final Test win over Australia, and England's nervous result against a determined Sri Lanka. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 7.53 – Satchmo Distel 4.56 – Graham Hartley Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO, at zoleo.com Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 5 of the 4th Test, Australia v India, from the Gabba. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 4 of the 4th Test, Australia v India, from the Gabba. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 3 of the 4th Test, Australia v India, from the Gabba. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 2 of the 4th Test, Australia v India, from the Gabba. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 1 of the 4th Test, Australia v India, from the Gabba. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 16: One of the more pointless furores of our time must be about Steve Smith scraping his foot on the pitch in the Sydney Test. On this week's show we go into the detail of that one which has been mostly overlooked. We also look at Tim Paine's apology for losing his cool, racism from the SCG stands, and England's upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka. Plus some Nerd Pledge and a very unexpected Super Performer of the Week. Your Nerd Pledge numbers: 3.41 – Oliver Grünler 4.76 – Paul Cherry Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 5 of the 3rd Test, Australia v India, from the SCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 4 of the 3rd Test, Australia v India, from the SCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New year, new me. This is 2021's first Story Time, our dance through the history of cricket. This week returns to our favourite defenestrator, the most important runs in a run of five draws, and a new Dusty Old Bastard by the name of Septimus. And that’s just in the first half hour before we return to numbers we got wrong in the past, plus your correspondence from the Christmas and New Year break. It's great to be back. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 1.60 – Alastair Wilson & Andrew Beech. 2.63 – Sujon Chowdhary. 1.85 – Liam Callaghan. 6.64 – Nick Smythe & Shannon Blackmore. 6.00 – Jeremy Bourke. 1.95 – Elliott Diamond. 1.73 – Cam Again & Jack Faine & Daniel Hill. 3.62 – Michelle Garland. 6.79 – Michael Edelstein. 1.75 – Rory Seymour & Simon Trafford. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Help out the Lord’s Taverners in 2021: lordstaverners.org Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 3 of the 3rd Test, Australia v India, from the SCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 2 of the 3rd Test, Australia v India, from the SCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 1 of the 3rd Test, Australia v India, from the SCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 15: Few bowlers have enjoyed playing at Sydney more that Stuart MacGill, appropriately so given his iconic initials. So, ahead of this Harbour City Test Match, we present our interview with the former Australian leggie from our Patreon Live Show in November. He’s honest, forthright and emotional about what spinning for his country meant to him, with a deep love of the game that has never dimmed. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.35 – Tom Humphreys & Sam King. 6.30 – Adam Jones. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO, at zoleo.com Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 14: Happy New Year! Load up your glasses and turn on the show in the final hours of one year or the fresh ones of the next. The terrible times of 2020 are behind us, and the indistinct times of 2021 are ahead. So what were the best and worst, the highs and the lows? We'll head around the cricket world, to Bangladesh and South Africa, Southampton and Mount Maunganui, in and out of bubbles, to the players and matches and moments that defined the year for us. We'll also talk about the Sydney Test against India in a fashion that will already be out of date now that new COVID cases have been detected in Melbourne – but hey, that's 2020. Thanks so much for listening this year, and here's hoping the next is as good on the podcast, and much better off it. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for today: 3.12 – James Tiernan & Dave McRobbie 5.13 – Troy Smith Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up The Golden Summer with a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW Or get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 4 of the 2nd Test, Australia v India, from the MCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Day 3 of the 2nd Test, Australia v India, from the MCG. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from the 2nd day of the 2nd Test from The MCG Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from the 1st day of the 2nd Test from The MCG Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 13: At Christmas time, we like to sit down for a long chat with someone well loved by The Final Word. The first time was Harsha, last year was Mel Jones, and this time it had to be Jim Maxwell, who will be a rare absence from the Boxing Day Test. We also hope we can sit down with you, as you drive to distant places or take a break from family or settle in for the day on your own. This show is all about Jim's extraordinary life in cricket, as he shares those tales over a glass of crisp white wine. His gift to all of us – and the best of festive cheer or peace to you. Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summerhere Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO at zoleo.com Check out CBUS Super: cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Story Time is our weekly walk through cricket history. Jim Swanton had a hymn that he liked to sing, but you’ll never guess why. What about identifying the Godfather of Durham? John didn’t spell his the same as Evelyn. Who hit the pads but ate the pies? A little more Stan McCabe, a strange double from Steve Harmison, and the time that Mushtaq Mohammed did it all himself. After that we speak to the excellent Lisa Sthalekar, interviewed recently on the future of commentary for the documentary series Calling The Shots. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.53 – Dave McRobbie 8.97 – Richard Johnson. 1.87 – Simon Trafford. 7.97 – Will Cuckson. 4.93 – Tom Stewart. 2.81 – Vivek Nayak and Dom Philp. 5.15 – Chris Arkle. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Help out the Lord’s Taverners this Christmas: www.lordstaverners.org Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide Day 3: Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Adelaide Oval. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide Day 2: Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from Adelaide Oval. Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geoff and Adam bring you the daily update from the 1st day of the 1st test from Adelaide Oval Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia is hosting India for four Tests for the Border-Gavaskar trophy. Geoff and Adam bring you up to speed the day before the first Test starting in Adelaide. Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 12: There’s never been a higher ranked international T20 batsman than Dawid Malan and it just so happens to be that he is quarantining down the corridor from Adam. No better time, then, to get him on to pace through his eventful journey in the professional game over the last decade and a half. Before the interview, we take a look at Australia’s selection considerations ahead of the First Test against India, cross the ditch to recap New Zealand’s big win at Wellington and Daniel Norcross gets to the bottom of how the Coronavirus really got a head of stream. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.45 – Andrew Donnison 2.13 – Tim Vanderpump Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Pick up Golden Summers and get a £3 discount with the code GOLDTFW the new anthology from Wisden Cricket Monthly Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another weekend, more stories – this time with a strong Australia v India theme ahead of the Test series. What’s Geoff’s Angel Number? When was the only time a ten-for was taken in the Ranji Trophy? The questions we also consider. There’s time for a Dusty Old Bastard and a Paul Kelly ode reimagined. After the break, from the Calling the Shots documentary we have our full interview with the man who makes Test Match Special sing, the programme’s long-term producer, Adam Mountford. (Sorry about the audio quality in the first half an hour or so, blame it on quarantine) Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 6.28 – Basab Majumdar 3.54 – Dane Hansted & Graham B. 2.91 – Ajay 10.20 – Andrew Walker & George Norman 3.43 – Samuel Chappell 3.24 – Sami Dowd Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Buy Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer Listen to the Calling the Shots documentary. Get your Wisden drinks for Christmas! 10% off with FW10: www.wisden.com/shop Check out CBUS Super at https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 11: First up this week listen out for an Urthboy giveaway. Geoff's new book is in shops across Australia and the UK, so we'll roleplay an interview. And so much cricket: Will Pucovski's injury, Maxi getting inside the Indians' heads, captaincy shuffles and Cam Green, tactical arguments, Test opening shuffles, England bailing from South Africa, Kane Williamson dominating the Fake Green Mamba, Jermaine Blackwood back on his style, some Glastonbury tinges to Nerd Pledge, and the Zoleo saves lives once again. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 19.17 – Danny McGee. 2.67 – Samuel Nemzer & Alex Capel. Get Geoff’s new book, The Comeback Summer: Aus and UK orders here, other countries try Book Depository to ship free Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO at zoleo.com Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Check out CBUS Super: cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Listen to the Calling the Shots documentary The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weekend The Final Word time machine takes us to visit Jack Ryder and Clem Hill, triple tons and prison. Also, a Sussex mainstay who couldn’t stop and wouldn’t stop. We solve the Venn Diagram question via a fellow who just could not sell a car. After those tales, we'll have the full interview for the first time with acclaimed comedian and BBC statistician, Andy Zaltzman, from the files of the documentary Calling The Shots. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 2.95 – Steve Denner 3.55 – Real Victor Trumper 1.91 – Sam Ashworth 3.19 – Eranda Jayawickreme 4.23 – Jeremy Henderson 4.49 – Jack T Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get your Wisden drinks for Christmas! Your discount code is FW10 Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au Listen to the Calling the Shots documentary. The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 10: It seems Glenn likes the SCG. The Aussie men's summer is underway, and the one-dayers have been spectacular with Steve Smith centuries, the Finch-Warner partnership, and Maxi's destruction at the end. The Women's Big Bash finals are over with the Sydney Thunder the surprise winners. England are winning in South Africa and a new chair was appointed to the ICC. Then there's our interview with Fiona Bollen, whose new book with the Bradman Museum brings together a trove of newly discovered photographs of women's cricket in Australia since the 1800s and tells those stories. We'll go all the way back to when the four nieces of Australia's first Test captain Dave Gregory proved their own skill on the field. And keep an ear out for 1930s Final Word favourite Peggy Antonio. Plus there's a new Wisden Cricket Monthly out, get your discount: bit.ly/wcmtfw Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week are: 5.67 – Jon Rees. 2.72 – Not that Tim Minchin. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices