The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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Story Time 249 – The man who named Bodyline
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, an extraordinary figure whose efforts spanned two sports, four jobs, and the Federation of Australia. Also, a number puzzle that leads us neatly from one of the greats to one of the great moments. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 5.00 Pat McKeon 7.08 - Stephen Elliott-Nicholls 5.09 Jamie Doe 40.00 - Josh Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Wait, you prepared too much? - 2nd Test, Brisbane wrap
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 5: We're wrapping things up from Brisbane the day after the Test, down by the church to say a prayer for England's campaign. The captain says they were weak at key moments, the coach says they tried too hard, and now they're off for more golf. How to decode this England effort? In the meantime, what does success mean for Australia, especially five-wicket hero Michael Neser and the still hungry Usman Khawaja. Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Resistance (if futile) - 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 4
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 4: Something strange happened on the fourth day at the Gabba. Test cricket broke out. Quality defensive batting met quality probing bowling, and as the day wore on, the slight glimmer of a contest began to glow like a coal. As for the chaotic final session, let us walk you through it. A podcast from underneath an imminent thunderstorm. Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Send England home - 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 3
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 3: England got the start they wanted, but then Australia played the perfect day of pink-ball cricket. Sometimes having much more experience in something really does make the difference. Mitchell Starc is finding new ways to torment the visitors, even after England's openers finally find some mojo. Tune in to find out how it all happened. Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Jake Weatherald's Ashes - 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 2
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 2: It's a tight one in Brisbane, with England not just soiling the bed but throwing it out the window in the first session, only to haul it back in the window and do the laundry in the third, before starting to tip things back out the window by stumps. Weatherald and Head had fun, Jofra Archer bowled some hot spells, Will Jacks did one spectacular thing, and Steve Smith only made half a million instead of a million. This game is still very much on... get the FIRST HOUR klaxon ready. Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Joe Root versus the hex - 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 1
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 1: This whole series has been set up to see Joe Root face down one giant hoodoo: can he make tons in Australia? Today, it was a familiar tale after early wickets, but the chance got closer and closer... another wild Ashes day with more Starc jaffas, some pulverising late batting blows, remarkable stupidity, and the best run out and catch you may ever have seen in the same innings. Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Stop snoring with 5% off a Zeus device: use code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Try the new Stomping Ground Final Word beer, or join Patreon to win a case: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Is Pat Playing?! - 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 0
The Ashes Daily 2025, 2nd Test, Brisbane Day 0: Is that Pat Cummins' walk-on music? Is he running into the ring? It had a wrestling feel to it at the Gabba as Steve Smith hasn't at all ruled out Australia's skipper making a shock return to the Brisbane XI from outside of the original squad. But what about Josh Inglis? Or the opening position? Or Beau Webster? These decisions are all to come. As for England, they've also changed things up with the inclusion of utility Will Jacks. Once the preview chat is done (helped by a Crash Craddock cameo), Adam and Bharat move on to discussing the distressing news overnight that Robin Smith has passed away at age 62. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Get some Final Word Stomping Ground beer... order now: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Khawaja is out - two hours after we recorded this
Season 19, Episode 13: With Usman Khawaja's back injury keeping him out of the Brisbane Test, that may be it for Australia's opening bat. Not that we knew this when we recorded two hours before the announcement. Stand by for some chat from another universe when he was still in the team. Also this week, India's drubbing by South Africa, Kohli's return to century-making, and a milestone for Amanda-Jade Wellington. As well as that, Emma John joins us for her first segment on visiting Australia from the UK, supported by Tourism Australia, starting with her experienced tips on how to organise your travel. Australia brings memories that last a lifetime. Visit Australia.com Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Get your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Get some Final Word Stomping Ground beer... order now: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 11The Final Word with Paul Marsh, ACA chief executive
Season 19, Episode 12: The decisions made about international cricket over the next couple of years are likely to have a major influence on how the game is played for decades to come. With much on the line and much up in the air, Paul Marsh decided it was time to come back to the sport that was his first love, returning to again lead the Australian Cricketers Association. Needless to say, there was a lot to get through when Adam and Geoff sat down with a man who is right at the heart of these major debates. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Get some Final Word Stomping Ground beer... order now: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story Time 248 – Nepotism is fine when it's your brother
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we're looking at shit brothers: one who genuinely was terrible, and one who might have been hard done by in the long term. Also this week, a note of appreciation for a player who is currently under the cosh, because two things can be true at the same time. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 50.00 - Roger Moffatt 7.50 - Ben C 2.18 - Andrew West Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring? Get 5% off a Zeus device with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon. Check their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 10The Grade Cricketer x The Final Word
Season 19, Episode 11: For years, people have asked about the BEEF between us and The Grade Cricketer. The reality is, for a decade now, we've all been in this together. So, sure enough, here's the collab ep hosted by Sam Perry and Ian Higgins in their Melbourne studio as we both forget to talk about our new books. Instead: back stories, politics, Saudi money, the future and everything else you might expect with the four of us in the same place. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Get some Final Word Stomping Ground beer... order now: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Wood driving to Brisbane is the only driving England is allowed
Season 19, Episode 10: No, that's not true, they're back driving on the golf course. But we're not going to talk too much about Ashes wash-up... ok, only a little. The wider world is still waiting, where South Africa are dominating India in the second Test of their series, where there are comebacks for Final Word faves Kemar Roach and Dane van Niekerk, and where another tasty Shield round has taken place. Also, more on the possible 12-team World Test Championship, and you'll never believe who's playing each other in the T20 World Cup. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story Time 247 – The best fourth-innings bat of all?
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we're looking at one of the great fourth-innings players, and a player whose marks of greatness were early enough that some of the milestones have been less acknowledged. Also this week, a wild start to a belated Ranji career, Geoff's favourite subject of all, and a tribute to a dancer. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 236.00 - Ramana D 8.65 - Dannish Babar 52.00 - Stuart B 23.50 - Venugopala Reddy Dumpala Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring? Get 5% off a Zeus device with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon. Check their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Is Khawaja done? Are England capable of humility?
The Ashes Daily 2025, Perth Day 3: A two-day Test brings many questions to consider. For the winners, is Travis Head up top for Brisbane after his all-timer? If so, what does that mean for Usman Khawaja's career? And for the defeated, are they capable of the introspection many believe they require to evolve into a fighting force on lively pitches? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam to ponder this, recorded alongside the blameless Perth pitch. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Travis Head's day of annihilation - 1st Test, Perth Day 2
The Ashes Daily 2025, 1st Test, Perth Day 2: We thought the first day in Perth was crazy, but the second was perhaps even more so. England continued on their merry way, in terms of game style and in terms of the regular shedding of wickets, but things still felt fairly close given the nature of the scores to date. Scott Boland had his comeback, Mitchell Starc completed his set, but eventually the day was handed over to one Travis Head, makeshift opener. Strap yourselves in for what happened next. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - Carnage in the West - 1st Test, Perth Day 1
The Ashes Daily 2025, 1st Test, Perth Day 1: Hooley dooley! We thought that things were going in one direction when Mitchell Starc went on a rampage through the first half of the day, but then Ben Stokes went on one himself through the back half. We are into this series with a bang, and everybody will be turning to Perth for the second day. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Ashes Daily - The green monster is soothed - 1st Test, Perth Day 0
The Ashes Daily 2025, 1st Test, Perth Day 0: We've all been hearing about the Green Monster, but it looks a bit more like a cricket pitch now that we're one day out from play. Geoff and Adam are back together at Perth stadium in an unseasonably cool week, ready for the preliminaries to end. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 9The Ashes, here at last
Season 19, Episode 9: Adam and Bharat come to you from the back row of Perth Stadium, for the Ashes of 2025-26 has nearly arrived. From their vantage point, they catch a lovely moment with two proud Indigenous men set to represent Australia on Friday. It's one of many talking points from the west before drifting to India's Kolkata capitulation, Roger Twose expanding World Test Championship, and a nice moment for the McDonald family. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Want to stop snoring?! Get 5% off a Zeus with the code TFW2025 at zeussleeps.com Get yourself some lovely BIG Boots UK, with 10% off at this link: https://www.bigboots.co.uk/?ref=thefinalword Our Stomping Ground beer giveaway is coming soon! Here is their range: stompingground.beer Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Book Club - The Ashes Files, with Steven Finn
Book Club 14: Steven Finn - The Ashes Files: Inside Cricket's Most Intense Series So much of Steven Finn's story is wrapped up in Ashes cricket, from his first trip to Australia in 2010-11 through to playing a major hand in regaining the urn for England in 2015. Already one of the game's best pundits in retirement, this book, written with occasional TFW host Matt Roller, is drawn from diary entries taken at the time and comes up beautifully. A top guest. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Welcome to Zeus Sleep! More on them later this week, with a 5% discount to be in place for the Ashes: zeussleeps.com And Big Boots UK too! Another of our partners this Australian summer: bigboots.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story Time 246 – Sacking Whitlam, sacking Boycott
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we're recording 50 years to the day since the Whitlam Government was sacked by the Governor-General... but what was happening that day in the Sheffield Shield? Also this week, a wild coincidence leads us to the story of another famous sacking, and there's always time to loop back for another tale from the Centenary Test. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 11.75 - Matt May 2.46 - Paul Seddon 6.26 - Duncan Thomas Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Thanks to Hitz Cricket for use of their automated nets. Book at hitzcricket.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Book Club - Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics
Book Club 13: Geoff Lemon & Adam Collins - Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics One for those who couldn’t make the launch of our history book, Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics (out now; links below). Take a listen as regular co-host Daniel Norcross steers a Q&A session with Adam and Geoff on the genesis and popularity of Story Time. The audio is recorded live from a busy South London pub where a miserable November night couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the room. Get your copy: linktr.ee/tfwbook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 8The last London sleet before Perth heat
Season 19, Episode 8: Adam and Geoff are in London this week, where it's freezing and awful, and the dream of Perth summer beckons like a mirage. But this vision is real, as England are learning after arriving there themselves. We'll be not far behind. The new TFW book is launched, there's more Ashes squad intrigue, and a lap around the world takes in Paul Stirling making runs in the Ireland Test cap, Bangladesh's most dedicated reporter firing up after 25 underwhelming years at Test level, and Quinton de Kock slotting back in for South Africa. Also this week, a chat with Lacuna founder Leigh Burns on why making cricket kit for women grabbed her attention. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook The Melbourne launch is November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Thanks to Hitz Cricket for use of their automated nets. Book at hitzcricket.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 7Um, dois, três, Cricket Brasil! - part two, The Final Word in Brazil
Season 19, Episode 7: We left our conversation in part one at the South American Championships, reflecting on where Brazil has been over the last quarter of a century. This time, recording at Poços de Caldas - the remarkable home of cricket in the country - it's time to cast ahead to the decades to come. For that, England legend Claire Taylor, with her MCC hat on, leads the ep. She's followed by Jon Surtees of the Surrey CCC, talking about their charitable contributions in high-performance infrastructure. Then last but not least, the man more important than any vaulting the game to where it now sits in Brazil, their outstanding CEO Matt Featherstone. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Our book launches are in London, November 10 at the Jolly Gardeners in Vahxuall, and Melbourne, November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy. For London, RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. For Melbourne, just roll up. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 6Um, dois, três, Cricket Brasil! - part one, The Final Word in Brazil
Season 19, Episode 6: When the game was looking for good news stories during the Covid pandemic, we found one in Brazil. Five years on, Adam has spent the week there, and what a week. In this first of two eps, he speaks with great friend of the pod Roberta Moretti Avery - now the President of Cricket Brasil - then later chats with her husband Richard, who is coach of the men's team, who have recently joined the women as professional players. Between times, MCC representatives from the women's and men's teams, currently touring the country during the South American championships, share their perspectives on one of the best stories in global cricket. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Our book launches are in London, November 10 at the Jolly Gardeners in Vahxuall, and Melbourne, November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy. For London, RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. For Melbourne, just roll up. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 5The Ashes squad has landed
Season 19, Episode 5: At last, the speculation is over. At least, Geoff and Bharat think that it is, because they think this Australian Ashes squad leaves no doubt about what the final XI will be. Also this week, Kane Williamson is not bringing the snacks, James Anderson goes along with conformity, England create some weird tension on the contract list, and we farewell young Ben Austin. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Our book launches are in London, November 10 at the Jolly Gardeners in Vahxuall, and Melbourne, November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy. For London, RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. For Melbourne, just roll up. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - History for India - Women's World Cup Day 34, the final
Women’s World Cup 2025, Day 34, the final, India South Africa: After two iconic semi-finals, the double underdogs that triumphed in those contests moved to the final chapter of the tournament. And if you thought the Jemimah Rodrigues story was a good one, the Shafali Verma comeback tale gives it a run for its money. A starring influence with bat and ball saw her give Harmanpreet Kaur's team the advantage in one innings, then the other, while the South Africans battled hard with Laura Wolvaardt again leading from the front. A historic day in Mumbai. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Women's World Cup final preview - India South Africa
Women’s World Cup final preview, South Africa India: It’s the big one, and it’s the matchup that nobody expected. Both of these teams pulled out astonishing semi-final performances, but who can repeat the dose? Will India ride the hometown wave, or will it all be too overbearing? Can South Africa, after such a disastrous opening to the tournament, make this the greatest cricketing year in their proud history? Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - The greatest chase - Women’s World Cup Semi Final 2, India Australia
Women’s World Cup Semi Final 2, India Australia: Two duelling hundreds between Phoebe Litchfield and Jemimah Rodrigues lit up an already electric atmosphere at a sold out semi final in Navi Mumbai. It was a night for breaking records, thrilling batting, and jaw-dropping cricket as both teams left it all out on the field. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily – The innings of a lifetime - Women’s World Cup Semi-Final 1, South Africa England
Women’s World Cup Day 30, 1st semi-final, South Africa England: After England humiliated South Africa to open the tournament, this knockout rematch was always going to be spicy. What nobody anticipated was an innings for the ages by Laura Wolvaardt, one that will never be forgotten. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 4Is it Weatherald versus Renshaw now to open the batting?
Season 19, Episode 4: The women's World Cup semis are around the corner, so first up it's time to run the rule over the four remaining teams, and get a sense of what might happen and what might not between England, South Africa, India and Australia. Also this week, Pat Cummins is confirmed to miss the first Ashes Test, Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon to offer informed theories about what might follow that, while the rest of the field jockeys for position. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Our book launches are in London, November 10 at the Jolly Gardeners in Vahxuall, and Melbourne, November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy. For London, RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. For Melbourne, just roll up. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story Time 245 – 1990s Australia is another country
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, an inadvertent detour into just how distant the 1990s version of Australia feels from today, in maturity and tone and the possibility of change. The reconciliation journey that stalled, the television broadcasts that foundered, and the scope that narrowed. Also this week, the first burst of many from a burst expert, and the puzzling world of cricket slash fiction. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 2.61 - Jeffrey Gabriel 5.23 - Nick Donovan 4.60 - Anna Forsyth 9.10 - Leigh Couchman Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Our book launches are in London, November 10 at the Jolly Gardeners in Vahxuall, and Melbourne, November 27 at the Commercial Club in Fitzroy. For London, RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. For Melbourne, just roll up. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Can India now push Australia? - Women's World Cup Day 27, Eng NZ + India Bang
Women's World Cup Day 27, England New Zealand & India Bangladesh: Not a day they will be making a commemorative DVD from, it is fair to say. Appropriately enough, it ended in yet another washout after England did as you might expect to New Zealand who were already eliminated, sad as that will be for Sophie Devine playing her final ODI. It's Daniel Norcross and Firdose Moonda with you as we now look ahead to the business end. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Alana King’s astonishing 7fa - Women's World Cup Day 26, Australia South Africa
Women's World Cup Day 26, Australia v South Africa: What a performance, what a bowler. Alana King’s 7 for 18 defined Australia’s annihilation of South Africa, making sure the best team in the world will qualify in top spot for the pointy end of the tournament. Firdose Moonda and Daniel Norcross watched the magician at work. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Virat and Rohit light up one last time - Australia India, 3rd ODI, Sydney
TFW Daily, Australia India 3rd ODI, Sydney: For one last time in Australia, the old partnership did it again. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma scoured back the rust and wound back the clock with a vintage partnership that set the SCG alight. Just as well, in a game that had its flat points thanks to an indifferent Australian performance, but in the end it was all about the star power - and Ravi Shastri's metaphors. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon. Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Zero scrutiny of washout shambles - Women's World Cup Day 25, Sri Lanka Pakistan
Women's World Cup Day 25, Sri Lanka v Pakistan: Another washout. Another one. What a shambles. It makes three abandoned games each for Sri Lanka and Pakistan as their tournaments end with 26 balls in Colombo. Adam has Andrew Fidel Fernando with him to lament just how a significant portion of this marquee tournament was somehow scheduled in a monsoon season. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Then there were four - Women's World Cup Day 24, India New Zealand
Women's World Cup Day 24, India v New Zealand: It was always likely that today would seal the last semi-final spot in this edition of the World Cup, as long as a sodden New Zealand didn't bring the weather with them. India were out to shrug off a series of tight losses and also break a three-game losing streak against the current T20 World Cup holders. Geoff Lemon joins Daniel Norcross. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - The onfield casualty ward - Australia India, 2nd ODI, Adelaide
TFW Daily, Australia India 2nd ODI, Adelaide: It was a full game this time around, and it involved a proper battle between old foes Starc and Hazlewood on the one side and Rohit Sharma on the other. Meanwhile, it was a bittersweet final visit to Virat Kohli's favourite city, and a day for the best of the Big Bash to prove their worth for Australia: Matt Short, Cooper Connolly, and Mitch Owen. Stick around for a vintage Hall of Fame. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Punch and counterpunch - Women’s World Cup Day 23, England Australia
Women's World Cup Day 23, England v Australia: England began both innings full of purpose and daring and ready to rattle some Australian cages before the knockout stages of the tournament. There was the inevitable counter-punching from Australia’s superstars. Geoff Lemon is joined by Firdose Moonda. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 3His cuffs are bone dry: everything's coming up Marnus
Season 19, Episode 3: Round 2 of the Shield has come and gone, and you won't believe it, but there was another big Marnus ton. The Premier Jake Weatherald is also making a case, while Cam Green and Beau Webster flirt with injury and Mitch Marsh flirts with whacking sixes. Hmm. Also this week, Alyssa Healy has her own injury problem, the Sheffield Shield trials substitute players, while Pakistan and Afghanistan fall out over a fatal border strike. Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - A new number one - Women's World Cup Day 22, South Africa Pakistan
Women’s World Cup 2025, Day 22, South Africa Pakistan: Once again, rain affected the game in Colombo, but the amazing groundstaff ensured a result. The respective Powerplays dominated the game, and we now have a new tournament leader. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Disaster at the last - Women's World Cup Day 21, Sri Lanka Bangladesh
Women’s World Cup 2025, Day 21, Sri Lanka Bangladesh: Once again, we came down to the final over in this World Cup, in an absorbing tussle throughout. None of the high-scoring T20 era stuff here, this was a proper scrap. And with six balls to go, and Sri Lanka a bowler down, neither team was confident about seeing it through. But nor did either expect the ending they got. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - India on the brink - Women’s World Cup Day 20, India England
Women’s World Cup 2025, Day 20, India England: Another nerve-shredder of a match involving India. There was high quality across the park from both teams through a see-sawing encounter that came down to the last over. Daniel Norcross joins Firdose Moonda. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Kohli and Rohit bomb out - Australia India, 1st ODI, Perth
Australia v India, 1st ODI, Perth: They're back, the big dogs who retired from Tests in Australia earlier this year after flaming out in that format. Their return in one-dayers failed at the first attempt, with Josh Hazlewood and Mitch Starc taking the honours before the run of rain delays that made this match a weird one. Is it even viable for players to be ODI specialists in this day and age? Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon. You can pre-order the Final Word book now: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Harmanpreet’s week of destiny - Women’s World Cup Day 19, Pakistan NZ
Women’s World Cup Day 19, Pakistan v New Zealand: With the counter ticking over to 350 overs lost in Colombo during the tournament, we turn our attention to an England v India match that looms like the rain clouds for an India team carrying huge expectations at home. Meanwhile Pakistan are now all but out of the World Cup, but what of New Zealand? Phil Long joins Daniel Norcross. Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Story Time 244 – To lose the Championship by 10 feet
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, have you heard the one about the three-time premiership Lion who played state cricket for the Tigers? Neither had we! That Brisbane link joins us to Ian Healy's finest day with the bat, before turning to a tailender who biffed. To finish, ecstacy/agony for '80s Notts. Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week: 7.34 - Tim Minchin 3.44 - Matt Near The Gabba 15.60 - Alex Brown 5.57 - Simon Trafford Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Come to our UK book launch on 10 November at the Jolly Ranger in Vahxuall. RSVP to matt.thacker@forwardpress or grab a spot here. Pre-order your copy of Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: linktr.ee/tfwbook Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Why play in a monsoon? - Women’s World Cup Day 18, Sri Lanka South Africa
Women’s World Cup Day 18, Sri Lanka South Africa: Another day, another rain-affected game in Colombo. We examine the extent of play lost in the Sri Lankan leg of this tournament, exploring potential reasons and alternatives. South Africa, meanwhile, did their best to overcome Sri Lanka and the weather. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Healy goes boss - Women’s World Cup Day 17, Australia Bangladesh
Women’s World Cup Day 17, Australia Bangladesh: Alyssa Healy loves the big dances. Is she the best of all time? Bangladesh were commendable and valiant, but there’s only so much you can do to hold back Australia’s captain when she’s in this mood. Have Australia done enough to secure the top spot? Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon review the day. Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Pre-order the Final Word book: linktr.ee/TFWBook Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - A heartbreaking ending - Women’s World Cup Day 16, Pakistan England
Women’s World Cup Day 16, Pakistan v England: Who benefited most from the rain? There’ll be arguments back and forth, but it seemed like we were on the verge of a historical result. Adam Collins is joined by Fidel Fernando from Colombo. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S19 Ep 2Cummins and Head reject 10 million IPL bucks to ditch Australia
Season 19, Episode 2: The Ashes runway continues, the Women's World Cup is mid-flight, and the Indian men's team are about to land in Australia for a white-ball series. It must be October. Also this week, an IPL franchise tries to buy two of Australia's biggest names year-round, Marnus makes another domestic ton, and if the CAXI is coming back, surely Will Bosisto must be doing the same? In red-ball cricket, West Indies resist India, South Africa tussle with Pakistan, and the Kookaburra ball is banished from England. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TFW Daily - Lanka's fastest fifty - Women’s World Cup Day 15, Sri Lanka NZ
Women’s World Cup Day 15, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand: A 26-ball fifty from Nilakshika Silva lit up a stormy Colombo evening, in a game which saw seen India get an unexpected reprieve as far as tournament standings go, while New Zealand are now backed into a corner and can only win their way out. Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon reunite. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn about Lacuna Sports - bespoke female cricket wear, created by women for women: lacunasports.co.uk Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.au Get your big NordVPN discount: nordvpn.com/tfw Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORD Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices