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The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon

300 episodes

Cricket for everyone – your friendly guide to the world's strangest sport. Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins combine match analysis with irreverence, politics, interviews and history as they follow the game they love around the world. You can support the show at patreon.com/thefinalword. Get your big NordVPN discount: https://nordvpn.com/tfw

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  1. TFW Daily - It had everything - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1

    · 35 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1: Injury dramas and controversial selections set the stage for a day that featured match-turning partnerships and game-changing collapses. It was high-octane, then…

  2. TFW Daily - Boland, Lyon, or left-field? - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview

    · 38 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview: Australia go into tomorrow’s series-deciding 3rd Test with more questions than answers. Who plays, and in what order? Gerald Coetzee has been named to replace…

  3. Why do Test teams hate picking openers who are openers?

    · 1 h 10 min · S21 E3

    Season 21, Episode 3: This week, Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to ponder upcoming winter and the conventions of naming storm systems, as we tell ourselves that we'll talk about something other than just South Africa and…

  4. TFW Daily - Fight to the finish - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5

    · 37 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5: It wasn't supposed to go that deep. But then, a nightwatchman isn't supposed to bowl all day. And a team's fourth seamer isn't supposed to bowl the best…

  5. TFW Daily - The worst collapse since last time - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4

    · 34 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4: It may be the tipping point for some careers to end in the Australian top order, as only Travis Head was able to make a score of note against the world-class…

  6. TFW Daily - A knock for the ages - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3

    · 35 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3: It would take something monumental to flip the series on its head, and the man smallest in stature stood the tallest to do just that. Can Australia come out…

  7. TFW Daily - Boland v Bavuma - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2

    · 36 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2: There was a long wait to get onto the park, but a session of highlights followed - a blinding catch, supreme bowling, and some balls flying out of the park as…

  8. TFW Daily - Boland goes bang bang - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1

    · 41 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1: Australia pulled the Scott Boland lever and got the result they wanted. Nathan Lyon made way again. What does that mean for the next 12 months? Geoff Lemon joins…

  9. TFW Daily - Lyon faces the drop again - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0

    · 28 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0: One day out from the 2nd Test, and it might be an all-pace battery one again for Australia, if the signs from the nets are anything to go by. And who better to…

  10. Story Time 291 – The Bharat Sundaresan request line

    · 1 h 12 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a few listeners have been hanging out for Bharat to come back on the show, but it's been a while. This week, he tells two stories designed for him to…

  11. John Farnham will see you at Rundle Mall, bright and early

    · 1 h 43 min · S21 E2

    Season 21, Episode 2: The weekly show! Coming to you from St George's Park, in Gqeberha, the city formerly known as Port Elizabeth. But what else is happening beyond South Africa? There's Stick Cricket in India…

  12. TFW Daily - Are the Aussies good now? - SA Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 6

    · 35 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 6: Time to look back. This was one of the more significant engagements for Australia for a while, and a match that could have gone so badly wrong ended up going very…

  13. TFW Daily - Hazlewood’s magnificent six - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 5

    · 31 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 5: It didn't come as quickly as expected, but Australia's relentless bowling paid dividends, with Josh Hazlewood taking 6 wickets. As ever, Aiden Markram provided…

  14. TFW Daily - Hot Hand Matt - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban

    · 31 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 4: Matt Renshaw's coming-of-age party continued with bat, then subsequently, ball. Concerns over a Steve Smith head knock linger for Australia, whilst their recent…

  15. TFW Daily - Smith's classic catches reel - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban

    · 35 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 3: Steve Smith created his own highlight reel in the slips, and Australia piled on the pressure off the back of his mits. South Africa are still scrapping hard to keep…

  16. TFW Daily - A coming of age - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban

    · 29 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 2: A big Queenslander made Australia feel comfortable again, whilst South Africa searched for answers and battled hard. It was a day of Test cricket like the old days,…

  17. TFW Daily - Maddinson under the bus - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban

    · 32 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: Australia pulled another shock beyond Nic Maddinson’s selection by asking him to open. The results won't be…

  18. TFW Daily - Why no Aussie XI? - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban

    · 26 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Preview: The talking is almost over. 1 vs 2 in world cricket: a series with narrative everywhere you look. South Africa will play its first home Test since last year’s…

  19. Australia's return to South Africa launches in 3, 2, 1...

    · 1 h 35 min · S21 E1

    Season 21, Episode 1: Another week, a new season, as the southern hemisphere summer swings into action. All things South Africa lead the show, with both that team and Australia making squad changes, some more…

  20. Story Time 290 – When Gavaskar did what Bradman couldn't

    · 1 h 45 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, one question: was there any game played in the 19th century that wasn't at Lord's? A self-styled pioneer with a pseudonym certainly got his fill of…

  21. TFW Daily - Peake into the future - South Africa Australia, 3rd ODI

    · 31 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom: South Africa gave some of their younger players a gallop in the North-West University town, and Australia let their big names stretch their legs. Alex Carey and Pat…

  22. It's decapitation week at Cricket Australia

    · 1 h 33 min

    Season 20, Episode 32: We called it: CA chair Mike Baird has been knocked off by New South Wales, and the cricket privatisation war could now turn in any directions Can we short-circuit the conflict by crowdfunding the…

  23. Story Time 289 – Saving Allan Border's secret world record

    · 1 h 38 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we might need some help to get this one across the line, but there's a world record that need reclaiming from some dubious operators, and it involves…

  24. TFW Daily - Cam Green troubles - South Africa Australia, 2nd ODI

    · 37 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg: Australia were bullish at the Bullring, talking about levelling the series. South Africa's batters levelled the Australians. The chase was hefty, but the chasing was…

  25. TFW Daily - Big moment, Big Marco - South Africa Australia, 1st ODI

    · 31 min

    South Africa Australia Daily, 1st ODI, Durban: In the lead-up to the Test series, this one-day series has extra significance. Starc was here, so was Hazlewood, with Cummins in the wings. And in true one-day style, this…

  26. Could Mike Baird be knocked off as CA chair?

    · 1 h 41 min · S20 E31

    Season 20, Episode 31: With Mike Baird's CA board seat at risk, a resignation has seen an independent spot open up. Deidre Chambers, what a coincidence. Stephen Fleming arrives as England’s adult in the room, while…

  27. Story Time 288 – Argentina, global nemesis

    · 1 h 37 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a massive tangent from Argentine cricket into Argentine global conspiracy theories. Does it make sense? Not sure, come with us anyway. Also this…

  28. Story Time 287 – One free Buttercup Bread scratchie inside

    · 1 h 28 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, what happens when you find a Buttercup Bread scratchie featuring Courtney Walsh from either 1996 or 2000? You find out if we won. Also this week, a…

  29. The soul of Australian cricket (for sale, enquire within)

    · 1 h 30 min · S20 E30

    Season 20, Episode 30: Does anyone have deja vu yet? Another week, another Cricket Australia announcement that they have approved selling the Big Bash even though they can't sell it yet, another round of smashing the…

  30. Story Time 286 – The sandpaper redux

    · 1 h 25 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam were meant to do four numbers rather than two, but with the Sandpaper Redux tour looming, it seemed an apt time to revisit 2018 in…

  31. TFW Daily - Just for a moment - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4

    · 36 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4: For a final intoxicating moment, the chance of a miracle continued to beckon. But it would take more than a shock comeback to solve the problems of Pakistan cricket.…

  32. TFW Daily - Do you believe in miracles? - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3

    · 26 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3: The obituaries of this Pakistan tour to England will mourn the lack of flair, passion, and the unknown of old, but in Razaullah they have unearthed a player who can…

  33. TFW Daily - Hello brink, old friend - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2

    · 32 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and a silken wrist. Enter Test cricket, for at least a moment,…

  34. TFW Daily - A glimpse of light - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1

    · 39 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and a silken wrist. Enter Test cricket, for at least a moment,…

  35. TFW Daily - Bring back Shahid Afridi - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview

    · 26 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview: As the news of new-look teams gets prepared for the third Test, nobody has any idea who Pakistan might pick to play, or whether any of those players has a future…

  36. Marnus Labuschagne may never be dropped again

    · 1 h 38 min · S20 E29

    Season 20, Episode 29: It's always Labuschagne season in Australia. We all thought that his time was done for now, but somehow he's been picked on the trip to his country of birth. What is the rationale from George…

  37. Story Time 285 – Bring back the Matador BBQ Cup

    · 1 h 08 min

    It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam ask if batting on all five days of a Test really is the feat we build it up to be? We look at Mali’s brief and unusual international…

  38. TFW Book Club - Zaheer Abbas on Pakistani cricket and his life in the game

    · 44 min

    Zaheer Abbas is an all-time great. An illustrious international career on top of his first-class exploits in Pakistan and England combined for 46,000 professional runs, telling the story in a line. As the only Asian…

  39. When Pakistan really did say “Sack them all”

    · 1 h 22 min

    Season 20, Episode 28: The PCB go from meme material to utter embarrassment. Lord’s pitch has a renewal plan, Sri Lanka pull off one of the great rearguards, and Kagiso Rabada may miss the entire Sandpaper Redux as…

  40. Story Time 284 – Good set of hands in the slips, good set of slips in the hands

    · 1 h 18 min

    It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, some players are top of the good stats, others see things slip through their fingers. There's an unlikely county champ from the far side of the…

  41. TFW Daily - Here’s to you, Ollie Robinson - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 4

    · 26 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 4: Could it be that Ollie Robinson, in the wilderness for 2 years prior to this summer, is England’s most important bowler? The England seam bowler showed supreme command in…

  42. TFW Daily - Lord’s faces more pitch questions - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 3

    · 27 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 3: Lord’s got 24 overs more play than was expected on a day that otherwise would have been abandoned early due to its world-class drainage system, but the pitch is still at…

  43. TFW Daily - Root concerns as Pakistan wither - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 2

    · 27 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 2: The second morning of the second Test began with promise for Pakistan. An injury before play, a wagging tail, and surgically precise bowling changed everything. England’s…

  44. TFW Daily - Abbas fillets England - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 1

    · 31 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s Day 1: Leaden skies, rain delays, ‘keeper up and a bit of swing and seam on offer gave Day 1 at the Lord’s Test a familiar county cricket feel, and England struggled to deal…

  45. TFW Daily - Lord’s pitch under the microscope - England Pakistan, 2nd Test, Lord’s preview

    · 23 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 2nd Test, Lord’s preview: England and Pakistan head into the 2nd Test with the series on the line, but it’s issues on the periphery that are dominating the narrative. England’s lingering…

  46. Nightclubs, drinking, cops: guess which team it is?

    · 1 h 51 min · S20 E27

    Season 20, Episode 27: Brydon Carse’s nightclub handcuffs are the latest on the England incident conveyor belt, while Pakistan’s bigger problems seem endemic. Have Bangladesh seen off Marnus as a Test cricketer? David…

  47. Story Time 283 – Can you hit a clay walnut 300 yards?

    · 1 h 28 min

    It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, exploring some games that ended up with a slightly lower profile than cricket, let's get into the world of Scottish clay walnut beating. Also, an…

  48. TFW Daily - The second-shortest Test - Australia Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 2

    · 27 min

    Australia Bangladesh Daily, 2nd Test, Mackay Day 2: The carnage from Day 1 continued apace as the second-shortest Test ever played on Australian soil came to a conclusion, with almost the entire final session remaining…

  49. TFW Daily - Another day of chaos - Australia Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 1

    · 26 min

    Australia Bangladesh Daily, 2nd Test, Mackay Day 1: The world’s newest Test venue was christened with more chaotic cricket, with 18 wickets falling on Day 1, 12 of them shared by two supreme left-arm quicks in Shoriful…

  50. TFW Daily - At least it's over - England Pakistan, 1st Test, Headingley Day 3

    · 28 min

    England Pakistan Daily, 1st Test, Headingley Day 3: England returned to the winners' dais for the first time in the Root 2.0 era, with Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue filleting a soft Pakistan underbelly in under 90…

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