Podcast
The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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.
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- Cricket chart
- #2
- Episodes
- 1,723
- Releases
- Daily
- Typical length
- 35 min
- On air since
- 2015
- Latest episode
- 12 hours ago
Episodes
1,723 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 22 min
Australia's path to another WTC final gets tougher
Season 21, Episode 5
Show notes
Season 21, Episode 5: With Adam back at Lord's for a day of recording, it's time to start with South Africa's clearing path to the WTC final in the context of current world cricket. Bangladesh have blown a huge opportunity against West Indies, India need all the points against New Zealand, and Australia's path is getting tougher. Is there pressure on McDonald or Bailey? Meanwhile, the next rank of Shield batters make their case, the white-ball squads look to the future, and CA can't decide if they have a lot of money or not enough.
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47 min
Exclusive: Glenn Maxwell announces his international retirement
Season 21, Episode 4
Show notes
Season 21, Episode 4: It was the cricketing day we've dreaded most, though we knew it had to arrive some day. Glenn Maxwell's time in the green and gold, and in Victorian blue, will come to an end. The career that more than any has fascinated and delighted The Final Word. Don't be sad that it's over, be glad that it happened, but today we're sharing a smile and a tear. Glenn joins Adam and Geoff to share the news.
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53 min
Australia have been belted. What change does the future demand?
Season 21
Show notes
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 6: Heads have to roll, right? After Australia's batting got ripped to pieces two Tests running, nobody can argue that the problems were not evident. Yet they were not addressed by those in charge. What can be done with this team from here to address issues of structure and of succession, for the huge 10-Test burst that comes up next? To end our series coverage, Adam and Geoff run through the issues.
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33 min
TFW Daily - Torn to shreds - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 5
Show notes
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 5: It promised so much, but only the home team delivered. Kagiso Rabada breathed fire, and Simon Harmer worked the scalpel. Australia’s batters simply had no answer, and from a position of potential greatness, now face weeks of speculation after a crushing defeat. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins to pick over the carcass for the final time in front of Table Mountain at Newlands, Cape Town. Could you support the show? You can send us a Nerd Pledge or become a member at patreon.com/thefinalword.
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28 min
TFW Daily - All set for a belter - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3
Show notes
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 4: South Africa’s batters continued the ebb and flow of an engrossing series, setting up a classic finish on the fifth day of the deciding Test. Ryan Rickleton and Wiaan Mulder swung the pendulum back to the hosts. All four results are possible in a Test and series that's already a modern classic. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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31 min
TFW Daily - Lyon's late twist - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3
Season 21
Show notes
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3: The hits just keep on hitting. Each day of this Test has had a buffet on offer, and it hasn't been the bowling. Australia began with the slenderest of leads, and had to build something, then South Africa had their chance to respond. Bavuma grows in stature, Cummins excels without luck, and Lyon shows that he can still reach his best. Don't miss the rest of this one.
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41 min
TFW Daily - Scores are level - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2
Show notes
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2: A day that could shape the next few years of international cricket. Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, and Matt Renshaw all made their mark on a day that went to the tea break with the same pattern of fluctuating fortunes, not least for the under-fire Marnus Labuschagne. Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from Newlands in Cape Town.
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35 min
TFW Daily - It had everything - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1
Show notes
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 sedate, then back to chaotic, and the capacity crowd followed every thrill and spill. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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38 min
TFW Daily - Boland, Lyon, or left-field? - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview
Show notes
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 Anrich Nortje, suggesting South Africa won’t let up on its confrontational approach as Australia return to the scene of their lowest ebb, looking for a first series win in the rainbow nation in 12 years. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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1 hr 10 min
Why do Test teams hate picking openers who are openers?
Season 21, Episode 3
Show notes
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 Australia, then inevitably do that anyway. Also this week, 400s in run chases, 400s in first-class cricket, a weird story about Megan Schutt, and Jimmy Anderson reaches the end of his county run. Or does he...
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37 min
TFW Daily - Fight to the finish - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5
Season 21
Show notes
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 deliveries. The unexpected came around in various ways in the push to the finish line at Gqeberha. What a Test match, defying the rain.
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34 min
TFW Daily- The worst collapse since the last one - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4
Season 21
Show notes
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 bowling of the South Africans, with Marco Jansen backing up his batting with five wickets. Australia still has a way out, but can they resist the South African attack? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins at St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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35 min
TFW Daily- A knock for the ages - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3
Show notes
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 swinging tomorrow to keep their 1-0 advantage? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins at St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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36 min
TFW Daily- Boland v Bavuma - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2
Show notes
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 Temba Bavuma tried to drag South Africa out of the Scott Boland-shaped hole . Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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41 min
TFW Daily- Boland goes bang, bang - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1
Show notes
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 Adam Collins from St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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28 min
TFW Daily - Lyon faces the drop again - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0
Season 21
Show notes
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 read the nets than Bharat Sundaresan? He joins Adam Collins from Australian team training.
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1 hr 12 min
Story Time 291 – The Bharat Sundaresan request line
Season 21
Show notes
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 tell, both involving icons of the 1980s. Also, another Bharat-linked tale going all the way back to Bodyline, and fate delivering for the English captain who most deserved to be whacked in the nuts.
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1 hr 43 min
John Farnham will see you at Rundle Mall, bright and early
Season 21, Episode 2
Show notes
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 courtesy of Shai Hope and his West Indies side, the Sheffield Shield has started, some great signs for Bangladesh women in their series against Australia, big scheduling problems with the women's game, Jack Leach is on the outer for England plans, and just what was Andrew McDonald talking about when dissecting Nic Maddinson's duck?
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35 min
TFW Daily - Are the Aussies good now? - SA Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 6
Season 21
Show notes
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 strongly right. How much of that is built on solid foundations, and what needs ongoing repair? Also, why did South Africa choose to start their series on a ground where they always lose and where nobody can see? Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon for the burning questions.
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31 min
TFW Daily - Hazlewood’s magnificent six - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 5
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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 stern resistance for the hosts. What happens with selection in Gqeberha? Pat Cummins hinted at shuffling the pack. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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