The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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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. Get your big Nor...
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Story Time 262 – A megastar footballer’s weird Shield cameo
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a detailed analysis of every Adam to turn out in a first class game, with the mos...
Clare Connor's (nearly) Exit Interview
Season 19 Episode 32: Three months to the day from the start of the Women's T20 World Cup, there's nobody better to chat with, to chart the rise of th...
HOWMADSCRICKET? (sic)
Season 19 Episode 31: Normal service resumes, kind of, with Geoff joining Adam fresh off a trip to Meredith for a news week headlined by Gulf air rout...
Story Time 261 – Monty never knew he was a Test captain
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the man who was Test captain but never knew – an emblem of his peculiar life, tol...
TFW Daily – India the T20 GOAT - T20 World Cup 2026, Final
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Final – India/New Zealand: It was an all-round display of near-perfection from an Indian team who were too strong, too skil...
TFW Daily - Midge leaves a winner - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 3: Alyssa Healy capped off a remarkable career with a final victory. The result was a foregone conclu...
TFW Daily - India out to exorcise demons – T20 World Cup 2026, Final Preview
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Final Preview – India/New Zealand: India face New Zealand in an ICC final for the third time since 2021 and will not only b...
TFW Daily – Annabel Sutherland, Galaxy Boss - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 2: Annabel Sutherland stood head and shoulders above the pack, literally and metaphorically, to not o...
TFW Daily – Action-packed & honours even? - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 1: A rare Test Match between Australia and India’s Women’s teams and an even rarer outing for the pin...
TFW Daily – India one win from euphoria - T20 World Cup 2026, Semi Final 2
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Semi Finals, Day 25 – India/England: A wildly high-scoring semi at Mumbai finished the way we all expected it would, with t...
TFW Daily – Finn’s carnage - T20 World Cup 2026, Semi Final 1
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Semi Finals, Day 24 – New Zealand/South Africa: South Africa went into this semi-final confidently, and rightfully, wearing...
Are England still sacking McCullum if they win the World Cup?
Season 19 Episode 30: The superstar England newsbreaker Will Macpherson joins Adam at The Oval exactly a month before the county season begins, prompt...
TFW Daily - Samson comes of age - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 23
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 23 – India/West Indies, South Africa/Zimbabwe: Sanju Samson repaid the faith and has belatedly set alight Ind...
TFW Daily – Pakistan blow golden chance - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 22
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 22 – Pakistan/Sri Lanka: Pakistan’s openers put on 176 and had their fans dreaming that the miracle semi-fin...
Story Time 260 – Advanced Hair, yeah yeah
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the originator of hair-replacement therapy, the first Australian cricketer with a...
TFW Daily - NZ give Pakistan hope – T20 World Cup 2026, Day 21
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 21 – England/New Zealand: A tournament that seemed destined for certainty was thrown into chaos by a late En...
TFW Daily - India setup knockout with Windies - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 20
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 20 – India/Zimbabwe, South Africa/West Indies: What a difference a day of cricket makes. A powerhouse display...
TFW Daily - Santner Claus delivers - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 19
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 19 – New Zealand/Sri Lanka: New Zealand’s unassuming captain delivered his presence at the crease to turn ar...
TFW Daily - Seriously, are England good or bad? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 18
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 18 – England/Pakistan: The tournament’s most perplexing team are the first through to the semi-finals, but ho...
Is Australia's Olympic cricket path in danger?
Season 19 Episode 29: After being dumped out of the T20 World Cup, the next question is whether that will affect Australia's qualification for the 202...
TFW Daily – Windies power leaves India teetering - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 17
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 17 - West Indies/Zimbabwe: It was a proud day for Zimbabwe as they landed in Mumbai to kick off their inaugur...
TFW Daily – SA lay down a marker - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 16
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 16 - India/South Africa, England/Sri Lanka: A capacity crowd in Ahmedabad were shocked to silence by a powerf...
Story Time 259 – It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, who are the greatest pair of Cambodian cricketers, and what special skills did th...
TFW Daily – Why don't Aussies care? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 14
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 14 – Australia/Oman: Australia did as you might expect with their campaign officially over, obliterating Oman. But Adam...
TFW Daily – Zimbabwe top the group - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 13
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 13 – Zimbabwe/Sri Lanka, Afghanistan/Canada, West Indies/Italy: Zimbabwe go through to the Super 8 stage unbeaten. They...
TFW Daily - Can the Proteas do it? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 12
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 12 – South Africa/UAE, Pakistan/Namibia, India/Netherlands: If it's universally accepted India are the team to beat, ar...
TFW Daily – Australia head home - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 11
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 11 – Zimbabwe/Ireland, Scotland/Nepal,
New Zealand/Canada: It’s not often that the story of the day doesn’t
...
India-Pakistan has become cricket's Death Star
Season 19 Episode 28: The big game happened, and once again the cricket was a non-event, but have we finally reached a tipping point where something m...
TFW Daily - Sri Lanka sink Australia - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 10
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 10 – UAE/Afghanistan, England/Italy, Sri Lanka/Australia: A quite stunning run-chase, led by the brilliant Pathum Nissa...
TFW Daily - India annihilate Pakistan, again - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 9
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 9 – Nepal/West Indies, USA/Namibia, India/Pakistan: Was there ever any doubt? India charges on after another Pakistan c...
TFW Daily - Are England any good? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 8
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 8 – Ireland/Oman, England/Scotland, South Africa/New Zealand: Are England going to be a contender? Does anyone know? Th...
TFW Daily - Zimbabwe destroy abject Australia - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 7
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 7 – Zimbabwe/Australia, UAE/Canada, USA/Netherlands: What a performance from Zimbabwe, shocking Australia at a World Cu...
Story Time 258 – Group chats in the 19th century
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, how did group chats work in the 1800s? Plus, the 1800s Facebook friend, the all-s...
TFW Daily - Super Mosca Bros. - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 6
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 6 – India/Namibia, Italy/Nepal, Oman/Sri
Lanka: A red-letter day for cricket in Italy, taking points at this stag...
TFW Daily - Double Super Over madness - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 5
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 5 – Afghanistan/South Africa,
Australia/Ireland, England/West Indies: The tournament roared into
action on...
By god, that's Pakistan's music
Season 19 Episode 27: They're back, baby. Pakistan were never going to stay away, were they? After a big pow-wow, they have agreed to play India afte...
TFW Daily - Can Pakistan out-spin India? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 4
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 4 – Netherlands/Namibia, New Zealand/UAE, Pakistan/USA: Pakistan are on the board, but do they have what it takes to to...
TFW Daily - Proteas fire in to the tournament - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 3
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 3 – South Africa/Canada, Zimbabwe/Oman, Scotland/Italy: South Africa were eager to show that they weren’t going to suff...
TFW Daily – England avoid catastrophe... just - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 2
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 2 – New Zealand/Afghanistan, England/Nepal, Sri Lanka/Ireland: England nearly turned back the clock to become an associ...
TFW Daily – SKY prevents India caving in - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 1
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 1 – India USA, Scotland West Indies, Pakistan Netherlands: An expectant full house at the Wankhede fell silent early on...