The Final Word Cricket Podcast

The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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<p>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.</p><p>Get your big NordVPN discount: https://nordvpn.com/tfw</p>

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Story Time 265 – The Rastafarian Lion of Judah

It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Bharat joins Geoff to realise how little they both know about Ethiopia, and to attempt a correction. Is there …

Apr 04, 2026 · 1h 27m

The Final Word with Toby Roland-Jones

Season 20, Episode 1: A new season brings new faces and fresh storylines. But it’s also a time to admire those who have been on the circuit for a long …

Apr 03, 2026 · 57m

New Aussie contract list braces for Test overload year

Season 19, Episode 39: It’s our season finale for the Australian cricket season of 2025/26, with a cracker of a Sheffield Shield final run and won over five days, and …

Apr 01, 2026 · 1h 46m

The Final Word with Sam Cook - A change is gonna come

Season 19, Episode 38: It’s impossible to avoid more investment in some players’ stories. One for us has been Essex and England seamer Sam Cook. Hs Test debut was a …

Mar 30, 2026 · 50m

Story Time 264 - Wave cash at me in the Brunswick Ballroom

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. A fresh combo this week, as Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to discuss one of the least orthodox Nerd Pledges we’ve had …

Mar 28, 2026 · 1h 33m

Much review about nothing: England Ashes accountability falls flat

Season 19, Episode 37: In a necessary two-part weekly show, the first dealt with Australian matters, and now Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to look at England’s supposed review of their …

Mar 26, 2026 · 1h 11m

Cricket Australia to sell the farm? The moment of truth

Season 19, Episode 36: Geoff and Adam are back together at last, after weeks of travel difficulty, and a huge news week means a two-part weekly show. Later this week …

Mar 24, 2026 · 1h 28m

Story Time 263 – Paradise is a 1979 Lord’s final

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the hope of Queensland and the spirit of Somerset, as we return to happier times for domestic cricket. A …

Mar 22, 2026 · 1h 31m

Deano's World XI stunner: 30 years to the day, with his son Koby

Season 19, Episode 35: It was on this day, 21 March 1996, that Dean Jones stepped out in front of his adoring MCG crowd to play against the Australian team …

Mar 20, 2026 · 1h 19m

The Final Word with Asa Tribe

Season 19, Episode 34: It takes a bit to wear the Next Big Thing tag in English cricket, which is what Asa Tribe has quickly become. A breakout 2025 for …

Mar 18, 2026 · 1h 3m

Player auctions are absolutely bonkers

Season 19 Episode 33: Does anyone understand how players end up valued in auctions, like what we saw for The Hundred last week? Daniel Norcross has a crack at explaining …

Mar 16, 2026 · 1h 31m

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 most interesting tale …

Mar 14, 2026 · 1h 20m

Clare Connor's exit interview

Season 19 Episode 32: Three months from the start of the Women's T20 World Cup, there's nobody better to chart the rise of the women's game in the nine years …

Mar 12, 2026 · 42m

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 routes being shut …

Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 8m

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, told wonderfully by …

Mar 09, 2026 · 1h 16m

TFW Daily - India the 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 skilled, and too smart for …

Mar 08, 2026 · 45m

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 conclusion, but not before India …

Mar 08, 2026 · 26m

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 be desperate …

Mar 07, 2026 · 25m

TFW Daily - 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 only take charge of the Tests and …

Mar 07, 2026 · 32m

TFW Daily - 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 pink ball saw wickets …

Mar 06, 2026 · 29m

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 the mighty men in …

Mar 05, 2026 · 35m

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 the favourites tag. However, nobody could have …

Mar 04, 2026 · 32m

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, prompting consideration about what England might do …

Mar 03, 2026 · 1h 0m

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 India’s World Cup campaign. It sets …

Mar 01, 2026 · 29m

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-final place was more than …

Feb 28, 2026 · 29m