

The Final Word Cricket Podcast
Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon
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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Nov 17, 2025 • 50min
TFW Book Club - Steven Finn's Ashes Files
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.
Buy The Ashes Files: My Pride and Pain in Cricket’s Most Intense Series here: achette.co.uk/titles/steven-finn/the-ashes-files
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
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
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Nov 15, 2025 • 1h 1min
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
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Nov 13, 2025 • 33min
TFW Book Club - 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.
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
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
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Nov 11, 2025 • 1h 16min
The 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
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Nov 10, 2025 • 40min
Um, 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
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Nov 9, 2025 • 53min
Um, 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
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Nov 5, 2025 • 1h 9min
The 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
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Nov 2, 2025 • 44min
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
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Nov 1, 2025 • 28min
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
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Oct 30, 2025 • 45min
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
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