

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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Oct 14, 2025 • 1h 1min
Cummins and Head reject 10 million IPL bucks to ditch Australia
Season 19, Episode 2: The Ashes runway continues, the Women's World Cup is mid-flight, and the Indian men's team are about to land in Australia for a white-ball series. It must be October. Also this week, an IPL franchise tries to buy two of Australia's biggest names year-round, Marnus makes another domestic ton, and if the CAXI is coming back, surely Will Bosisto must be doing the same? In red-ball cricket, West Indies resist India, South Africa tussle with Pakistan, and the Kookaburra ball is banished from England.
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Oct 14, 2025 • 19min
TFW Daily - Lanka's fastest fifty - Women’s World Cup Day 15, Sri Lanka NZ
Women’s World Cup Day 15, Sri Lanka vs New Zealand: A 26-ball fifty from Nilakshika Silva lit up a stormy Colombo evening, in a game which saw seen India get an unexpected reprieve as far as tournament standings go, while New Zealand are now backed into a corner and can only win their way out. Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon reunite.
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Oct 13, 2025 • 33min
TFW Daily - Three balls remaining - Women’s World Cup Day 14, Bangladesh South Africa
Women’s World Cup Day 14, Bangladesh v South Africa: After being dismantled by New Zealand, Bangladesh's batting found a new level of resolve, topped off by Shorna Akhter with the most dynamic hitting in this team's history. That put them in a strong position against South Africa, who once again had to manage a chase right down to its nervous end. Geoff Lemon is joined by Firdose Moonda (and Ked).
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Oct 12, 2025 • 39min
TFW Daily - World record run chase - Women's World Cup Day 13, Australia India
Women’s World Cup Day 13, Australia India: That was quite something. India set Australia the biggest ever run chase in women's ODIs... and then you'll never believe (you will believe) what happened next. Two thrilling opening stands, a bunch of weird umpiring, injuries, retirements, and bowling problems, it's all going on between the two Cup favourites.
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Oct 11, 2025 • 28min
TFW Daily - The Sciver-Brunt show - Women’s World Cup Day 12, Sri Lanka England
Women’s World Cup Day 12, Sri Lanka v England: Nat Sciver-Brunt
led from the front again, with Sri Lanka on the receiving end this time. There was fight from the Sri Lankan batters in response, warding off heat, cramp, and Sophie Ecclestone’s guile. Daniel Norcorss, avid lover of Sri Lanka, joins Andrew Fidel Fernando.
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Oct 10, 2025 • 1h 25min
Story Time 243 - The Inexpressibles
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, what is are "inexpressibles", and what do they tell us about a booze-soaked day at the MCG in 1862? We also have the biggest summer of them all, a trio linked by fate, and the one run that said more about MEK Hussey than any other.
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Oct 10, 2025 • 33min
TFW Daily - Devine melts in the heat - Women's World Cup Day 11, NZ Bangladesh
Women’s World Cup Day 11, New Zealand v Bangladesh: It's getting hot in Guwahati, hotter by the game, as Sophie Devine found out when her diabetes needed blood-sugar management during a taxing innings. Bangladesh were bubbling around again, though a down day for pace star Marufa Akter cost them an edge. Another tough slog for NZ.
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Oct 10, 2025 • 31min
TFW Daily - Battle of the power hitters - Women’s World Cup Day 10, India South Africa
Women’s World Cup Day 10, India v South Africa: What a battle, and from unexpected sources. Today saw the two biggest scores ever made from No8 in women's ODIs... on the same day. But it wasn't just about the batting, these were two power-hitting masterclasses built on parlous foundations, after bowlers and sharp fielding dominated the early exchanges. A thriller of a contest that showed the best of the one-day game.
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Oct 8, 2025 • 29min
TFW Daily - Pakistan frighten Aussies - Women’s World Cup Day 9, Australia Pakistan
Women’s World Cup Day 9, Australia v Pakistan: For a second consecutive day, there was a very real chance of the biggest cricketing upset of all time. Australia eased their own nerves through an unlikely batting partnership and a disciplined bowling performance. Whisper it, but Australia now appear very vulnerable and it’s anybody’s World Cup. Geoff Lemon joins Firdose Moonda.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 1h 22min
Marnus Labuschagne on the comeback trail
Season 19, Episode 1: It is officially the start of the southern season, because we say so, and what more fitting way to start than with a huge Sheffield Shield round. Stories aplenty, not just about who is trying to make a certain squad, but perhaps a recasting of umpiring as we know it. Plenty more this week: Geelong might get its own Big Bash team, USA cricket goes broke, Jadeja dominates West Indies, so does Nepal, Kohli is heading back to Australia, Ashwin is coming earlier than planned, and that's just some of it. Let's get started.
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