The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Australia v South Africa Women, Perth Day 3: A long way behind, South Africa had only one option: to fight. So they did, through most of the third day while making the Australians work. Chloe Tryon showed her range, Delmi Tucker showed her temperament, and the contest offered promise for the future. Your hosts: Geoff Lemon and Bharat Sundaresan.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, Rajkot Day 2: Another day, another wild ride. Ashwin takes his 500th Test wicket to further mark a great career, but it’s Ben Duckett and England’s afternoon, as the left-hander belts a remarkable unbeaten century. The match is still in India’s favour but England are chasing them all the way. With debutant host Cameron Ponsonby, is veteran guest Daniel Norcross.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind out what's fun at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City – More extra, less ordinary!https://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/londonhttps://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/stratfordcityFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa Women, Perth Day 2: One long day that was all about one long innings - the historic double century produced by Annabel Sutherland, fast becoming a hugely significant Test cricketer. Around a masterpiece of timing and concentration, everybody else in the Australian team had a good turn at something as well, while South Africa showed some fight despite being miles behind in the game. Your hosts: Geoff Lemon and Bharat Sundaresan.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, Rajkot Day 1: A day of twists and turns to begin the Third Test, but the home side, thanks to a 204-run stand between the captain Rohit and the local superstar Jadeja, earned a handy advantage by the close. To recap the tons, the wickets and the barbeque of poor old Sarfaraz Khan, Adam Collins has Cam Ponsonby for company there at the ground.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind out what's fun at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City – More extra, less ordinary!https://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/londonhttps://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/stratfordcityFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa Women, Perth Day 1: It was 43 degrees at the WACA, and South Africa felt the heat after being asked to bat. Darcie Brown, Kim Garth, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland and Tahlia McGrath ensured that the spinners were not required, before Australia faced trouble of their own. But where there's trouble, there is Beth Mooney, before Alyssa Healy had some fine moments and one less desirable moment of her own. Your hosts: Geoff Lemon and Bharat Sundaresan.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India v England, Rajkot Day 0: After a week off to cool down after two brilliant Tests to start, the series moves to Rajkot. In doing so, the hosts welcome back a man who knows the SCA ground as well as any - Ravindra Jadeja. That's one of the many pieces of team news from both camps, which includes the inclusion, for the first time, Sarfaraz Khan in an India XI. As for England, Mark Wood returns to partner with Jimmy Anderson as the visitors tweak their bowling bowling configuration. All told, the promise of an exciting few days coming up. Cam Ponsonby is at the ground, Adam Collins is in LondonSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind shirts, marathons and other links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind out what's fun at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City – More extra, less ordinary!https://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/londonhttps://www.westfield.com/united-kingdom/stratfordcityFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 15, Episode 24: Glenn Maxwell and ridiculous hundreds. It is a theme of late. Four of them in his last nine hits for Australia, and the one in Adelaide against a West Indies team that played well in the end - it was probably the purest of the lot. Also this week, new concussion rules across three nations, the chance for a fun debut in India's next Test, another belting win for Australia's women while Heather Graham also goes on a tear for Tasmania, the MCC's World Cricket Committee makes some big recommendations, and things fall apart in Pakistan.Your Nerd Pledge for this week:4.40 - Tanya WintringhamSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfwSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayRun or donate to the 2024 Edinburgh Marathon for the Lord's TavernersAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greatest Season That Was, Episode 7 – New Zealand with Geoff Allott. So much of the ’99 World Cup magic revolves around the extraordinary tie between Australia and South Africa. This time around, our focus shifts the one of the teams that made the other (far less eventful) semi-final: New Zealand. A major driver of their success in reaching the final four 25 years ago was their left-arm swing ace, Geoff Allott, who made white Dukes talk throughout to claim 20 wickets - matched only by Shane Warne. His conversation here with Dan Brettig and Shannon Gill, documenting a brief but memorable career, is a beauty. Enjoy.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfwSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayRun or donate to the 2024 Edinburgh Marathon for the Lord's TavernersAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. In a week when an Under-19s player was out obstructing the field and a Shield player survived a similar appeal, along came not one but two numbers linking us to some of the least common methods of dismissal in the game. We also go back to World War I, look at one of the tallest to play the game, find one of the rarest feats for opening batters, and end up even further back in 1855 for a run chase you won't believe.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:2.14 - Rossi1.64 - Packo21.00 - Dave Hornsby6.80 - Matthew Lincoln5.00 - Aditya Chaoji21.49 - Adam TSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfwSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayRun or donate to the 2024 Edinburgh Marathon for the Lord's TavernersAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 15, Episode 23: Mitch Marsh won more hearts this week while winning the Allan Border Medal, while Ash Gardner confirmed her supremacy in the Australian women's team with the Belinda Clark Award. That didn't stop South Africa's women knocking off Australia for the first time in 50-over cricket, after notching their first 20-over win the week before. Marizanne Kapp is currently Superwoman. New Zealand predictably battered South Africa's 5th-tier team in the men's Test, but not without plenty of statistical quirks, Afghanistan battled hard in their Test in Sri Lanka, and there's a new women's domestic structure in England.Your Nerd Pledge for this week:2.29 - David NichollsSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfwSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthdayRun or donate to the 2024 Edinburgh Marathon for the Lord's TavernersAll links at linktr.ee/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices