The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 17, Ep 27: While the Champions Trophy semi-finals happen around us, Adam and Geoff try to stay focused on the rest of the week's matters at hand. Jos Buttler finally gives up the eternal sadness of England captaincy, Matt Kuhnemann gets cleared by the University of Western Australia (don't start with us), Cam Green is held back from the Shield, David Boon joins the CA board, Jimmy Anderson signs up for The Hundred, and Australia's women gear up for yet another tour of New Zealand. Your Nerd Pledge revisit this week:5.74 - Jacob NortonSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS in their 40th year: cbussuper.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! Email them with the code ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 at macinneswhisky.comGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy 1st semi-final, India v Australia, Dubai: Australia changed their blueprint and their attack but neither quite worked as India did enough with the ball and had too much depth with the bat, advancing to the final with Virat Kohli front and centre. In the thick of things at Dubai Sports City for us, it's Daniel Norcross with Andrew Fidel Fernando. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 13, semi-final preview: Everyone is where they need to be for the final stages of this tournament, with Australia's configuration the main point of interest - the underdogs by any measure in Dubai against India on Tuesday. From there, it'll be South Africa and New Zealand duking it out in Lahore on Wednesday. Might it be the Proteas against the men in blue as it was in last year's T20 decider? Daniel Norcross and Andrew Fidel Fernando have plenty to chew over in their preview of what is to come.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 12, India v New Zealand, Dubai: We knew who had made the final four of this tournament, but now - after India flexed their muscles in an impressive bowling performance against New Zealand - it's clear who gets who in the semis. Daniel Norcross and Andrew Fidel Fernando are on duty for the final game of the group stage in the UAE. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 11, England v South Africa, Karachi: South Africa have successfully made it through to another semi-final, annihilating Jos Buttler’s sorry side on his final day in charge. To work through it all, we have Danyal Rasool at the National Stadium in Karachi joining Cameron Ponsonby.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we head to South Africa for the first big explosion in a career of big explosions, we pop by Headingley and the MCG for a career that was something more than what might have been, head through India and the West Indies for a career of frustration that finally had its fulfilment, and go back to Western Australia for something that definitely happened at the wrong time. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:8.61 - Sami Dowd5.56 - Jack Hughes71.43 - Ken Edwards1.04 - Michael FallonSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 10, Australia v Afghanistan, Lahore: More rain ruined the result for the men in gold (canary yellow?), but it matters little - they are going to be playing in another semi-final and Travis Head, India's nemesis so many times, is back to top form at the perfect time. Meanwhile, Afghanistan remain an outside chance of qualification themselves. At Lahore, Andrew Fidel Fernando is there to sum it all up with Cameron Ponsonby for company. Also, who should take over from Jos Buttler?Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 9, Pakistan v Bangladesh, Rawalpindi: What a mess. Pakistan, tournament hosts, were already bundled out after two dreadful losses and now their third and final game, against Bangladesh, has been washed out before a ball was bowled. But never fear, Daniel Norcross and Andrew Fidel Fernando are here to tell us what this all means. There is also the chance for them to go back to yesterday and trawl over England's entrails.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 8, England v Afghanistan, Lahore: For a third ICC tournament in a row, England are going home before the business end. It was a thriller in Lahore with many twists and turns, but the real story at the end of it all is Afghanistan - if they beat Australia they're into the semis. Danyal Rasool is at the ground, in discussion with Cameron Ponsonby.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 17, Ep 26: Back with the weekly show, with Adam back home, and there's always plenty to go through. Bharat's Australian Story episode went up, our show managed to win the podcast award from the Australian Sport Commission, and then it's into some ponderings about the future of the Australian team, Josh Inglis and his back story, some of the strange pronouncements from England's men and some even stranger criticisms, and some busy times in the domestic landscapes of both countries. A county mystery continues: who did pay for Cameron Green to go to Bristol?Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices