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.
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No, don't put more cricket behind a paywall
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Season 16, Episode 31: It's Adam's birthday, and another decade approaches. So too do the 2028 Olympic Games, with cricket's moment coming up. Will it be better received than Raygun? We are on the side of both. Also this week, the complexities of Graham Thorpe's life, Ben Stokes to miss the Sri Lanka series, more movement in the England squad, West…
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The Final Word with Jimmy Anderson
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Season 16, Episode 30: A conversation with the most prolific fast bowler in the history of the game is the type of thing that might normally take us a couple of hours or more. Given that wasn’t possible we found another way to do this, and it worked a treat. Jimmy joined Adam to talk about growing the game but stuck around to reflect in a heartfelt…
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Story Time 197 – The man who loved being whacked in the head
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, most people do not seem to relish being clobbered in the scone, but one man did. One brave, strange man who kept going back for more. Also this week, navigate through some dusty old bastards, find out why Garfield Sobers was cricket's Wilbur Smith, and m…
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Season 16, Episode 29: The foundation of Australia's white-ball success in the post-Covid era has been the dependability of their star spinner, Adam Zampa. A key member of two World Cup winning teams, he's never been better or in greater demand. Adam caught up with him at The Oval in London where he's letting the good times roll with the Oval Incin…
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Turn down the Olympics, I'm trying to watch India-Sri Lanka
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Season 16, Episode 28: Deep in the fervour of an Olympic week, falling in love with new sports around the clock, Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff to talk about their faves. There is tragic news with a farewell to Graham Thorpe, wild news as Bangladesh's student protests overthrow a government and force the potential relocation of a World Cup, and the …
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The Final Word with Jason Holder
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Season 16, Episode 27: He's one of the most impressive figures in the contemporary game, and not just because he's about six foot eight. Jason Holder was the youngest ever West Indies captain and did the job for six eventful years. He's now maintaining his commitment to the Test team to try to develop another generation of players. He also speaks w…
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Story Time 196 – The most stylish neckerchief in India
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, is it possible to arrive with cutlery during childbirth? Because apparently this man did, and he looked great while doing it. Also, using stumps for purposes that they were never intended, and couches for that matter. And maybe the French Revolution had …
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Did England sack the wrong guy?
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Season 16, Episode 26: Matthew Mott has got the chop as a national coach, but should England have followed tradition and blamed the Buttler instead? There's a case to be made. Also this week, Sri Lanka's women continue their surge, knocking off India in a huge Asia Cup final result. Ireland hosted Zimbabwe for a Test strongly influenced by the Lord…
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Story Time 195 – The search for cricket's Private Ryan
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we're on the trail of someone very hard to track down. Where was he born? Where did he spend his time? Was his rank a Private? The many mysteries of Frank Ryan. Also, a left-arm handover, the brief chance for Australia's biggest bolter, a code-cracking T…
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Ben Stokes breaks a record - England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston Day 3
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston, Day 3: In a familiar tale, West Indies started the day with some hope of staying in the game. Mikyle Louis had his best day on tour, Kavem Hodge played at his brightest, and Mark Wood had an afternoon of up de la gasolina. Then it was over to Ben Stokes to put an unexpected exclamation mark on things. …
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Will Root overtake Sachin? - England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston Day 2
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston, Day 2: Does Joe Root end up overtaking Sachin Tendulkar's Test runs tally? We are distracted by that question and the Olympics before coming back to the Test at Edgbaston, where England are back in a commanding position thanks to the former and the coming man, Jamie Smith. Daniel Norcross is at the mat…
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WI somehow take day one honours - England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston Day 1
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston, Day 1: What a strange old day that was. For almost all of it, it felt like England would sleep well tonight. But after losing three quick wickets in a frenetic mini-session before the close, it is the visitors on top at Birmingham. To try and explain how this all played out, Adam Collins has Cam Ponson…
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Season 16, Episode 25: Another week, another proposed job for Justin Langer. Sure, he doesn't want it, and the AFL club doesn't want it, but it's a fun idea. Also, the ICC has yet another meeting and yet again doesn't mention the war (in Afghanistan), but at least the Women's World Cup is expanding for teams that are not Afghanistan. Chamari Atapat…
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Story Time 194 – Nobody can stop the Railway Hotel
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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we go from the very top of the game to the Kevin Bartlett Reserve in suburban Melbourne, and you won't believe the groundskeeping techniques. Also, back to Geoff's new favourite subject about obscure national captains, and one of the most extravagant inn…
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Joe Root, ton machine - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 4
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge, Day 4: That escalated quickly. Another long and competitive day of Test cricket, with West Indies holding the brakes on England to just enough of a degree to slow things down. Jayden Seales screamed and bowled screamers, Joe Root and Harry Brook did numbers, before Mark Wood got his chance to go exp…
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Shamar Joseph loves No.11 - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 3
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge, Day 3: You never quite know what's going to happen, and after three quick wickets on the third day, another West Indies collapse looked assured. But Shamar Joseph at No11 did it again, combining with Joshua da Silva to put England under pressure, leaving Joe Root and Harry Brook needing to respond. …
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Kavem Hodge's maiden ton - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 2
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The 2024 England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge, Day 2: It was doom and gloom after Lord's and not unreasonably so - the Windies were uncompetitive in London and smashed inside seven sessions. But what a difference a week makes. The visitors have enjoyed splendid batting conditions at Nottingham to be within striking distance of a lead, the highli…
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