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The Final Word Cricket Podcast Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon
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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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Story Time 185 - Paul Nixon's (self-written?) Wiki, ft Paul Collingwood!
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Did Paul Nixon pen his own Wikipedia entry? Daniel Norcross reports, you decide. Our co-host has been busy too, getting Paul Collingwood to help tell the story of his double century in a losing team in England's 2006 Adelaide debacle. Adam goes back to a memorable week at Galle in 2022, takes in a Surrey victory over the touring Australians in 1899 then reflects on the life and times of Cyril Washbrook. A fun episode.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
5.45 - Shawn Rajanayagam
2.03 - Francis Keepfer
3.51 - Michael Edelstein
2.06 - Randolph Brazier
2.99 - BIG GEOFF
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Story Time 184 – Eddie Gilbert sits Bradman on his a**e
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a long backtrack to a much earlier episode where we tried to unravel the mystery of carrying one's bat for nought not out. Enter a multitude of Hearnes. Also, the man they called Stork, a forgotten career of coincidences, Winnie Mae's birthday, Pip Clark The Musical, and the fastest snorters that Braddles ever faced.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
4.06 - Vijay
14.02 - Ross Davey
4.92 - Shannon Blackmore
3.25 - Tim Gilkison
5.63 - Pip Clark
Revisit: Osman Bahemia
Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword
Get down to Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.
More extra, less ordinary.
westfield.com/united-kingdom/london
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seriouscricket.co.uk
And get that sweet Nord VPN discount - nordvpn.com/tfw
Donate to support our Edinburgh Marathon runners for the Lord's Taverners
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The James Anderson exit: right or wrong?
Season 16, Episode 13: With the Jimmy farewell in the air, was it the right move or wrong? Should it have happened three years earlier, or one year later? Let's get into it. Also this week, Monty does a Mal Meninga, the ECB continue towards selling up, the ICC continue selling out to the worst people in sport, the Dutch keep being sold short, Ireland's men and Pakistan's women put in performances against the odds, and we chat the domestic circuit of Champo and IPL.
Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:
2.05 - Simon Trafford (revisit)
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A poster of Charles Bannerman
Season 1, Ep 2: Reloading lost episodes from the early Final Word, we're all the way back to our second episode ever. This came after Australia got shot out of the sky in Birmingham during the 2015 Ashes, for England to take a lead 2-1 with two matches to play. Geoff was joined by fellow writers Will Macpherson and Subash Jayaraman, with Adam absent at a wedding or something.
Hot quotes include Will: "If you can't enjoy watching Mitchell Johnson bowl at his best you don't actually understand this sport."
And Geoff, looking ahead to Trent Bridge: "Do you expect Australia to take advantage of a depleted attack?"
This season was originally recorded for the ABC - this is an edited and remastered edition.
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Story Time 183 – German bombing doesn't stop play
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, with Daniel Norcross joining Geoff Lemon, we start with a walk through the Indian hill town of Ooty, then end up deep in the origins of European fascism. Yes, it's all related to the cricket. Also, the German influence on Lord's in 1994, the worst ever hat-trick, and an ode to a love that never quite panned out.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
3.79 - Jai Sharma
2.90 - Paul Frame
2.11 - Jack Rule
6.05 - Jagannathan Tiruvallur Eachambadi
3.61 - Fran
Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword
Get down to Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City.
More extra, less ordinary.
westfield.com/united-kingdom/london
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seriouscricket.co.uk
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EMERGENCY POD: Jimmy calls time
We weren't expecting to record an ep today but the news of Jimmy Anderson's retirement announcement required it. At The Oval, Adam has an emotional Daniel Norcross with him to reflect on a truly magnificent international career.
Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword
Get down to Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City! More extra, less ordinary. westfield.com/united-kingdom/london
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Customer Reviews
Story time 59
Just wanted to say I am a big fan of the show. Been listening for a while now. An absolute truck load of information and stories that just boggle the mind and help lend an ear to some of the less glorified of cricketers around the globe. But this episode… boy oh boy… the lengths in which you go to to track down the pledge numbers. This one will be hard to beat. I don’t care if this answer is right or wrong to be honest, it really doesn’t matter. The stories told and the paths you go down leaving as it were no stone unturned , are just beyond compare. Thank you so much for the awesome work you do as I normally listen to your podcasts when I’m out on a run, they keep a smile on my face and make the time running just fly by.