The Final Word Cricket Podcast Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon

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, Winne 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

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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.

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2.05 - Simon Trafford (revisit)

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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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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

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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.

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It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, with Adam and Geoff are back together, do you know how cricket relates to Ronald Ryan and to Malaysian capital punishment in the 1980s? Neither do we, but we got there somehow anyway. Also, a lot of time in the Imaginary City - Adelaide. Short runs, rain delays, referenda, and the best defensive technique that any bunny has had. It's another packed show.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
4.38 - Bill
10.10 - Ciaran O'Kane
24.73 - Luke Reynolds
7.45 - Tobi Wilson
7.44 - Richard Fleming
5.93 - Michael Edelstein

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