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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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WI somehow take day one honours - England West Indies Daily, Edgbaston Day 1
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 Ponsonby with him.
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Justin Langer = Ted Lasso?
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 Atapattu keeps tearing it up in the Asia Cup, and we have announcements about the Final Word XI and some upcoming live shows.
Your Nerd Pledge revisit this week:
16.24 - Dom Griffiths
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Story Time 194 – Nobody can stop the Railway Hotel
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 innings ever played.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
11.00 - Patrick Molan
2.21 - Ian Rapley
5.03 - Jack T
4.63 - Mike Wood
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Joe Root, ton machine - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 4
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 express. With things in the balance, the last session introduced a rush of surprises. Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon.
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Shamar Joseph loves No.11 - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 3
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. Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon.
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Kavem Hodge's maiden ton - England West Indies Daily, Trent Bridge Day 2
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 highlight of their work a stirring maiden Test ton from Kavem Hodge. Daniel Norcross is at Trent Bridge and called the beautiful century moment on radio, he's chatting with Adam Collins.
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Customer Reviews
Hands down the best cricket podcast
Geoff and Adam are simply the best when it comes to talking all things cricket... with the occasional Australian cultural reference thrown in for more mirth.
Love the podcast, small suggestion.
This is one of my favorite cricket podcasts. Very insightful and super funny. One small suggestion is that you could devote a couple of minutes each podcast or perhaps every other podcast providing some explanations for us that are new-ish to the game. Cricket is a game that has such a steep learning curve, and beautifully odd terminology, that I think this would help to grow the fan base for the game, particularly here in the US. Specially useful would be information on the state of the pitch, and why it matters, as well as bowling lengths and lines. For instance, a mini-lesson on the state of the pitch could have been sneaked in during the discussion of whether Australia should have batted first on the first day of the fifth test at the Oval. Obviously you don’t want to spend too much time and bore the knowledgeable listeners, but just a couple of minutes would do.
Very good stuff!
I love their cricket podcasts. Two very good, knowledgeable, and astute minds of the game. They bring the game in a different way, Adam has done work in politics while Geoff was prolific in poetry. This new perspective is fantastic to listen to. They never say anything without good reason, and they are unbiased. I love the longer version, and I love the daily pods. I enjoy the interviews a lot because I can go back when I’m bored and listen to Harsha Bhogle, or Davey Warner, or Ian Chappell. They seem to put a lot of thought into their words and that’s what I enjoy!