Season 14, Ep 1: It's a new season of The Final Word. More importantly, the Australian board has a new pay deal in place with huge significance for the women's game, and the English board has finished its disciplinary investigation into racist behaviour at Yorkshire. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff to make an attempt at drawing conclusions. Also this week, the IPL gets underway with Old Man Dhoni still clearing fences, South Africa edge closer to a World Cup spot, and Ireland start their first ever Test series in Bangladesh.

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