The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 13, Ep 4: As climate catastrophes worsen by the year, the International Cricket Council has decided to promote the world's biggest oil company as cricket's major sponsor. As a bonus, it's the company that bankrolls the murderous Saudi Arabian government, who are also hunting sportswashing opportunities through English football and their rebel golf tour. This is in the same week as Cricket Australia announces an end to its sponsorship from another major fossil fuel company, while Netball Australia alienates its players by taking the cash from Gina Rinehart's mining empire. Elsewhere this week, the WBBL starts with a bang, and the ultimate cricket veteran, Scyld Berry, joins the show despite never having listened to a podcast.Your Nerd Pledge number this week:6.48 – Matt Wust / Fake Patch Clapp.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, Sri Lanka secured their first win at the World Cup, beating the UAE with ease, and the Netherlands have won back-to-back matches. Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you. Today, there was another major upset as Scotland comfortably beat the 2015 winners West Indies, and Zimbabwe eased past Ireland.Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia hosts the 2022 T20 World Cup, and we'll have every day covered for you.Today, Namibia produced a stunning performance against Sri Lanka, and Netherlands went all the way to the line against the UAE.Brought to you by Visit Melbourne. Plan your Melbourne Moment at visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a trawl through the obituaries of yestercentury. A record that still stands by a mile, a woman who was outstanding at sequences, a duelling piano bar in Texas, and the second-best wicketkeeper in England.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:2.57 - Julian Campbell3.92 - Laksmi3.42 - Harry Chapman3.60 - Mark Xerri3.90 - Anna ForsythRevisits: Rosie Piper, Ian ColvinSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind other episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 3: There are not many cricket enthusiasts as knowledgeable and as garrulous as historian / comedian / chat-merchant Mark Steel. He has delved into the history of the game before, as we do every week, and he still turns up to play and watch on a regular basis, between making the many radio and television programs that fill his life. Time for us to sit back with a rum and let him roam free. Plus a historian's own Nerd Pledge.Your Nerd Pledge number this week:22.77 – Max Bryant.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 2: There's a documentary sequel coming about the Australian men's team, but strangely this time Justin Langer is not positioned as the main character. Also, our listener Bryan R. Caine was the United States umpire officiating as Rakheem Cornwall bashed a double century in a T20 match this week. Bryan joins the show to tell the story. Cricket makes its pitch for the Olympics, the Maxwell Sheffield Shield is in full swing, and Jos Buttler opts for diplomacy. Should captains have to appeal for a dismissal? Do they have a responsibility to do so?Your Nerd Pledge number this week:5.91 – Chris Arkle.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we deal with no fewer than SIXTEEN revisits in quite possibly our longest Story Time yet. What didn’t we talk about? Ian Harvey features at least three times in very different contexts – it’s that kind of episode. If you’ve enjoyed a rambling history show in the past, this episode is especially for you. Your revisited Nerd Pledge numbers this week:2.71 - Tane Aikman2.06 - Ed Henty3.14 - Dane Hansted2.06 - WG Rumblepants8.80 - Oscar Ratcliffe3.20 - Edward Edgcumbe3.20 - James Roder5.72 - Rory Seymour3.02 - Harry Liang1.22 - Evan Granger3.38 - Jake Schmidt1.01 - Michelle Garland9.75 - George Norman1.52 - Jim Morrison15.65 - Darryl Richarson9.95 - Jeremy Le RouxSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 1: That's right, it's back to the start of an Australian summer, the end of an English one, and a new season of The Final Word. Who can believe we've done thirteen of them? We've also finished reloading the lost eps from Season 4, so we only have our first three short seasons to put back into the feed. The Sheffield Shield is starting up alongside the WNCL, the County Championship had a bonkers last day, and the T20 World Cup preparations are underway. Also, Jodie Hicks is racking up touches on the footy field.Your Nerd Pledge number this week:4.99 – Guy Hornsby.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 12, Ep 32: We've been anticipating it, and here it was: a run-out of the non-striker between two major cricket nations, signalling the next phase of evolution of this much-maligned dismissal. On this episode we look at the current structure of the Laws, the details of what Charlie Dean and Deepti Sharma did on the day, and what the MCC might do next to help protect players and umpires from opprobrium. Also this week, the Strauss Recommendations signal a big shift for English county cricket, Cameron Green makes an all-but-too-late case for T20 World Cup selection, and Pakistan do some extraordinary things via Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan. Plus a belter of a Nerd Pledge.Your Nerd Pledge number this week:4.89 – Richard Jones.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast NetworkTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices