The Final Word Cricket Podcast

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today: how to rate a big day on the field against the big night preceding it. A look at Indian royalty next to an English character who was everything but. Some very early work from Ireland and from southern Africa. And we solve a couple of recalcitrant revisits that had traps laid in the clues along the way. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 3.17 - Matt Smith 2.28 - Vivek Arcot 3.79 - Laksmi Govindasamy 1.24 - Eric Pritchard 5.06 - Matt May Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com Get some primo gear from Woodstock Cricket with 20% off full-priced kit. Enter the code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Check out CBUS Super at   https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the  Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by  Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 10, Ep 3: This week on The Final Word, a long and uplifting conversation with a man who really has done it all in the professional game across nearly six decades, known around the cricketing world by a simple moniker: Bumble. Always ready with a laugh and a story, always willing to give a kind word, and loved accordingly. Before that we look at how Australia's players are getting on in the Maldives, the county champs round, and Pakistan's fun time against Zimbabwe.  Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 4.17 - Scott Munroe 12.19 - Shane Fagg Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com Get some primo gear from Woodstock Cricket with 20% off full-priced kit. Enter the code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Check out CBUS Super at   https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the  Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by  Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 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. Today: a Dusty Old Bastard with a very particular trick. A deep dive into some of the finest slow merchants ever to operate out of India, a look at a couple of speedsters from either side of the ditch, and a Final Word familial link to Bodyline. All before a trip down Root 66.  Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 9.06 - Basab Majumdar 2.86 - Alasdair Townsend & Sean McGivern 3.00 - Tim Harding & Alex Brown Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Declan Lawlor, what a guy! In conjunction with Lord's Taveners, he's running the length of the Thames. Get behind him if you can.  If his story inspires you to also raise a few dollars for the Tavs, take a look at their solo-events for 2021.  Also, click here to participate in the Sunshine Coast University survey on The Final Word. Tuck into Rob Kingston's alphabet challenge. For a discount subscription to Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Get 20% off Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 10, Ep 2: The IPL has been cancelled, Sri Lanka won a Test series, and there was a bonkers county round. But honestly all we really want to do this week is hang out and chat with Elly Oldroyd. She's done everything as a sports broadcaster, from a dozen Olympics to Ashes tours and major tournaments, having blazed her way into the job on the BBC back in the 1980s and 1990s. She's also become the expert commentator for royal weddings and funerals. And she's got stories for days. Stop by and spend some time. Your Nerd Pledge number this week: 2.10 – Matt near the Gabba & MJ Knoester Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com Message from anywhere on earth with your ZOLEO, at zoleo.com Check out CBUS Super at   https://www.cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the  Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by  Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 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. Today we'll go from what kept Wally Hammond away from the game in 1926 onto Joe Denly's football career. Remember Jack Russell? Let's talk about the other one, the first Englishman to clock twin tons. Worcestershire's finest day on a rival's ground and Deano's final day for Victoria will come before finally answering a question that's kept us busy for weeks: who really is the best player to drop a catch from your bat? We also make amends for 5.66.  Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 2.01 - Sam Litster 4.15 - Ian Minors, Dave McRobbie & Luke Reynolds 4.25 - Joe Reinhard Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Declan Lawlor, what a guy! In conjunction with Lord's Taveners, he's running the length of the Thames. Get behind him if you can. http://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/dec-and-seb-thames-source-to-sea   If his story inspires you to also raise a few dollars for the Tavs, take a look at their solo-events for 2021.  Also, click here to participate in the Sunshine Coast University survey on The Final Word. For Sam Ashworth's techno-inspired Cap Project, look no further. Save on the Wisden Almanack: in Australia or the USA use code WA30 for 30% off. In the UK subscribe to get the book for £25 instead of £55  For a discount subscription to Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Get 20% off Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Get Geoff’s book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We didn't think it would come to this. By Week 4 of the IPL, Australia's government has barred flights from India until at least the middle of May. With several teammates having headed home just before the deadline, Glenn Maxwell has chosen to stay the course. He gives the view from inside the bubble. Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 10, Ep 1: This week Karunya Keshav wrote fiercely about the deafness of the Indian Premier League to the suffering outside its gates. She joins the show to explain the humanitarian disaster that has overtaken India during the biggest covid wave the world has seen. This starts a new season of The Final Word, with the southern summer belatedly concluded in April, and the northern season already in full but chilly swing. We also cover the new Australian contract list, the removal of England selector Ed Smith, the highlights of the county championship, women's cricket at the Comm Games, Sri Lanka's Test against Bangladesh, and a very special round of Happy Birthday Sachin. Your Nerd Pledge number this week: 4.55 – Eranda Jayawickreme & Anna Collins Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Save 20 to 30 quid on the Wisden Almanack in the UK at wisdenalmanack.com/2021   In Australia or the USA use code WA30 for 30% off. Near half-price subscriptions to Wisden Cricket Monthly with the magic link bit.ly/wcmtfw Get 20% off primo Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 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. Today: an alliterative match whose final day was unexpectedly spectacular. The only player with a perfect record, nestled within an imperfect record. The return story of one of the most prolific, and diminutive, of all time. Plus our regular rounds through dusty old bastardry and Bannermania. Also, this is the last episode of The Final Word Season 9! Luckily Season 10 starts next week. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 1.63 – John McPheat 3.04 – Simon Butcher & Osman Bahemia 13.13 – Rob 3.55 – Matt Gaynor Plus revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Save heaps on the Wisden Almanack at wisdenalmanack.com/2021   In Australia or the USA use code WA30 for 30% off. In the UK subscribe to get the book for £25 instead of £55 For a discount subscription to Wisden Cricket Monthly, the magic key is bit.ly/wcmtfw Get 20% off Woodstock kit with code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Week 3 of our series with Glenn Maxwell, India correspondent, as he takes us through the move from Chennai to Mumbai, and the increasing worry for players and teams about everybody facing an increasing virus crisis across India. It does seem strange but the TV-only show goes on. Looking back at the cricket, Glenn also tells us about the orange cap for the leading runscorer: how you get hold of one and what the etiquette is for wearing it. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  Get 20% off premium Woodstock kit with the code TFW20 at woodstockcricket.co.uk Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 9, Ep 30: The last show of Season 9, recorded on 420 day, on which we decide to let a live audience pile in via the Patreon page to watch the thing get made over video call. Compression session! Neil Manthorp also dials in to update us about the worsening political fight between a few Cricket South Africa holdouts and the national government, as well as the shock of Zimbabwe legend Heath Streak's long corruption ban. Also: Jodie Hawkins gets dudded by Cricket New South Wales, Cricinfo goes gender neutral, and there are hopeful signs about Olympic cricket, an expanded men's World Cup, and women's Tests. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 6.09 – Sam Nemzer 18.84 – Joseph Brookshaw Follow Neil Manthorp's writing about South African cricket at Manners on Cricket. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices