The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Another weekend with the world in flux, another edition of Story Time to take you back to a happier time, deep within the belly of cricket history. From the Battle of the Ridge to some of Lancashire’s finest, we have you covered this weekend. Then, a conversation with the always funny Dan Liebke, who has a new book out. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  5.42 – Tom Stewart 5.65 – Niall Duxbury 6.06 – David WFG 5.75 – Toffee 31.94 – Iain Gordon 4.62 – Will Sandford Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get your Wisden Cricket Monthly discount at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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 9, Ep 5: This week, the entire board at Cricket South Africa finally gave in to outside pressure and resigned. The extent of wrongdoing via a recent financial investigation remains hidden. Investigative journalist Lungani Zama joins us to analyse the developments and what comes next. In better news for South Africa, England’s tour will go ahead. India’s squads for Australia are named, the WBBL got started in the rain, the IPL heads towards finals, the Shield throws up some selection intrigue, and obnoxious former cricketers keep being obnoxious.   Your Nerd Pledgenumbers are:  3.66 – Richard Bond McNally.  3.85 – Nathan Garland.  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 cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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

For the footy fans in our ranks, it is Grand Final weekend! Geoff can’t be in Brisbane to watch his beloved Cats play off for the flag, in Sydney instead to call the WBBL. But before he turns to that, into cricket history we go once more. The highlight? Something to do with a fragrant harbour and some barramundi. Then a discussion with Tim Wigmore whose new book studies why some sportspeople are more likely to make it to the top.   Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  3.33 – Jon Tucker  3.68 – Schmicko  1.90 – Lousie Southall  2.16 – Michael W. Fallon and Elia Andrews  2.61 – Sam Littlejohn  1.02 – Nathan Clulow  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 cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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 9, Ep 4: Last week we had the positives of T20 with the IPL up and firing. This week we’re looking at the downsides of the many other leagues, a newly developed Wild West that Jarrod Kimber has explored professionally and personally and can now offer a frank appraisal. Speaking of T20, we’ve got our full preview of all the teams in the Women’s Big Bash League which starts in the coming week. Plus Shield, scheduling, and a bag of other bits and pieces.  Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  2.34 – Alexander Scott & Tom Stewart  3.64 – Chris Unwin.   Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get your Wisden Cricket Monthly discount at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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

Wil Anderson has been one of our biggest supporters and our interview with him was one of our most fun. Beforehand, fill your boots with cricket history – a strong Welsh theme, as well as both Kirsten brothers featuring alongside Ireland, Froggy Thompson, the first Test match, and a mysterious zero pledge that was worth more than zero in the end. Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  3.23 - Tim Gilkison 2.13 - Nikhil Venkatesh 2.50 - Gusey K  2.37 - Jesse G 00 - Matt Keane 4.00 - Tyson Singleton  2.77 - Jason Grice  Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Support Lloyd Scott’s amazing mission for the Lord’s Taveners! Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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 9, Ep 3: It’s the halfway point of the Indian Premier League, the time when you can start to see the trends, the patterns, the improvers, the declines. This week we get T20 analyst Ben Jones to give us the in-depth info on all of that and more. We’ll also look at the ODI winning streak from Australia’s women, the start of the Sheffield Shield, and top it off with Happy Birthday Sachin.   Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  4.29 – Peta Dowling  2.62 – Julian Russell  Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword  Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com  Get worldwide satellite Zoleo communication at zoleo.com  Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au    The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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, where we wander through the history of the game. This week, Slasher Mackay's less noted strength, the highs of cricket in Florida, why the 2010-11 Ashes didn't matter, what Emily Drum did for the Kiwis, another road back to the underarm, Fabian Allen going nuts, some 1950s Indian magic, when Tim Wall set an Australian record, and every cricketer mentioned by William McInnes. Once that's done, settle in for a long and enjoyable chat with master broadcaster Gerard Whateley from Port Elizabeth back in March 2018.  Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  6.42 - James Murray Wood  3.27 - Richard L  1.61 - Jack Gough  2.36 - Alex Brown  2.46 - Mark Sands  1.33 - Divij Sinha Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword      Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com  Support Lloyd Scott’s amazing mission for the Lord’s Taveners!    Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au  The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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 9, Ep 2: Steve Smith is giving out free love on the free love highway and good on him for it. Something about those Dubai hotel rooms. In the same part of the world, Ashwin is preparing himself to Mankad, we’re also with him all the way on The Final Word. Back in England, the strangest summer has come to a close – we speak with The Guardian’s Ali Martin about how it happened and what the future entails. And in Australia, Meg’s Lanning record-breaking team continue to do as they please.   Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  3.07 – Conor Prendergast  8.50 – Kris Swales  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 cbussuper.com.au  The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on the Bad Producer 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

Gather round. It’s that time again, where we take you down the winding road of cricket history – it’s weekend Story Time on The Final Word! Check in to learn a thing or two about Jack Gregory and Warwick Armstrong, or Hugh Tayfield and Alan Border. They all make an appearance. As does Patterson Thompson, who kept his foot behind the line for us. And when that is all done, enjoy our chat with James Pattinson from Lord’s last year.    Your Nerd Pledge numbers are:  6.77 – George Norman  2.12 – Ben  8.69 – Christopher Byrne  7.46 – Reg Roberts & Jon Landsell  2.98 – Richard Clark & David Short  2.03 – Greg Sykes  Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword      Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com  Support Lloyd Scott’s amazing mission for the Lord’s Taveners!    Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au  The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on the Bad Producer 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 9, Ep 1: It's a new season! Cricket starts in Australia and the dial turns. What did we do in the last week week? Geoff has been calling the Australia-NZ games in Brisbane, Adam the Bob Willis Trophy Final in London. Oh, and he also bought a Batmobile. That’s nowhere near as impressive as our guest Lloyd Scott doing the Three Peak Challenge in a deep-sea diving suit – to be filed under good cricket people doing good things. Nerd Pledge, Happy Birthday Sachin, it’s all in another week of Final Word frivolity.   Your Nerd Pledge numbers are: 3.22 – Jeffrey Gabriel 5.48 – Ben Woolgar & Mick Flurry Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword      Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com  Support Lloyd Scott’s amazing mission for the Lord’s Taveners!   Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au  The Final Word is produced by Jay Mueller on 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