The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 7, Ep 8: After handing down Steve Smith's ban, Cricket Australia took the unusual step of linking the player with Maurice Duffy, an Irish academic who describes his job as a 'mindset coach'. The pair worked together throughout that year and through Smith's remarkable Ashes series that followed. We caught up with Maurice to talk about how the relationship. Also, our comprehensive Women's Big Bash wrap, a look at bans for James Pattinson and Em Smith, and a brief flirtation with Nerd Pledge. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Listen to all our episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions Title track by Urthboy: www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 7: The Australian Test squad is announced, and we have all the wash-up from that announcement and the week in cricket, plus Adam's adventures with lime milk in Tasmania and the time Geoff crashed their car. Then: when you have the same name as your subject, it must make empathy easy. During Robin Smith's career the England batsman was famed for his bravery against fast bowling. After it, he found himself on the verge of jumping off a building. Rob Smyth has helped write Smith's story, and is our Final Word guest this episode. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Listen to all our episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions Title track by Urthboy: www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 6: What's that November sound? Snow in Hobart, Nat Fyfe at the beach, and the the pitter patter of early-season Marsh runs. "He's coming, he's coming, Shaun is coming home." What else happened this week? Pakistan crashed and burned against Australia in the T20s. Board appointments at Cricket Australia. England fell over against New Zealand, before another game with another super over. So many things that the episode went way too long and we've moved our interview segment back an episode. Oh, and Nerd Pledge. An excellent suite of numbers. And personalised football cards, and we need some merch ideas from you. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 5: For all these years, the identity of a Twitter sensation was shrouded in mystery. Now the puppet master emerges. Dan Liebke has written another book full of obscure cricket jokes, so we had him in for a chat. Also: Shakib's corruption ban, Papua New Guinea's World Cup qualification, the rights and wrongs of Big Dances, the WBBL, new coaching appointments, and Australia smashing Sri Lanka in T20s. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 4: As climate strikes increase around the world and the effects of climate change bite more deeply, cricket as a sport is yet to address the issue. But cricket is one of the most vulnerable sports in the face of droughts and storms and rising sea levels, and countries like Australia, South Africa, and those in the subcontinent and Caribbean will be some of the worst affected. Tanya Aldred, founder of the Next Test, joins the Final Word to talk about cricket's contribution to the problem and its response to the crisis. Plus Shaun Marsh made a double hundred for Western Australia. We can't forget that. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 3: You know nothing gets the Final Word excited like policy. That's not even sarcasm. Cricket has had a big policy week: England announced a women's cricket plan worth £50million, Australia announced a world-best parental leave program, and there's the disparity between the men's and women's sides of The Hundred. We sat down with lawyer and cricketer Isabelle Westbury to thrash out the details. Plus corruption charges against one of our favourite players, a wrap of Shield and Test and ODI action, a round of Nerd Pledge, and by far the most inventive live read about satphones that we've done yet. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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

No, this isn't a live show, it's about the live shows. Want to know our special guests? Want to meet a sailor? Want to find a happy hour that goes for 4 hours? We have the answers. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions. Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 7, Ep 2: We talk to Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde, authors of Cricket 2.0, a new book tracing T20’s evolution so far. We also take a look at The Hundred, Sarah Taylor’s outstanding international career, and various series taking place around the world. There’s never a slow week in this game. Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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 7, Ep 1: It's Season 7! We made it through the previous season with all 87 daily shows from the World Cup and the Ashes, plus the long weekly shows. Now it's time to calm things down a touch. Essex did the double, winning the county champs and the T20 comp, so we chat to the entertaining Derek Pringle about his old side. The Australian women's team is gearing up for a fast series, the men are playing the Marsh Cup (yesssss Shaun), Australia delays a Bangladesh tour, Greg Chappell retires as selector, and England announce their next Test squad. Plus a whack of Nerd Pledge as the end. Get into it, as the home Australian summer podcast season begins (in spring). Send us your Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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 6, Ep 13: The end of an unforgettable summer. Before Geoff rushed to airport, he and Adam reflected on the four months that was, told the story of their adventurous videographer Cam Fink and welcomed Dan Norcross back for another round of Nerd Pledge.  The Final Word is produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Listen to all of our episodes at finalwordcricket.com. Title track - Urthboy, Stories. www.urthboy.com / www.elefanttraks.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