The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 5, Ep 10: With Canberra about to become Australia's 11th venue for men's tests, Geoff and Adam visit the one forgotten cricket ground out of the other ten.  This week covers Australia's Test against Sri Lanka at the Gabba, the WBBL final and a frankly bonkers West Indies win over England in Barbados.  Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra Produced by Bad Producer Productions 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 5, Ep 9: A special version of The Final Word recorded live at Fitzroy's Commercial Club Hotel on January 17, 2019. This episode features an oral history of Glenn Maxwell, an ode to Shaun Marsh and plenty of Q&A.  Thanks to Kookaburra.  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 5, Ep 8: After 71 years, India wins a Test series in Australia. Adam and Geoff are joined by writer Bharat Sundaresan to talk through how it happened and what it means.  Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra Produced by Bad Producer Productions 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 5, Ep 7: Geoff and Adam look back over the triumphs (and the odd disaster) of the year that was, as well as India's effort to go 2-1 up against Australia in the Boxing Day Test.  We'll have our first live recording of the Final Word Cricket Podcast on January 17, 2019 in Melbourne. Details to come.  Thanks for listening! Have a safe and Happy New Year's Eve!  Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra.  Produced by Bad Producer Productions.  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 5, Ep 6: India's voice of cricket has a long relationship with Australia too, part of ABC radio since 1991. None of this happened by accident: Harsha Bhogle was the classic freelance pioneer, and still has the same attitude. This Christmas he settles down for a long chat with Adam and Geoff about the hustle and grind, the need to improvise, and the story of how he turned this into an extraordinary life. Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra.  Produced by Bad Producer Productions.  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 5, Ep 5: India and Australia are 1-1, after a Perth Stadium pitch that was more WACA than the WACA. Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins review the bouncer barrage, some brilliant batting, and the chirp-off between Virat Kohli and Tim Paine. Then we look at cricket's new world of stats analysis that could reinvent the game, with Freddie Wilde and Ben Jones, the whiz-kids from CricViz. Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra.  Produced by Bad Producer Productions.  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 5, Ep 4: A gripping end followed a spongy middle in the first Test of Australia's 2018-19 summer. Geoff and Adam take a close look at India's win and Australia's resistance, as well as investigating whether that was Peter Russell Clarke moonlighting in the Adelaide press box; the physics of tangled headphones; and how the hell to tackle a word spelled "bamBoosALL". 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 5, Ep 3: New things abound. The Australian summer starts for real with the first Test against India imminent. The women's team win the World T20 with a total team performance. And Geoff is flooding bookshops with Steve Smith's Men, his book on the sandpaper saga and the broader story around it, which leads him and Adam to assess the turmoil and head-rolling that has happened since the sandstorm hit Cape Town last March. Edited by Jay Mueller for Bad Producer badproducerproductions.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 5, Ep 2: Back to earth with a thud, as the Dubai draw is followed by an Abu Dhabi thrashing. Pakistan pull their biggest ever win over Australia out of the fire. Mohammad Abbas is statistically the most devastating bowler in history. There are a thousand unanswered questions ahead of the first home Test in a few short weeks. Geoff and Adam break down a densely packed UAE tour from a rose-tinted cabana with a cast of woodland animal friends.   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 5, Ep 1: Let's call it straight - one of the most remarkable batting performances ever in the fourth innings of a Test. Usman Khawaja batted more than 12 hours in the match to deny Pakistan a win, while Adam and Geoff commentated his Dubai epic on radio. Time to take a few deep breaths and look back over all of it, as The Final Word comes back from a break to start a new season. Thanks to our sponsor Kookaburra.  Produced by Bad Producer Productions.  Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices