The Final Word Cricket Podcast

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we find ourselves revisiting the time when Bharat accidentally had to organise a reggae tour of India, which all began with one of the great Test finishes. Also, a distinctly Ceylonese theme through an exploration of circular mathematics, the Spanish coastline, and Perth driving lessons, before we follow a kangaroo that visited Yorkshire.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:2.40 - Chris Wright3.14 - Matt Brown2.19 - Andy Shaw35.60 - Bubbles HiderSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 5, India v Pakistan, Dubai: The most clinical of performances from India, who did as they always do in 50-over ICC tournaments: thrash Pakistan. And how fitting that it was Virat Kohli right in the thick of things, completing an extraordinary 51st ODI ton. At Dubai Sports City, we have Daniel Norcross with Andrew Fidel Fernando. Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 4, Australia v England, Lahore: Who would ever count Australia out in a major tournament, even after conceding a big score? It was a night to savour for Josh Inglis, the matchwinner in a beauty of a contest at Lahore. For it, we have Danyal Rasool at the ground joining Cam Ponsonby.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 3, South Africa v Afghanistan, Karachi: South Africa had no form to speak of coming into this competition, but just as it has been in the last couple of major tournaments, they have stepped up right away against Afghanistan in Karachi. Daniel Norcross is at the National Stadium, joined by Cricinfo’s Danyal Rasool.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 2, India v Bangladesh, Dubai: When it's Bangladesh and India in a big tournament, the results have historically only gone one way. Towhid Hridoy at least made sure that for him it was a night to remember, with his first century in the red and green. But what was going on with Rohit Sharma's hands? Cameron Ponsonby is joined by Andrew Fidel Fernando.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Champions Trophy Day 1, Pakistan v NZ, Karachi: Pakistan waited 29 years to host an ICC tournament. Their fans will hope the next one is at least another 29 years away, after a performance that would depress even the most committed Pangloss.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 17, Ep 25: We're recording at the lovely SCG before The Final Word's own night of nights, the Australian Sports Commission Awards, where we're up for Best Podcast. It would be weird if we were up for something else. In the meantime, Matt Kuhnemann is being sent off the University of Western Australia, Mitchell Starc joins his Big Three colleagues in missing out on the Champions Trophy, India keeps beating England, New Zealand win a rare tri-series, and there are Australian domestic goings-on aplenty. Wish us luck.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 17 Episode 24: From the moment he walked through the gates as a teenager, Mike Gatting never left Lord’s. Mostly known as England Ashes-winning captain away from home in 1986/87, his CV at HQ is a hefty one as Middlesex legend and a past president of both MCC and our mates at Lord’s Taverners. So, it was only right that it was in the pavilion where he met with Adam to talk through a huge and eventful five decades in the pro game, with continued service to this day.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auGet 20% off your cask of MacIness scotch whisky! ICCWHISKYCRICKET20 is the code, email sales@macinneswhisky.com to get the ball rolling. Get 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we're back at last, after the longest ever hiatus on this particular program. Things got out of hand, but to make up for it, we're going back to the Roman Empire to examine Latin calendar structures. What does that have to do with cricket? You'll find out. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:4.70 - James Tiernan25.00 - Robert Amore2327.00 - Peder Roberts9.56 - David AtkinsonSupport the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Greatest Season That Was - The Final Frontier – Mike CowardDuring the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia, The Greatest Season That Was pod focused its attention on the relationship between the cricketing giants over the decades, some 20 years from the staggering 2001 encounter in India. To this point, episodes have looked back at that landmark series, and the decade that came before it, with people who were there: Harsha Bhogle. Gavin Robertson, Adam Gilchrist, Mike Kasprowicz and most recently, Colin Funky Miller. Today, a slight change of approach, speaking with the defining journalist voice on all matters Australia in India – Mike Coward. A giant of cricket writing, Mike was documenting the story of the relations between these nations well before it was popular or profitable. Through his book, Cricket Beyond the Bazaar, he brought these stories to life – the good, bad and ugly. He spoke with Shannon Gill and Dan Brettig.Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordGet your big NordVPN discount:nordvpn.com/tfwMaurice Blackburn Lawyers - fighting for the rights of workers since 1919: mauriceblackburn.com.auSort your super with CBUS on their 40th birthday: cbussuper.com.auGet 10% off Glenn Maxwell's sunnies: t20vision.com/FINALWORDFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices