The Final Word Cricket Podcast

India vs Australia, Ahmedabad Day 2, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. It's The Final Word Daily, where Usman Khawaja batted his way to one of the longest innings ever played in India, and Cameron Green notched his first Test ton. Even in the face of this, Ravichandran Ashwin was undimmed although the other bowlers couldn't say the same. India's brief batting stint before stumps looks full of promise.Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Ahmedabad Day 1, Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. It's The Final Word Daily, coming from a deeply weird day where the Test match was taken over by politicians at the start of the day. We've certainly never seen anything like it.Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 26: With the ECB's hearing into Yorkshire's racism charges underway, we spend the second part of the show speaking to the reporter who has done more work on this story than any, The Cricketer's George Dobell. Before that, recording in Ahmedabad ahead of the fourth India-Australia Test, there have been fireworks in the early rounds of the Women's Premier League, Western Australia keep dominating the Shield, South Africa's quicks do the damage against West Indies, Bangladesh host England in ODIs, and we have an especially delicious link to our answer on Nerd Pledge.Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:8.61 - Dane HanstedSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comHelp our Edinburgh Marathon runners raise funds for the Lord's Taverners at bit.ly/eddiemarathon, or learn about other Tavs projects with bit.ly/tavssignup.Title track by Urthboy 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. And this week it's a special. Geoff and Adam get together with our other hosts, Bharat Sundaresan and Daniel Norcross, in a hotel in Indore that is far too fancy for any of us to be staying in, to record this special all-in episode. With bonus Louis Cameron and Brettig in a Box.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:3.74 - Angus Digby9.42 - Matt Wust9.30 Anna Forsyth3.72 - Sam Hartmann & Paul Richards2.80 - James6.00 - Not That Tim MinchinSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comHelp our Edinburgh Marathon runners raise funds for the Lord's Taverners at bit.ly/eddiemarathon, or learn about other Tavs projects with bit.ly/tavssignup.Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Delhi Not Day 4: Another day four, another day of nothing happening. Except for press conferences and ICC ratings for the pitch, which was deemed no good. Adam and Bharat rake through the leavings and wonder what India will do next.Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Indore Day 3: It's The Final Word Daily. It's all over, before lunch on day three. That makes seven and a half days of cricket across three Test matches. But the kicker: the Australians are back in the series. India lose a shootout! Find out how.Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Indore Day 2: It swung back and forth, it spun one way and another, and eventually another huge day of Test cricket came to an end. Handscomb and Green did some batting, Ashwin staged another intervention, Pujara showed all of his stubbornness, and Nathan Lyon produced an all-time performance. Now the stage is set for Australia to come back into the series - or for something even less likely.Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Indore Day 1: After two massive batting collapses for Australia, the tables turned. India got bowled out for 109 after Australia's three spinners joined forces. But the pitch is doing everything, and Australia have just inched into a lead. It's all happening!Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

India vs Australia, Indore Day 0: After a long break with some time to clear their heads, the Australians will approach Indore with some team changes, while India don't need to make any, but might make one. Also, why not talk about New Zealand beating England by one run?Plan your Melbourne moment at www.visitmelbourne.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 25: While the Women's T20 World Cup final might have gone entirely as expected to complete a hat-trick, the domestic WNCL final did not - an astonishing game of cricket even before the five-wicket final over. Meanwhile, the first women's IPL edition is gearing up for its start. Elsewhere, England and New Zealand set up an intriguing final day that got even better than expected after we finished recording this podcast. And there's a return for Happy Birthday Sachin, with a story via Bollywood actor Saiyama Kher.Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:14.70 - Darragh O'DonovanSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comHelp our Edinburgh Marathon runners raise funds for the Lord's Taverners at bit.ly/eddiemarathon, or learn about other Tavs projects with bit.ly/tavssignup.Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices