The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Season 13, Ep 15: It's New Year's Eve! And as per Final Word tradition, we gather for a look back at the year that was. The good, the bad, the highs, the lows. It was an eventful one. Also this week we wrap up the many Test matches that were happening round the world, and give you an explainer of the Australian cricket broadcast rights negotiations and their ramifications, as well as the scenarios that could happen in the World Test Championship.Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:11.32 - Fake Patch ClappSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.comTitle track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Day 4: It's all over, and so is the result of the series, with one match yet to play. Temba Bavuma had what you could call a mixed day, and at least South Africa made more than 200. Just.20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Day 3: Some more Nortje snorters to start the day, but it turned into another long one for South Africa. A Test century for Alex Carey and some real surprises on the injury front, but on we go into day four.20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Day 2: David Warner Day. Under pressure, stinking hot day, unbeaten double hundred. Just David Warner things. Also Nortje bowling fire, very few wickets but very many batting injuries, and other peculiarities. With Geoff Lemon and Bharat Sundaresan.20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa, Melbourne Day 1: Big day, big occasion, and an effort that wasn't up to it. South Africa's batting fell over once again, but it was a special day for Cameron Green. With Adam home in England, Geoff Lemon and Bharat Sundaresan have you covered.20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 14: A Boxing Day special. You may know that within three days in 2021, Scott Boland became the second Aboriginal man to play Test cricket for Australia, and then the first Australian to win the Johnny Mullagh medal, awarded to the best player in the Boxing Day Test and named after the great Aboriginal cricketer who toured England in 1868. You may not know the story of Unaaramin, the man who became known as Johnny Mullagh, or the story of how the medal reached the MCG in 2021. Josie Sangster is the manager of the Johnny Mullagh Interpretive Centre, a museum about the 1868 tour in the Victorian country town of Harrow, where most of the players were from. She takes us through an illuminating and inspiring Final Word.Plan your visit to Victoria at VisitVictoria.comSend us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 13: It's Christmas! And as is now tradition, we sit down for a long conversation with a person who we like and respect, and who has been a good friend to the show. Previous years had Harsha Bhogle, Jim Maxwell, Mel Jones and Michael Atherton. This year it is Simon Katich, after a long career batting and bowling for Australia, and a good number of years now working alongside us as a broadcaster. Once described as the conscience of Australian cricket, Simon is a wonderful guest at our Christmas lunch.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title 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. This week, a searing injustice with a divine tinge gets another look. As does one of the greatest of the greats, and one at the other end of the spectrum. Plus, have you ever wanted to know about every player who debuted in a Sheffield Shield match against Alan Mulally? Well it's your lucky day.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:6.00 - Eric Pritchard3.76 - Peter Lewis1.94 - Reverend Nicholls9.10 - Panos3.55 - Vijay, Joseph Brookshaw & Jake SheedyGet on the Lord's Taverners mailing list here.Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind other episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 13, Ep 12: An unexpected weekly show given the two-day Test, but we probably have to talk about the two-day Test. Also, English writer Cameron Ponsonby joins us from the hotel in Karachi where we spent way too much time in March, with thoughts on the truly wild 3-0 series that he has just watched, and more broadly the experience of touring Pakistan. Meanwhile, Australia's women rack up a huge score against India as we record, and ponder the 58th coming of Ellyse Perry and the consistent menace of Grace Harris. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Title track by Urthboy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v South Africa, Brisbane Day 1: Two day Test! What the hell? We haven't seen one of those in Australia since 1931. Which we did not see personally. Wickets galore, 19 of them, and a wild conclusion - go through it all with us.(Forgive the wind sound, we're still working on the audio set-up for these.)20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices