The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Australia v South Africa, Brisbane Day 1: What a day of Test cricket! South Africa were overwhelmed while batting, then fought back while bowling, either side of Travis Head producing another wild counterattack. Don't miss this one.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

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Back in Melbourne with Adam and Geoff sitting across the coffee table together, neither of us on the brink of hospitalisation, it was a rare pleasure and privilege. This time, back to the streets of Philadelphia, a possible clerical error of historic importance, Crazy Chester, nicknames that never go away, becoming the optimum indie rock snob, and the correct soundtrack for drives around Iceland.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:8.97 - Jeffrey Gabriel16.10 - James Ralston1.75 - Thomas Melia6.21 - Not That Tim Minchin5.50 - Joel Burton4.06 - Simon Butcher2.71 - Richard L.4.18 - Leigh CouchmanGet 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 11: A huge news week. England have done it again - another bonkers victory after careening like a 70s car chase through the second Test in Multan. Let's look at the carnage of the past fortnight while we've been doing Daily episodes on the wrong series. David Warner bails on his ban appeal after the process goes sideways. Cricket Australia make more predictably bad administrative appointments. Kim Garth debuts for Australia after leaving Ireland, and we look at the gloom around Caribbean cricket. Also this week, friend of the show Dan Liebke comes by for a chat at our spiritual home, the Commercial Club Hotel on Nicholson Street, Fitzroy.Dan Liebke's new book is available here,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. Well, it's supposed to be weekly, when the forces of evil themselves don't conspire to destroy the entire operation. So Bharat and Geoff have been into the fiery pit to take back what is ours. We have faced God and walked backwards into hell. We have kicked down its gates and returned intact, with this: Story Time 115.Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:3.12 - Sukrit Munjal2.55 - Pushkar Godbole3.66 - Alex Linsley & Erin Kane2.43 - Bulldog Belly2.14 - Harsha G. & Toby TrumperGet 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

Australia v West Indies Day 4 at Adelaide: Sadly, it was always going to be this way. The West Indies are a rabble and unless this is taken seriously by administrators across the world, they won't be playing Test cricket for much longer. Oh, and Australia hammered them by 419 runs, winning the Test inside 90 minutes on the fourth afternoon at Adelaide.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 West Indies Day 3 at Adelaide: A Scott Boland triple wicket maiden is it? Of course it is. Australia have set the West Indies 497 but all eyes are on the Victorian, who has his average under 10 again. Absurd scenes in Adelaide. What a guy. 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

There was only one way Travis Head was getting out - run out. And so it was when cruising towards his first Test double. Australia still had the runs to declare when they wanted before taking four West Indian wickets before the close, with Michael Neser bowling a treat - much to Bharat and Adam's delight! 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalwordFind us at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Australia v West Indies Day 1 at Adelaide: It's Marnus yet again, a hat-trick of tons for him, this time against the pink ball. Meanwhile, Travis Head becomes the first South Australian to hit a Test century at Adelaide Oval since 1995. 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 Send 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 10: Yes, this is a cricket podcast and Dipper was a footballer - a mighty one at that. But at this time of year, we turn our attention to the MCG and each September for over a decade, it was the big man's backyard. Even if you don't know who he is, you'll be drawn in by his stories and impersonations - a ripper. Before that, Bharat joined Adam for a chat in Adelaide ahead of the 2nd Test before drifting to Rawalpindi to reflect on one of the greatest wins of all.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 West Indies Day 5 at Perth: the Australians notch a win to start the series after Nathan Lyon bagged six wickets. But it was not without some resistance from West Indies, notably Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph.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