The Final Word cricket podcast
World's best cricket chat, according to people who like it. Adam Collins & Geoff Lemon plus a deep roster:
Bharat Sundaresan, Daniel Norcross, Izzy Westbury, Cameron Ponsonby, Ben Jones, many more.
Help us make the show: patreon.com/thefinalword
- Good to see the MCG sorted out that little problem with the lively pitch
- 🚨New Episode out! The head of cricket at Lord’s, Fraser Stewart, joins Adam to talk about the changes to the laws of the game that will come into effect this October. Watch: youtu.be/cE2QTcrwbDU
- 🚨New episode out! Muyeye had to flee Zimbabwe with his family due to political persecution, starting a new life in England as an asylum seeker. Today, he dreams of wearing the Three Lions. Full interview out now on all feeds and YouTube. Listen: tinyurl.com/5n7p7u86
- 🚨It's Story Time! This week, a clue about a show about nothing - but can that be right? Two long-time contributors of the show have their Nerd Pledge moment, plus one of the great run gluts, and a big day on Ceefax. Listen: pod.fo/e/37fb4d
- Welcome to your new favourite cricketer (trust us). Here’s Sonny Baker! New episode out now: pod.fo/e/37b4eb
- Please do a paid-up member of The Final Word to support what we’re doing all year round. From there, you’ll also get direct access to our vibrant Discord channel - a great community. New post up: tinyurl.com/3temsfsa
- Ashes 2025/26✅
- “I don’t think Brendon McCullum’s job is anything close to safe.” Adam on @BBCBreakfast back to the UK this morning after the final day of #Ashes2025
- #Ashes2025 | Get a score on the board and it can make for a nervous chase. So it proved for Australia on the final day, as a wicket fell, then another, and another... England found the competitive switch, and kept it pressed until the end. Listen: pod.fo/e/3745f9
- TFW #Ashes Daily | Steve Smith finally took us back in time to when him doing dances and pinching singles and smacking the odd shot through cover was the only constant in a world of madness! Listen in: pod.fo/e/3733a8
- TFW #Ashes Daily | First it was Root's turn, scripting another flourish near the end of his Australian tale, then it was Head with a far more boisterous performance in keeping with his series. Who's on top? Listen in: pod.fo/e/372832
- “Khawaja will get a brilliant reception. My instinct is that most people who first care about the game are mindful of what he’s saying, are respectful of what he is saying and wish him the very best.” Adam on Sky Sports News after stumps on day one.
- TFW #Ashes Daily | For a moment it looked like we would have another crazy Test innings, but then things changed. Joe Root and Harry Brook finally delivered before the inevitable Sydney rain. Listen: pod.fo/e/372051
- Michael Bevan’s New Year’s Miracle - 30 years to the moment! 💫 Re-live NYD 1996 with Bevo himself. What a night this was. Our full live show interview is live in feeds now: pod.fo/e/3709bb
- Happy New Year! Time for another Final Word tradition, the best and worst in cricket of 2025. This past year was one with a lot of good in it, as well as one where some trends that could define the future became much more clear. Listen: pod.fo/e/37028e
- So much talk about the MCG pitch, but more attention should be on the players who used it. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
- #Ashes2025 Daily | Once again, we are left to survey a field of smoking wreckage and ask, what the hell was that? Another two-day Test, another bowler-fest, and a closing flurry of some of the most insane attempts at shot-making in Test cricket. Listen: pod.fo/e/36dfc7
- Not yet lunch on Day 2 at the MCG and there are 14 wickets remaining in the Test match. #Ashes
- TFW #Ashes Daily | The expected result came, but not in the expected way. At times on the final day the game wasn’t exactly on, but it wasn’t far off. But Australia still have Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and the new streak of lightning at slip. Listen : pod.fo/e/36ab76
- "A perfect day for South Australian cricket fans, watching two of their own southpaws punishing England in a way that makes a comeback virtually impossible" TFW Ashes Daily is out now on your podcast feeds and YouTube.
- Archer is still bowling consistently above 140 today. Has put in a real shift this Test. #Ashes
- When Archer reaches 50 in Test cricket he averages infinity, so watch out #Ashes
- The hottest day of the Test by far, and somehow it wasn’t the bowling side who wilted. An astounding performance of accuracy and hostility, despite the conditions rather than because of them, is worth reflecting on no matter who you support #Ashes Listen pod.fo/e/368fa2
- Mitchell Starc is now third for balls faced in this series (behind Root and Carey) and fifth for runs scored (Head, Carey, Root, Labuschagne). #Ashes
- #Ashes2025 TFW Daily out now! Jofra Archer heated up his opening spell, Josh Tongue had his moments, and Australia gave out some Christmas gifts. Among the chaos, a remarkable comeback for Usman Khawaja and a huge hometown day for Alex Carey. Listen: pod.fo/e/3681c6
- Annual game The Final Word XI vs Royal Park Reds CC at Brunswick Street Oval. And of course, finishing up with a Final Word hazy pale. 🍻 Available to order: stompingground.beer/products/the-f…
- TFW Weekly | The Ashes players keep dropping, with Australia and England each losing a vital bowler for the rest of the series. The England team, however, are hanging in Noosa, where some onlookers will find that being a prankster isn't easy. Listen: pod.fo/e/364496
- Half past 11 in the evening of Day 4, and there is a Biblical amount of rain falling on Brisbane. #Ashes
- #Ashes2025 Daily out now! Something strange happened on the fourth day at the Gabba. Test cricket broke out. Quality defensive batting met quality probing bowling, and as the day wore on, the slight glimmer of a contest began to glow like a coal Listen: pod.fo/e/361914
- #Ashes2025 : Weatherald and Head had fun, Jofra Archer bowled some hot spells, Will Jacks did one spectacular thing, and Steve Smith only made half a million instead of a million. This game is still very much on... get the FIRST HOUR klaxon ready. pod.fo/e/360bd2
- It has been announced that we’re again in the final at the ASC Media Awards for Best Sports Podcast… a chance to go back-to-back after winning it this year. We always appreciate this recognition of our work from the Sports Commission.
- Mitchell Starc surpasses Wasim Akram to become the most successful left-arm pacer in Test history! Adam Collins dives in on @BBCNews during the Dinner break. 📹: @BBCnews
- With England going ok, you may want to read Wisden Cricket Monthly's digital Ashes edition, which is now online for free. Geoff has a piece in there. pocketmags.com/sampleissue/...
- Strange decisions from Australia. Not so much Neser, he's a Moneyball pick in these conditions with a sound basis. But effectively they're picking Doggett over Lyon, with a huge gulf in record, when most pink-ball matches have benefited from heavy overs of spin. It might work but it's not logical.
- TFW Weekly out now! Also this week, India's drubbing by South Africa, Kohli's return to century-making, and a milestone for Amanda-Jade Wellington Emma John also joins us for her first segment on visiting Australia from the UK, supported by @TourismAus pod.fo/e/35e522
- “The Baggy Green doesn’t hold the same pull for players now, 60% of players around the world would forego an international contract for domestic T20 competitions.” Adam and Geoff sit down with Paul Marsh, ACA chief executive. Full interview in your podcast feeds and YouTube.
- When a teenage Banjo Paterson stormed the pitch during the 1879 SCG riot! Geoff and Adam dived into this on ABC News Breakfast with Catherine Murphy and James Glenday. Of course, a story from Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics - out now in both Australia and the UK.
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- The Final Word beer is here!🍻 We have teamed up with @SGBrewCo for a LIMITED EDITION hazy pale that’s “refreshingly crisp, juicy, and golden”- just like the show.. right? And all this in a clever TFW-style can! Pre‑order now: stompingground.beer/products/the-f…
- "If they can't show some humility about the way you play in Australia, about the way you play on faster, bouncier pitches, this is going to be a long, long seven weeks."
- Khawaja would also have made 50 from 37 balls
- Scott Boland’s Test bowling average is back down to 17
- TFW Ashes Daily out now!🎙️ We thought that things were going in one direction when Mitchell Starc went on a rampage through the first half of the day, but then Ben Stokes went on one himself through the back half. We are into this series with a bang! pod.fo/e/3565ef
- The Ashes Daily 2025, 1st Test, Day 0: We've all been hearing about the Green Monster, but it looks a bit more like a cricket pitch now that we're one day out from play. Geoff and Adam are back together at Perth stadium in an unseasonably cool week pod.fo/e/3565ef
- 🚨TFW weekly out now! Adam and Geoff are in London this week, where it's freezing and awful, and the dream of Perth summer beckons like a mirage. But this vision is real, as England are learning after arriving there themselves. We'll be not far behind. pod.fo/e/350fdd
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- Australia is definitely gonna win the WBBL
