The Final Word Cricket Podcast

The Final Word Cricket Podcast

Adam Collins, Geoff Lemon

Episodes 1,598
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (79)
Since Jul 2015
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Daily
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50%
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About This Podcast

Cricket for everyone – your friendly guide to the world's strangest sport. Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins combine match analysis with irreverence, politics, interviews and history as they follow the game they love around the world. You can support the show at patreon.com/thefinalword. Get your big NordVPN discount: https://nordvpn.com/tfw

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Recent Episodes

S20 TFW Daily - England start furiously - Women's T20 World Cup, Day 1

Jun 12, 2026 27m

Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 1, England v Sri Lanka: There has been plenty of pressure on the England women's team coming into a home World Cup after their poor recent history, but they couldn't…

Emergency ep: Kane Williamson retires

Jun 12, 2026 31m

Don’t say it’s over. After one last go around at Lord’s, Big Daddy Kane has left the arena, retiring from all New Zealand cricket. An abrupt decision in the middle of their Test series against…

Ben Stokes and the grown men under curfew

Jun 10, 2026 1h 3m

Season 20, Episode 16: Ben Stokes and trouble on a night out, is it? Deidre Chambers. But then, is there more to this, or less to this, than meets the eye? How much comes down to the ECB’s management…

Story Time 274 - Let’s all eat some ants

Jun 09, 2026 1h 8m

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, the best performances that didn't go so well on the other side of the ledger, a firebrand whose…

TFW Daily - Should Archer come straight back?- England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Review

Jun 08, 2026 38m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Review: It’s the day after one of the shortest 40-wicket Tests on record and Adam has Daniel Norcross with him to ponder what it all means. The Lord’s pitch is…

TFW Daily - Crapshoot or new era? - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 4

Jun 07, 2026 37m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 4: What do England and New Zealand take away from this match? Do they even need to? Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross to discuss whether a win is just that, or…

TFW Daily - Lunch stops play - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 3

Jun 06, 2026 33m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 3: The sun was out today, but the umpires had decided to take lunch. Before you roll your eyes, we try to explain why. It typified a frustrating stop-start…

TFW Daily - Does Lord’s have a problem? - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 2

Jun 05, 2026 42m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1:There'll be questions asked about another dicey pitch at Lord's in early June, with 33 wickets falling in total by the end of the second day. Emilio Gay…

TFW Daily - 16 wickets of madness - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1

Jun 04, 2026 42m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1: Marauding pace bowlers dominated the highly anticipated return of Test cricket for the summer, as momentum shifted from one extreme to the other under…

TFW Daily - How much pressure for Baz? - Eng v NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s, Preview

Jun 03, 2026 28m

Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Preview: Adam has Ben Jones with him, who will be co-piloting the Daily eps from the first Test series of the England summer with the Black Caps in town at a wet…

S20E15 Virat Kohli and RCB double the fun

Jun 01, 2026 1h

Season 20, Episode 15: A big week in India, as Virat Kohli led the way in second consecutive IPL win for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Also this week, some moves from the ICC board meeting, including…

S20 Story Time 273 – The Monte Carlo black streak

May 30, 2026 1h 41m

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, an ancient tradition that predates cricket entirely, yet has accompanied the game through every…

S20E14 The Final Word with Will Bosisto

May 28, 2026 1h 16m

Season 20 Episode 14: It has been a long time coming, but here we are: one of the Final Word’s all-time favourites, Will Bosisto, joins the show. Gracious enough to enjoy being a cricketing cult…

S20E13 More drama as Cricket Australia exec leaves during spending scandal

May 27, 2026 1h 24m

Season 20 Episode 13: Cricket Australia are pushing a line about needing more money coming in, but that didn't stop a bunch of money going out, after a technology executive was accused of funnelling…

S20 Story Time 272 – One couldn't bat, the other couldn't keep

May 22, 2026 1h 34m

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, those rare away wins keep on coming up, as does a score that shouldn't lead to defeat still…

S20E12 The Final Word with Charlotte Edwards

May 21, 2026 55m

Season 20 Episode 12: Charlotte Edwards is one of the most respected people in all of cricket. With her career in the game now entering a third decade, she’s now in the job she always wanted since…

S20E12 Zak Crawley sails to Valinor

May 19, 2026 1h 51m

Season 20 Episode 11: England’s Test squad is out, and the end has indeed come for Bazball’s mascot. Elsewhere, Australia’s captain Pat Cummins gets stroppy at media reports, but isn’t it more likely…

Story Time 271 – Forest Whittaker meets Dr Pierre Rock

May 15, 2026 1h 42m

It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a cryptic dance that ended up being far more geographical, the historical evolution of big days out, a deep dive into Australian…

TFW Book Club - Picture of England, with Gareth Copley-Jones

May 14, 2026 45m

Sports photography isn’t just about the right lighting or composition, but forging relationships with the subjects and an understanding of the context that can turn photographs into stories. Gareth…

In Aussie cricket, who benefits from scaring the horses?

May 12, 2026 1h 49m

Season 20, Episode 10: A big news story this week claims discontent at the top of Australia's player ranks about the fact that private cash is not imminent in the BBL - but how real is that, and…

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