The Final Word cricket podcast

Well, we won. Best Podcast at the Australian Sport Commission awards. Best dressed too, probably 🙂

The Afghan women’s team in full kit together on the field for the first time.

At the SCG for our award nomination…

Pakistan's one oversight in taking seven early Australian wickets is that Beth Mooney wasn't one of them #WWC25

🚨TFW Weekly out now! Asia Cup drama gets worse. IPL/BBL flirting raises talk of "Mumbai Melbourne" & "Rising Sydney Super Giants." Also this week: Adam’s best county match, Maxwell’s Vic ton, Aus/Ind WODIs & Cummins’ $50M climate deal. Listen in: pod.fo/e/32ffbe

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Sikandar Raza, one of our best ever guests, is now ICC’s No.1 ODI allrounder! Back in 2022 we sat with him to learn his story, one of the most compelling in the game — from fighter pilot training, to now being on top. GO YOU GOOD THING! youtu.be/sIbpwv-1R1w

TFW Weekly out now! If the Aussie skipper and strike bowler is not fit for a home Ashes, suddenly everything changes. Also this week, Mitchell Starc's retirement, Jamie Overton quits red-ball cricket, and much more only on our latest episode! Listen now: pod.fo/e/32379f

It's Story Time! This week, Adam and Geoff are back to normal with a few great tales and a major statistical quirk: how can the most frequent one-day score also be so unlikely, and how did one Australian number become an Indian nemesis? pod.fo/e/321692

🚨TFW Weekly out now! Another couple of next-gen fast bowlers have gone down injured. Is there an emerging problem for Aussie quicks? Pujara retires from all Indian cricket, Ashwin leaves the IPL, and India's board makes a mess of organising a World Cup. pod.fo/e/31ff2c

It’s Story Time! Our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges — completes the set this week: we’ve now had every current member of our Sleuth Group on the show as we catch up with Sean McGivern in his home town of Edinburgh. Listen: pod.fo/e/31c266

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🚨TFW Weekly out now! Jacob Bethell as England Captain?! And what’s the deal with Beau Webster? Dive into the latest Weekly for all the answers. Listen in: pod.fo/e/3185be