The Final Word Cricket 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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June 27, 2026 • 33 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 14, England v New Zealand: Already qualified, against a team motivated by not just a place in the semi-finals but by extending the careers of three legends, you could forgive England for taking their foot off the gas for a brief moment. A record crowd for a group game witnessed a red-letter evening. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff Lemon.
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June 27, 2026 • 29 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge Day 3: A Test that continues to confound expectations swung violently in New Zealand’s direction on an engrossing third day. A Test and a series that was England’s to win in the morning is now well and truly in the crosshairs of the Kiwis. Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross to try to make sense of it.
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June 27, 2026 • 29 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 13, Sri Lanka v Scotland: It was the battle of Final Word faves: our fascination with Sri Lanka's improvement versus the heart with which the Scots have tackled big tasks at this World Cup. And for the entire duration, this one was evenly matched. Toe to toe, pressure versus pressure, and it came down to the final couple of balls with one of the more dramatic finishes, and one of the longest final ov...
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June 26, 2026 • 29 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge Day 2: The headline may be recency bias, but England will be delighted with their day’s work. Considering the match situation, the conditions, and weary legs from one of their toughest days yesterday, England have turned the Test, the series, and possibly even the future employment of Brendan McCullum on their heads. An early blast from Stokes and Bashir and a scintillating return t...
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June 25, 2026 • 26 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge Day 1: Another UK scorcher saw England toil under blue skies. A day that was meant to be triumphant for the returns of Stokes and Atkinson saw the unheralded duo of Latham and Conway put on 317 before England took a wicket. But, like Nottingham buses, you wait for one, and then four come along unexpectedly and quickly. Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross to discuss who, on a very flat track, ...
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June 25, 2026 • 27 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 12, India v Bangladesh: India got the result they needed to keep their hopes of back-to-back ICC trophies alive, but the manner of it will concern the team, and their legion of fans. Melissa Story joins Adam Collins.
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June 24, 2026 • 31 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 10, England v West Indies: A record June day of heat in England, and a crowd of 14,000 at Lord’s: the thermostat was up, and Heather Knight was cooking. But hottest of all was Hayley Matthews’ temper, which might have the West Indies skipper in hot water.
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June 24, 2026 • 33 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge, Preview: A wild series comes to its unmissable conclusion this week at Trent Bridge. For New Zealand, dependable all-rounder Mitch Santner will come in for the rested Kyle Jamieson, but the bigger focus will be on England’s changes. A huge chance for Shoaib Bashir to prove his worth on a hot week, of course, but there’ll be no greater focus this year than on the return of th...
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June 23, 2026 • 37 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 10, Australia v Pakistan, Sri Lanka v Ireland, Scotland v New Zealand: Australia are locked in at the top of Group A, after a performance where Pakistan had their moments but their moments were brief. Group B, however, remains a totally open race, after Chamari Atapattu reprised her Bristol special, and New Zealand finally got their act together with the return of their veterans. Melissa Story joins ...
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June 22, 2026 • 101 mins
Season 20, Episode 18: Coming to you from the absurd penthouse terrace with a clear view of the Lord's pitch, Adam and Geoff are back together. England have been thumped by New Zealand, and Ben Stokes is coming back for the third Test, but his relationship with Brendon McCullum might be strained after the strange Baz comments "worrying" about his team's captain. Also this week, Sooryavanshi destroys another record as Beatlemania th...
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June 21, 2026 • 33 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 9, India v South Africa, West Indies v Sri Lanka, England v Scotland: Marizanne Kapp has turned Group A upside down with a solo performance for the ages, as India now face a quarter-final against the Aussies. Meantime, West Indies keep barelling on, and England show why they might be real contenders.
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June 21, 2026 • 29 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 2nd Test, Oval, Day 5: England needed a miracle performance without their miracle man. Realistically, any of the three sessions or near 300 runs required were going to take Herculean efforts against the Kiwis high-quality attack, and it was their leader, Matt Henry, who took the best figures for a New Zealander against England. The post-mortems will be wide-ranging. Does Brendan McCullum have one Test to save h...
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June 20, 2026 • 20 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 8, Australia v Netherlands, Pakistan v Bangladesh: Australia have never played the Dutch in a T20 before, and the Aussie challenge was whether they could top the NRR boost that India got from the same fixture. After that, Pakistan and Bangladesh scrapped it out in what became a scrappy game but a fierce, compelling contest. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff.
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June 20, 2026 • 29 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 2nd Test, Oval, Day 4: A day where New Zealand’s much vaunted attack showed why they garner so much respect. Only Joe Root, again, was able to hold the tide at bay, assisted with some Bazballian flourishes from Harry Brook. All four results are still possible, but one seems more likely than the other. Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross.
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June 20, 2026 • 25 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 7, Ireland v West Indies: Just the one game today, but it was the closest one we've had yet, and for almost all of it, the Irish women responded to the pressure they've been under by scaring the daylights out of New Zealand. Melissa Story joins Geoff.
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June 19, 2026 • 28 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 2nd Test, Oval, Day 3: It was a red-letter day for the return of Henry Nicholls, who notched up a classy century to put a flat England to the sword. With only Matt Fisher showing early resistance with the bat, it was down to the bowlers to keep England in the match on a beautiful batting wicket. Days 4 and 5 will be intriguing. Will England launch another Bazballian chase on a wicket that has been offering ver...
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June 18, 2026 • 31 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 6, Scotland v West Indies, South Africa v Pakistan: Two absolute belters on two consecutive nights, as mistakes and pressure made for compelling viewing. Tonight, the Scots threatened to create their biggest ever upset against the late emerging power of West Indies, while the previous evening Pakistan somehow threatened to come back from the dead against South Africa. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff.
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June 18, 2026 • 30 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 2nd Test, Oval, Day 2: Glenn Phillips, seemingly the cricketer that everyone loves, finally scaled the mountain to score his maiden Test century. It made him the 35th man to score a century in all three international formats. It led to an enthralling battle on a pitch that still offers the occasional assistance to hard-working fast bowlers. England’s batters fought hard, but are they getting enough from ...
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June 17, 2026 • 30 mins
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 2nd Test, Oval, Day 1: A day that opened up for England but couldn't quite stick with an attack finding its way against a batting group that has seen plenty. It's Daniel Norcross and Ben Jones, at stumps on a day that was in stark contrast to the chaos of Lord's.
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June 17, 2026 • 28 mins
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 5, Australia v Bangladesh, India v Netherlands: Not competitive games, but there was some enjoyment to be had from the Dutch performance, while very nervous, against a powerful India side. Less so as Bangladesh faltered against Australia, but key absences raised more interesting questions about which XI will do the job from here on in. Adam and Geoff look over the day.
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