The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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The Final Word with Greg James
Its appropriate that this conversation with Greg James took place at The Oval, the ground he grew up visiting with his dad the place where he developed an unbreakable bond with the game. He explains how he fell in and out of love with playing without e
Story Time 180 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club of Nerds
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Daniel Norcross is back with Adam for a second installment of their doubleheader, recorded beneath the Jardine portrait then later at the former England captain’s home gr
Story Time 179 - The Fake Test Telegram
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This is the first of a Story Time weekend doubleheader with Daniel Norcross. Only four numbers, but boy did we go to some places. From the Biggest Vince, to a debu
Archive: The 2015 Ashes - throwing up at a house party
Season 1, Ep 4: Reloading lost episodes from the early Final Word. The 2015 Ashes came to a close, after a series of batting collapses and occasional bowling blowouts. Australia out for 60 in Nottingham, out for 136 in Birmingham, England out for 103 at L
What's the craic in Ireland at the moment? With CEO Warren Deutrom
Season 16, Episode 7: It's been a rugged month at Cricket Ireland. In a buoyant mood after winning their first men's Test Match in March, the focus has quickly moved to internal affairs, whether that be the postponement of Australia's visit, budgets or co
Story Time 178 – Wherever you go, there is Gary Pratt
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a search for the greatest Welsh all-rounder, and another search for a run out of historical significance. We have a caller on the line sounds weirdly li
Archive ep: The beginnings of T20 cricket, from a Cardiff pub
Season 1, Ep 5: Reloading lost episodes from the early Final Word. Partway through a busy Australian tour of England in 2015, it was time to take stock of the short format. We started in The Cricketers pub in Cardiff, recording with Melinda Farrell after
Wisden 2024 with Lawrence Booth
Season 16, Episode 6: One of our staples is to speak with Lawrence Booth, the editor of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack, on the day of its release in the Lords Library. In this, his 13th edition in charge, no punches are pulled. As he says in his editors