Yes, we made it through the previous season: all 87 episodes of daily shows from the World Cup, from the Ashes, plus the longer weeklies. Now it's time to calm things down a touch as we look to the...
2019-09-30 11:03:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt's been a mammoth northern summer – so mammoth that it started in spring and ended in autumn. Geoff is heading home, although recording this podcast almost made him miss his flight. Today Adam ...
2019-09-20 16:41:37 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of people asked for this, so we delivered: a full slab of nerding out on mystery cricket numbers with the game's premier statistical comedian.
2019-09-20 16:33:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Introducing our very first TFW film production. We're very proud of this, made in Birmingham and Bristol around the first Ashes Test of the summer, and gorgeously shot and edited by the ace Cameron...
2019-09-15 15:16:23 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a hell of a sunset in Manchester, and we haven't seen one here before. So we thought it was time for another bonus video episode of today's Ashes Daily for those who've signed up.
2019-09-07 21:52:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone forgot to put this up. You probably found it anyway because you subscribe to the podcast. But if you didn't... want to hear some stories about Dandenong? And tattoos? And being a tearaway w...
2019-09-03 23:45:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The full chat with Pat Cummins and his incredibly tight cricket jumper.
2019-08-31 15:58:18 +0000 UTC View PostDon't say we never get you anything nice. We nabbed the best in the business. Cricket numbers are a big part of Final Word life these days, and no one knows them better than Andrew Samson. From pro...
2019-08-23 00:07:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Very excited this week to have ace videographer Cam Fink along for the week in Birmingham, who did the whole 2013 Ashes with Geoff when they were shooting the stupidest thing they could think of ea...
2019-08-03 20:18:25 +0000 UTC View Post
It's hard to find a better conversationalist than this England fast bowler. From up Manchester way, she's blunt as you like, good turn of phrase and funny as hell. And she's learned a lot about bri...
2019-07-31 18:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Edge is a new documentary about the urge to be the best in the world, and the human toll it can take to get there. Barney Douglas toured with the England team from their humiliation in the West...
2019-07-25 18:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We didn't know this was happening, while we were recording the Ashes Daily from the Women's Test in Taunton. But it's lovely to be snapped by one of the very best.
2019-07-23 00:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post
We all know what happened in the World Cup final. But the day before that, before everyone was consumed with euphoria or regret, we spoke to everyone we could find about their tournament. New Zeala...
2019-07-17 22:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe both met Nat in 2017 working on the Women's World Cup. But it was way back in 2005 when she started covering cricket on South African radio, and the next year she was commentating as South Afric...
2019-07-11 00:51:55 +0000 UTC View Post"It's four runs, he's got 200! Oh hoh, he's got 200. Jason Gillespie's running all the way down, he's enjoying himself. Well played Jason Gillespie, 201 not out."
That's the commentary from a...
2019-07-08 00:12:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe only man who might be able to Maxwellball alongside Maxwellball. Any time you hit a 46-ball century people tend to take notice. Jos Buttler influencing Test cricket via a new approach to ...
2019-07-03 01:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're not up to date, we've been doing our World Cup Daily on – surprise surprise – every day of the World Cup. That's just the kind of crazy naming structure that we like to get going here...
2019-06-27 15:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe daily show has been occupying our attention but some topics can't be dealt with in 15 minutes. For instance, meet Cricket Australia's new corporate buddy.
"HCL leverages its global netwo...
Not many international cricketers are more famous for their internet jokes, but maybe there's one. Jimmy Neesham sat down with us to talk over the nature of humour and whether to tweet like Sachin....
2019-06-08 22:41:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe've talked about him. We've dreamed about him. We've answered dozens of Nerd Pledge quiz numbers about him. Now, at long last, the patron saint of the Final Word has made a visitation. Glenn Maxw...
2019-05-29 22:51:47 +0000 UTC View Post(No Patreon folks were charged in the making of this film.) Ten World Cup captains gathered in a disused warehouse to announce their joint billing in a gritty new crime drama. Ben Stokes leapt arou...
2019-05-26 13:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, here it is: Geoff's heartfelt dedication to the game's greatest riddle. Re-recorded and mastered in the Final Word studio for high-fidelity sound. You'll catch every tremor.
2019-05-17 08:15:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe were going to publish this next week but it was too good to wait. It turns out that Matt Renshaw is a very entertaining individual. He had a dream start to Test cricket and some later struggles,...
2019-05-16 08:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostWorld Cup theme songs can capture a moment in time or be absolute disasters. We still don't know where this one falls, because it hasn't been released. But Adam heard it at a secret screening with ...
2019-05-13 08:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostSexuality, drugs, gender politics and criminal convictions. It was a heavy week in cricket. James Faulkner caused a stir when people thought he'd come out as gay. Australia's best women players bec...
2019-05-05 09:51:39 +0000 UTC View PostWe've been wanting to get this one in the bag for a long time. One of the most influential characters in Australian cricket, Ian Chappell was a captain, a catalyst, an author, an agitator, a commen...
2019-04-30 12:04:50 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 18 comes to you from Lord's again, as Geoff and Adam have one more day to record together after the MCC Book of the Year announcement. (Not included: the sweaty post-podcast rush to collect...
2019-04-22 15:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A few shots from Geoff's launch, by Jess Vovers and Dan Toomey.
2019-04-22 07:29:58 +0000 UTC
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On March 28, the last day of the playing bans for Steve Smith and David Warner, we launched Geoff's book at the Commercial Club Hotel in Fitzroy. Sure, it was five months after Steve Smith's Men wa...
2019-04-17 11:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostYour hosts don't normally wear tuxedos to record – sorry to disappoint. But the black ties are on for the annual Wisden dinner to celebrate the launch of another mighty Almanack. For 156 years Wi...
2019-04-14 08:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post