
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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TFW Daily – Termites stop play before India flex - Women’s World Cup Day 6, India Pakistan
Women’s World Cup Day 6, India v Pakistan. It’s the biggest event of any ICC tournament, and the action off the pitch was yet again as much of a focus as that on it. It was flying termites that stole the show from the ongoing handshake farrago, with the fumigator playing a key role. On the pitch, Pakistan had their mom

TFW Daily - Will rain dampen India-Pakistan fire? - Women’s World Cup Day 5, Sri Lanka Australia
Women’s World Cup Day 5, Sri Lanka v Australia: Sri Lanka will be the happier of the two teams as they come away with an unexpected point against Australia. Will this kickstart Sri Lanka’s tournament and drive interest locally? We also look towards tomorrow and the next instalment in the increasingly heated India-Pakis
It's Story Time, our walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, dare we suggest a very slight case of pledger error, or will this hubris ultimately destroy us all? There's a story detour back to Scotland, there's a fate that still has its effect on so many in the game, and there's the ti
Women’s World Cup Day 4, England v South Africa: England have arrived at the World Cup with a resounding victory over a South Africa team that many thought could be a potential banana skin. It was the unsung bowling of Linsey Smith that set the ball rolling for England, with South Africa seemingly powerless to prevent
Women’s World Cup Day 3, Pakistan v Bangladesh: The first upset of the tournament comes in only its third game, and the first of 11 matches in Colombo. We already know that Marufa Akter is a star, and she flexed her muscles literally and figuratively to send the Tigers to second on the table. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff
Women’s World Cup Day 2, Australia v New Zealand: It was a battle of class v experience and century versus century, thanks to Ash Gardner and Sophie Devine. Contributions with the ball came from Annabel Sutherland and Sophie Molineux for Australia, and New Zealand’s Jess Kerr and Lea Tahuhu, but it was a batter's game