It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Hello, 2022! It begins as you might expect, with isolation and covid tests (as well[…]
Season 11, Ep 11: The Best & Worst of 2021
Season 11, Ep 11: And a happy new year. As we always do on December 31, The Final Word takes a look back at the year that was. Also,[…]
Season 11, Ep 10: The Final Word Christmas with Michael Atherton
Season 11, Ep 10: Merry Christmas! As we love to do at this time of year, it’s time to sit down for a long conversation with a much loved[…]
Season 11, Ep 9: The Adelaide reunion special – with Ali Martin
Season 11, Ep 9: At last, at last, we’re back together. Adam, Winnie and Rach have met up with Geoff in the City of Churches, and it feels good[…]
Season 11, Ep 8: The day of Ajaz Patel, and the last pre-Ashes show
Season 11, Ep 8: Thank providence, this is our last pre-Ashes show. No more predictions and speculation. Except for this week. The teams, the tactics, the insecurities. Some Mariah[…]
Season 11, Ep 7: How the ICC screwed Thailand
Season 11, Ep 7: With a new COVID variant causing panic in the ranks, the ICC cancelled its Women’s World Cup qualifier that was underway in Zimbabwe. But there[…]
Season 11, Ep 6: Taking apart the Tim Paine story – with Daniel Brettig
Season 11, Ep 6: There was one main story this week: another Australian captain resigning, claims and counterclaims, and a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation. We sit down with[…]
Season 11, Ep 5: The day Azeem Rafiq testified – with Taha Hashim and Nikesh Rughani
Season 11, Ep 5: Few bigger weeks for the show to return: this was the week when Azeem Rafiq’s testimony to a parliamentary hearing shook cricket in the UK,[…]
Season 11, Ep 4: Yes, it most certainly is a double hat-trick
Season 11, Ep 4: Four wickets in four balls. The talking point of the cricket week, after Curtis Campher did it for Ireland. Scotland also had a win after[…]