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.
Episodes
Emergency ep: Kane Williamson retires
Don’t say it’s over. After one last go around at Lord’s, Big Daddy Kane has left the arena, retiring from all New Zealand cricket. An abrupt decision in the middle of their Test series against England, but one in keeping with someone who has always kept his own counsel. Two of the Fab Four have now given up the whites, with Williamson departing as an all-time great, and New Zealand’s finest ever w
Ben Stokes and the grown men under curfew
Season 20, Episode 16: Ben Stokes and trouble on a night out, is it? Deidre Chambers. But then, is there more to this, or less to this, than meets the eye? How much comes down to the ECB’s management of everything around its team? Also this week, Cricket Victoria lob a grenade into the Big Bash privatisation story, planning to blow up both the Stars and the Renegades, and the mighty Bangladesh Tig
Story Time 274 - Let’s all eat some ants
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, the best performances that didn't go so well on the other side of the ledger, a firebrand whose madness was seen both on the field and off, an early shapeshifter who surprised in his non-preferred suit, and an unexpected dietary quirk along the way. Geoff and Adam combine.
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TFW Daily – Should Archer come straight back?- England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Review
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Review: It’s the day after one of the shortest 40-wicket Tests on record and Adam has Daniel Norcross with him to ponder what it all means. The Lord’s pitch is where attention continues to sit, albeit with MCC presenting a path to a better future for the contentious 22 yards. Casting to The Oval, where the next Test begins next Wednesday, is it simply the case
TFW Daily – Crapshoot or new era? - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 4
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 4: What do England and New Zealand take away from this match? Do they even need to? Ben Jones joins Daniel Norcross to discuss whether a win is just that, or if there’s more to it than meets the eye.
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TFW Daily – Lunch stops play - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 3
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 3: The sun was out today, but the umpires had decided to take lunch. Before you roll your eyes, we try to explain why. It typified a frustrating stop-start day, with players on and off the field, taking this Test into a fourth day with the game still in the balance. We also have an explanation about impact on DRS. With plenty still to talk about, Ben Jone
TFW Daily – Does Lord’s have a problem? - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 2
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1:There'll be questions asked about another dicey pitch at Lord's in early June, with 33 wickets falling in total by the end of the second day. Emilio Gay provided some respite, raising a 50 on debut in an hour of relative calm, before the pitch started
playing havoc again and New Zealand’s catching joined the chaos. Despite that, the game is evenly poise
TFW Daily - 16 wickets of madness - England NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Day 1: Marauding pace bowlers dominated the highly anticipated return of Test cricket for the summer, as momentum shifted from one extreme to the other under changeable weather conditions at Lord’s. Kyle Jamieson kicked things off for New Zealand, Harry Brook counterattacked, before the returning Ollie Robinson caused some chaos of his own. Ben Jones joins Dan
TFW Daily - How much pressure for Baz? - Eng v NZ, 1st Test, Lord’s, Preview
Eng v NZ Daily 2026, 1st Test, Lord’s Preview: Adam has Ben Jones with him, who will be co-piloting the Daily eps from the first Test series of the England summer with the Black Caps in town at a wet Home of Cricket. When they do get on, just how much pressure are the England top brass
under this week? We have a pretty good idea of how they’re shaping up, with room to move if the rain keeps coming
Virat Kohli and RCB double the fun
Season 20, Episode 15: A big week in India, as Virat Kohli led the way in second consecutive IPL win for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Also this week, some moves from the ICC board meeting, including a new appointment; Ireland host a rare Test; England cricket tries to take control of its media product; and the Aussies go down to battling Pakistan.
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Story Time 273 – The Monte Carlo black streak
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, an ancient tradition that predates cricket entirely, yet has accompanied the game through every match that has been recorded, leads us to a Monte Carlo casino in 1913, and Geoff's pet topic of probability. Also, a spinner's day that didn't work out, Bradman's dalliances with the pen, and a crime
The Final Word with Will Bosisto
Season 20 Episode 14: It has been a long time coming, but here we are: one of the Final Word’s all-time favourites, Will Bosisto, joins the show. Gracious enough to enjoy being a cricketing cult hero, worldly enough to have drawn wisdom from his many experiences in the game, Will is as insightful a guest as we could have hoped. Catch up with him on the pressure of expectation, the redefining of sa
More drama as Cricket Australia exec leaves during spending scandal
Season 20 Episode 13: Cricket Australia are pushing a line about needing more money coming in, but that didn't stop a bunch of money going out, after a technology executive was accused of funnelling contracts to their own company. Meanwhile, the whistleblower who reported the problem was sacked. Things aren't going well at head office. Also this week, Jacob Bethell's broken finger opens up an Engl
Story Time 272 – One couldn't bat, the other couldn't keep
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, those rare away wins keep on coming up, as does a score that shouldn't lead to defeat still manages to do so. We have a wicketkeeping double act, a life of service following a tough beginning, and another look at a different aspect of the series that at least one of us loves the most.
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The Final Word with Charlotte Edwards
Season 20 Episode 12: Charlotte Edwards is one of the most respected people in all of cricket. With her career in the game now entering a third decade, she’s now in the job she always wanted since finishing as a superstar player and captain in 2016: coach of the England Women’s Team. Taking over at a low ebb last year, we find a mentor who has found the empathy needed for a role like this, but als
Zak Crawley sails to Valinor
Season 20 Episode 11: England’s Test squad is out, and the end has indeed come for Bazball’s mascot. Elsewhere, Australia’s captain Pat Cummins gets stroppy at media reports, but isn’t it more likely to be people he knows who keep using his name?
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Story Time 271 – Forest Whittaker meets Dr Pierre Rock
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a cryptic dance that ended up being far more geographical, the historical evolution of big days out, a deep dive into Australian sin taxes, and Adam has not seen The Crying Game.
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TFW Book Club - Picture of England, with Gareth Copley-Jones
Sports photography isn’t just about the right lighting or composition, but forging relationships with the subjects and an understanding of the context that can turn photographs into stories. Gareth Copley-Jones has been behind the camera for some of England cricket’s most iconic images: Ben Stokes at Headingley, Jofra Archer’s delirium at Lord’s, Chris Woakes walking out to bat with his arm in a s
In Aussie cricket, who benefits from scaring the horses?
Season 20, Episode 10: A big news story this week claims discontent at the top of Australia's player ranks about the fact that private cash is not imminent in the BBL - but how real is that, and whose interest is served by reporting it? Also this week, squads aplenty, a big game for some of our Bangladeshi faves, and major moves in the county round along with a hat-trick on debut, so we'll intervi
Story Time 270 – The man who slept at the non-striker's end
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Andrew Fidel Fernando joins the show for an unlikely tale of an unlikely nap, one with real consequence. There's also a Welsh excursion for a squad of Western Australians, the kid who won player-of-the-match from well down the pecking order, and a return to one of the faves of faves.
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TFW Book Club - James Vince and the unbearable sadness of batting, with Jon Hotten
Jon Hotten is one of the most engaging writers our game is blessed with, so any topic he turns his pen to is going to be worth reading about. His latest book, Vinciness, is unusual as the subject isn’t really what he’s writing about. Not all the time, anyway. For the “decadent and depraved” majesty of cover driving to so much more, Daniel Norcross steered the conversation with this outstanding aut
Ding dong, the Big Bash sale is dead
Season 20, Episode 9: Stand down, defenders of the realm. The brave Queenslanders have come to the aid of New South Wales (did we ever doubt them?) and that means that with 33% of the states now off the idea, Cricket Australia can't take the Big Bash to the sale yard to get a price. Everybody is seemingly pissed off with somebody. Is this a good outcome, bad outcome, head in the sand, resolute bel
Story Time 269 – Still the best run chase in history?
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a player we've just learned about who had a compelling tale either side of the Great War, a big day in the East for the West, a brief but wild innings with the ball, and is this still the greatest run chase of all time?
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TFW Book Club - Father Marriott’s Summer Hols, with Max Bonnell
The mighty Max Bonnell returns to Book Club to discuss his acclaimed title from last year about an oft-discussed character on Story Time, leggie Charles ‘Father’ Marriott. Naturally, there’s so much more to this man than the curiosity that his only Test netted him the stunning match figures of 11/96, the of his life so well told in the pages of Father Marriott’s Summer Holidays. Daniel Norcross pi
Can Cricket Australia's chair juggle a second job?
Season 20, Episode 8: Note: an earlier version of this podcast confused NRMA motoring association (not a CA sponsor) with NRMA insurance (CA's major Test series sponsor). They're different companies with shared branding. Apologies. Nonetheless, this story is strange, with CA chair Mike Baird planning to double up that job with being CEO of NRMA motoring association. How is that possible? Also this
Story Time 268 – There's only one thing Kohli can't stand: the Dutch
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the greatest run of free lunches in a particular journalist's history. An adopted hero, a distant memorial, a new era beckoning for Bangladeshis bowling fast, and there's only one thing in this world that Virat Kohli can't stand.
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Season 20, Episode 7: Live from Lord’s at the annual MCC Women’s Day. Adam Collins brings you a series of chats from prominent women in cricket, proving that it’s not just what happens on the field or on TV that keeps the juggernaut of the women’s game rolling. From Meg Lay, the first woman to prepare an international cricket pitch, record-setting German international Tina Gough, Dutch captain and
More corruption accusations in world cricket as ICC does nothing
Season 20, Episode 6: A new investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has brought to light the extremely serious risk that rottenness has consumed cricket administration in that country. The ICC, of course, has hands in pockets while whistling. Also this week, Tom Decent joins the show to update us on Cricket Australia's campaign to win over the state associations and sell the Big Bas
Story Time 267 – When Mr Cricket passed The Don
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a 77-year dynasty of decent boring men, a piece of pure cricket slapstick in the middle of a tough streak, an accidental stumbling onto someone's favourite player, and the moment when a legend in the making passed the biggest one of all.
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Wisden 2026 with Lawrence Booth
Season 20, Episode 5: We love a tradition on The Final Word, with one of those our annual chat with Lawrence Booth, the editor of the little yellow bible of the game, every year in the MCC Library before he and Adam go across the road to the Long Room for the launch dinner. Once again, the book is a tour de force – we expect nothing less. And as ever, the man who steers the ship is on top form, be
Brazil's world record, and Dave Warner nicked on the drive
Season 20, Episode 4: Another big week, do we keep saying that? Laura Cardoso from our favourite cricket team claimed the best bowling figures in T20 history this week with 9 for 4, so let's break down how it happened and hear, briefly, from teammate Roberta Moretti Avery. Making the news for less salubrious reasons was Dave Warner, blowing twice the legal limit into a breathalyser over Easter. Al
Story Time 266 – Why do bowlers only get 20 percent?
It's Story Time, your weekly walk through cricket history. This week, why is it accepted wisdom that bowlers in limited-overs formats should only get 20 percent of the overs each? Let's have a look. Also this week, a little-known WACA classic, a storied ground whose stories have run out, and the curse of the Mitchells.
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The Final Word with Jake Weatherald
Season 20, Episode 3: We find the Australian Test opener at The Oval, where he’s set to play for Leicestershire against Surrey in the county championship – a gig he only found out he had a couple of weeks ago. It’s emblematic of the 31-year-old’s fascinating and unconventional career so far, which has taken the left-hander far and wide from his Northern Territory home, all in pursuit of his Test d
Red-ball cricket shoots emerge from frozen winter ground
Season 20, Episode 2: This won't be the practice every week, but why note spend half an hour talking about the county round to begin the first episode of county season? Red-ball cricket is back in the north, baby, and past Final Word guests are outdoing everyone else. Also this week, tremulous responses to Pat Cummins' back scan, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the talk of the IPL, South Africa have some c
Story Time 265 – The Rastafarian Lion of Judah
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Bharat joins Geoff to realise how little they both know about Ethiopia, and to attempt a correction. Is there a cricket link? Of course there is. Also this week, hometown heroes, golden boys, injustices whose sting will never fade, and more than one significant dip in the pool.
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The Final Word with Toby Roland-Jones
Season 20, Episode 1: A new season brings new faces and fresh storylines. But it’s also a time to admire those who have been on the circuit for a long time, dedicating themselves summer after summer. Heading into his 17th professional season, a man who has done this with distinction for Middlesex is their big quick and standard-bearer, Toby Roland-Jones. A decade on from his magical hat-trick to w
New Aussie contract list braces for Test overload year
Season 19, Episode 39: It’s our season finale for the Australian cricket season of 2025/26, with a cracker of a Sheffield Shield final run and won over five days, and a new Australian central contract list moving well away from white-ball formats and investing everything in the extraordinary glut of 21 Tests between this August and the following July. Also this week, separate administrator madnes
The Final Word with Sam Cook - A change is gonna come
Season 19, Episode 38: It’s impossible to avoid more investment in some players’ stories. One for us has been Essex and England seamer Sam Cook. Hs Test debut was a triumph for everyone who believes that hitting the same spot while nipping it around is worthy, regardless of the speed gun. He did so in all conditions for his county and banged down the Test door. That first game at Trent Bridge audi
Story Time 264 - Wave cash at me in the Brunswick Ballroom
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. A fresh combo this week, as Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to discuss one of the least orthodox Nerd Pledges we’ve had - not in content, but in method of delivery. Also, how do you track down someone who has a more illustrious namesake?
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Much review about nothing: England Ashes accountability falls flat
Season 19, Episode 37: In a necessary two-part weekly show, the first dealt with Australian matters, and now Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to look at England’s supposed review of their Ashes disaster. Also this week, the BCCI released a schedule for next year’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which has surprised everyone; Pakistan’s PSL is in trouble again, and Amelia Kerr is going up yet more gears.
Cricket Australia to sell the farm? The moment of truth
Season 19, Episode 36: Geoff and Adam are back together at last, after weeks of travel difficulty, and a huge news week means a two-part weekly show. Later this week will come the two-day meeting between Cricket Australia and the state associations to decide whether they should go ahead with trying to sell off the Big Bash League. Of course most involved have spent months positioning the conversat
Story Time 263 – Paradise is a 1979 Lord’s final
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the hope of Queensland and the spirit of Somerset, as we return to happier times for domestic cricket. A tale of a Lord’s final of Daniel Norcross’ youth is told with care, as is the career of England’s big boss when he was a big boy plundering runs. Later, an old friend has a clue in for Adam, which relates to yet another book h
Deano's World XI stunner: 30 years to the day, with his son Koby
Season 19, Episode 35: It was on this day, 21 March 1996, that Dean Jones stepped out in front of his adoring MCG crowd to play against the Australian team that he was so unlucky not to be picked in for the World Cup. The century that followed, in most challenging of conditions, was a marker of just how good he had been since selectors dropped him. Two true believers who were there that afternoon,
The Final Word with Asa Tribe
Season 19, Episode 34: It takes a bit to wear the Next Big Thing tag in English cricket, which is what Asa Tribe has quickly become. A breakout 2025 for Glamorgan and Jersey, with whom he’s played internationals since he was a teenager, saw him vaulted into an England Lions squad, which he made the most of rattling off a classy ton against a strong Australia A. Also earning franchise opportunities
Player auctions are absolutely bonkers
Season 19 Episode 33: Does anyone understand how players end up valued in auctions, like what we saw for The Hundred last week? Daniel Norcross has a crack at explaining it to Adam. They’re on more comfortable ground talking all things Shield and debating controversial dismissals. Later, will the BBL be privatised? Sounds like we’ll know by Easter. Which is when the county championship returns, wh
Story Time 262 – A football megastar's strange Shield cameo
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a detailed analysis of every Adam to turn out in a first class game, with the most interesting tale of them all the guy who played only once, yet had time to run into a Final Word fave. Speaking of them, a double from a former guest is featured by Daniel Norcross, who is with Adam this week in the co-host seat. To finish, The Gre
Clare Connor's exit interview
Season 19 Episode 32: Three months from the start of the Women's T20 World Cup, there's nobody better to chart the rise of the women's game in the nine years since England last hosted a global tournament. Clare Connor's fingerprints are all over the transformation ; her ambition, in so many ways, now realised. She speaks with Adam about nearly two decades as managing director of the women's game a
HOWMADSCRICKET? (sic)
Season 19 Episode 31: Normal service resumes, kind of, with Geoff joining Adam fresh off a trip to Meredith for a news week headlined by Gulf air routes being shut down, and first-class cricket's first ever triple hat-trick. Plenty on the women's game, with Amelia Kerr setting records while West Indies players get dudded, as well as some boiled-frog World Cup aftermath and another big Shield roun
Story Time 261 – Monty never knew he was a Test captain
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the man who was Test captain but never knew – an emblem of his peculiar life, told wonderfully by Daniel Norcross. Adam finds an excuse to go back to a beautiful line on contemporary of Bradman who had the knack of stepping up when it mattered most. Later, some love for the long lost tour game, those played in Australia and some
TFW Daily - India the GOAT - T20 World Cup 2026, Final
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Final – India/New Zealand: It was an all-round display of near-perfection from an Indian team who were too strong, too skilled, and too smart for their opponents on the day that counted the most. Carrying the weight of 1.5bn supporters? No problem. Bharat Sundarsen joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - Midge leaves a winner - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 3: Alyssa Healy capped off a remarkable career with a final victory. The result was a foregone conclusion, but not before India let the Aussies know that they weren't for rolling over. Despite the respective retirements and results, the future looks bright for both sides. Bharat Sundaresan joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - India out to exorcise demons – T20 World Cup 2026, Final Preview
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Final Preview – India/New Zealand: India face New Zealand in an ICC final for the third time since 2021 and will not only be desperate to make that a 2-1 scoreline, but to go some way towards shedding themselves of the memories of 2023 in this same stadium. Both teams are peaking in time for the big one. Can India’s superstars send 120,000 fans into raptures, or will New
TFW Daily - Sutherland, Galaxy Boss - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 2: Annabel Sutherland stood head and shoulders above the pack, literally and metaphorically, to not only take charge of the Tests and series but to prove herself as the most valuable player in the world at the present time. Daniel Norcross is joined by Bharat Sundaresan, who met more grannies and the Geraldton Women’s Team during the day.
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TFW Daily - Honours even? - Australia v India Women’s Test 2026
Australia v India Women’s Test, 2026, Perth, Day 1: A rare Test Match between Australia and India’s Women’s teams and an even rarer outing for the pink ball saw wickets tumble throughout the day. Who’s on top? It’s hard to tell. Bharat Sundaresan joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - India one win from euphoria - T20 World Cup 2026, Semi Final 2
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Semi Finals, Day 25 – India/England: A wildly high-scoring semi at Mumbai finished the way we all expected it would, with the mighty men in blue booking their place in the Sunday decider, but not before a Bethell blinder. It's Daniel Norcross with Bharat Sundaresan.
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TFW Daily - Finn’s carnage - T20 World Cup 2026, Semi Final 1
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Semi Finals, Day 24 – New Zealand/South Africa: South Africa went into this semi-final confidently, and rightfully, wearing the favourites tag. However, nobody could have predicted the fire and brimstone they had to face if they were to overcome the nice guys of international cricket. Fidel Fernando joins Adam Collins.
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Are England still sacking McCullum if they win the World Cup?
Season 19 Episode 30: The superstar England newsbreaker Will Macpherson joins Adam at The Oval exactly a month before the county season begins, prompting consideration about what England might do in the remarkable event that they win a World Cup having so badly botched the Ashes. Also, potential shadow bans for Pakistani players, Alyssa Healy’s perfect ending, the Ranji Trophy Final, a prospective
TFW Daily - Samson comes of age - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 23
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 23 – India/West Indies, South Africa/Zimbabwe: Sanju Samson repaid the faith and has belatedly set alight India’s World Cup campaign. It sets up a blockbuster semi-final with
England in Mumbai, with last year’s epic Test series still fresh in the memory. We also bid farewell to tournament surprise packages, Zimbabwe. Fidel Fernando joins Daniel Norcross.
TFW Daily - Pakistan blow golden chance - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 22
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 22 – Pakistan/Sri Lanka: Pakistan’s openers put on 176 and had their fans dreaming that the miracle semi-final place was more than a possibility, so what happened from there? Dasun Shanuka happened. Unpacking a rollercoaster day is Bharat Sundaresan flying solo.
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Story Time 260 – Advanced Hair, yeah yeah
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, the originator of hair-replacement therapy, the first Australian cricketer with an earring (probably), the man who allegedly brought punk to cricket (not really). You know who we mean. Also, one of the few huge innings to deserve full acclaim, a legend's early foray into something different, and the brief flourish of a player who
TFW Daily - NZ give Pakistan hope – T20 World Cup 2026, Day 21
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 21 – England/New Zealand: A tournament that seemed destined for certainty was thrown into chaos by a late England comeback. We now need to wait until Sunday to find out not only who will be in the semi-finals, but also where they will be played. Attempting to untangle the permutations is Fidel Fernando, who joins Geoff Lemon.
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TFW Daily - India setup knockout with Windies - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 20
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 20 – India/Zimbabwe, South Africa/West Indies: What a difference a day of cricket makes. A powerhouse display from India and a meek top-order collapse from the West Indies have set the scene for a de facto quarter-final between the two in an old-fashioned Sunday night blockbuster. Firdose Moonda joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - Santner Claus delivers - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 19
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 19 – New Zealand/Sri Lanka: New Zealand’s unassuming captain delivered his presence at the crease to turn around The Black Caps stuttering tournament hopes. Sri Lanka will look at the first 14 overs of the match and will wonder what happened afterwards. Senior Writer for Cricinfo, Fidel Fernando, joins Adam Collins.
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TFW Daily - Seriously, are England good or bad? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 18
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 18 – England/Pakistan: The tournament’s most perplexing team are the first through to the semi-finals, but how? Harry Brook joined a rare club with the bat, but it still was almost for nothing. What’s the route for Pakistan to go through to the knockout stage? Matt Roller joins Bharat Sundaresan.
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Is Australia's Olympic cricket path in danger?
Season 19 Episode 29: After being dumped out of the T20 World Cup, the next question is whether that will affect Australia's qualification for the 2028 Olympics. Also this week, shadowbans of Pakistan cricketers look set to extend from the IPL to most of the other T20 leagues in the world. Once again, follow the money. Australia's women are having a tussle with India, there's a big Shield round, a
TFW Daily - Windies leave India teetering - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 17
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 17 - West Indies/Zimbabwe: It was a proud day for Zimbabwe as they landed in Mumbai to kick off their inaugural Super 8’s campaign in the Men’s T20 World Cup. It won’t be a day that either their fans or India fans, for that matter, will remember fondly. Firdose Moonda joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - SA lay a marker - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 16
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Super 8s, Day 16 - India/South Africa, England/Sri Lanka: A capacity crowd in Ahmedabad were shocked to silence by a powerful South Africa, who provided a blueprint on how to overcome the tournament favourites. Earlier, England continued their stuttering march through the World Cup. Are they the best of the worst? Fidel Fernando joins Daniel Norcross.
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Story Time 259 – It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, who are the greatest pair of Cambodian cricketers, and what special skills did they have beyond their work on the field? Also, a multinational career unknown to us, a time of truce, and some rare exceptions to a huge career that otherwise went a different way.
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TFW Daily - Why don't Aussies care? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 14
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 14 – Australia/Oman: Australia did as you might expect with their campaign officially over, obliterating Oman. But Adam and Bharat Sundaresan are also keen to explore the broader topic of the nation's weird relationship with T20 cricket. Onwards to the Super 8s!
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TFW Daily - Zimbabwe top the group - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 13
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 13 – Zimbabwe/Sri Lanka, Afghanistan/Canada, West Indies/Italy: Zimbabwe go through to the Super 8 stage unbeaten. They’re a serious team making serious strides. West Indies held back a spirited Italy, and Afghanistan bade an emotional farewell to coach Jonathan Trott. Firdose Moonda joins Daniel Norcross.
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TFW Daily - Can the Proteas do it? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 12
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 12 – South Africa/UAE, Pakistan/Namibia, India/Netherlands: If it's universally accepted India are the team to beat, are South Africa the most likely to knock them off? They've flown under the radar into an undefeated group run and face the men in blue in their Super 8 opener. Meanwhile, Pakistan are straight back on the bike, as three teams say goodbye. Adam Collins
TFW Daily - Australia head home - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 11
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 11 – Zimbabwe/Ireland, Scotland/Nepal,
New Zealand/Canada: It’s not often that the story of the day doesn’t
feature any of the six teams scheduled to play. A washout at Pallekele
sentenced Australia to an early exit from the World Cup and sealed Zimbabwe’s progress to the Super 8 stage. We begin the post-mortem on Australia’s campaign. Elsewhere, Nepal and Scotland w
India-Pakistan has become cricket's Death Star
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T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 9 – Nepal/West Indies, USA/Namibia, India/Pakistan: Was there ever any doubt? India charges on after another Pakistan capitulation at the hands of their rivals. Earlier, the USA impressed again as the Windies suggest they're going to be a real handful in the Super 8 stage. Andrew Fidel Fernando is at Colombo; he's with Bharat Sundaresan.
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TFW Daily - Are England any good? - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 8
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 8 – Ireland/Oman, England/Scotland, South Africa/New Zealand: Are England going to be a contender? Does anyone know? They're back on the winners list, that much we do know. Meanwhile, South Africa are up and about, and Ireland are still a chance of making the Super 8s. Today, we have Daniel Norcross with Nathan Joey Johns.
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TFW Daily - Zimbabwe repeat Australian history - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 7
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 7 – Zimbabwe/Australia, UAE/Canada, USA/Netherlands: What a performance from Zimbabwe, shocking Australia at a World Cup for the third time. Later in the day, a brilliant UAE chase and then a disaster for the Dutch. We have Daniel Norcross, who was on radio broadcasting on the huge upset in Colombo, joining Adam Collins.
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Story Time 258 – Group chats in the 19th century
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, how did group chats work in the 1800s? Plus, the 1800s Facebook friend, the all-star era of frugal bowlers, a Danish disaster, and the series that Dale Steyn could not believe he didn't win. Join us for a fun one.
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TFW Daily - Super Mosca Bros - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 6
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TFW Daily - Double Super Over madness - T20 World Cup 2026, Day 5
T20 World Cup Daily, 2026, Day 5 – Afghanistan/South Africa,
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