Dan Liebke - The 100 Funniest Moments in Australian Cricket Dan Liebke emerged as a cricket satirist in what we might now, with hindsight, refer to as the glory era of twitter. From his early days as the Fake Nathan Hauritz to writing jokes in his own name, he has been a staple of that weird, but occasionally wonderful, part of the internet. In recent years, he’s become a prolific author too – especially at this time of year. Every time he releases a book we get him on and this is no different, currently promoting his latest work ‘The 100 Funniest Moments in Australian Cricket.’ As a long-term ..read more

Greatest Season That Was, Episode 3 – Alec Stewart: Back to the 1999 World Cup, this is the sorry story of the home team. England’s captain of the day, Alec Stewart was our forthright guest, who didn’t miss targeting what went wrong when they failed to make it out of the group – famously, eliminated before the official tournament song was officially released. With Dan Brettig (The Age) and Shannon Gill (Code Sports). Get tickets for our live shows. Melbourne 11 December, Sydney 7 January: https://linktr.ee/thefinalword Welcome back CBUS Super! Great to have them back with us this Australian ..read more

Season 15, Episode 12: So it comes down to Mitchell Marsh vs Cameron Green - but does it make sense for David Warner to get his preferred farewell instead of making space in the Test XI against Pakistan? It's one question with Australia's Test summer around the corner. The T20 side is still in India instead of having a ticker-tape parade at home, where WBBL finals are about to start. Meanwhile, it's silly season in the IPL, the next England summer has started taking shape, and the most important cricket this week is being played in Namibia, where Zimababwe are likely to miss next year's T20 Wo ..read more

Episode 3 – Alec Stewart In 2019 on The Greatest Season That Was, Adam made a 12-part series exploring whether the 1999 ODI World Cup was the most interesting global tournament. With Dan Brettig (The Age) and Shannon Gill (Code Sports), they spoke with many of the key players and administrators across seven weeks. This is the sorry story of the home team. For that, we had England’s captain of the day, Alec Stewart, as our forthright guest. It was the perfect way to start our show back then and he didn’t miss targeting what went wrong when they failed to make it out of the group – famously, el ..read more

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, we look at one of Test cricket's rarer team feats, plus a man celebrated as one of the game's best captains. Modern England didn't invent nothing that Cyril Washbrook didn't already have covered, and there's the path from Blocker Wilson to Chucker Wilson. Plus who would make it into our all-time Story Time team? Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 2.55 - Jonathan Potton 4.65 - Peter Lenaghan 3.79 - Dave Williams 2.05 - Tim Henry Get tickets for our live shows. Melbourne 11 December, Sydney ..read more

World Cup Daily 2023, Day 47: The lost episode has been found. We did record this the day after the final, both of us at airports in different countries on the way home to Australia. Somehow the audio disappeared but we've managed to salvage it since. So, clue the Quantum Leap music, and let's time travel a few days - back to our impressions the morning after the World Cup before. Get tickets for our live shows: Melbourne, Dec 11: https://tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event/c70d1ce4-1afa-482e-9618-5ede8f933429 Sydney, Jan 7: https://aucentury.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/116638 S ..read more

Season 15, Episode 11: It is a week of homecomings. Adam, Geoff, and the World Cup all arrived back in Australia within hours of one another, and nothing ever feels as good as home when you've been away. On the agenda this week: updates on a lost episode, two short interviews with Mitch Starc and Glenn Maxwell that Geoff recorded on the field just after the World Cup finished, there are Final Word live shows and live cricket matches coming up, the Sea Bus is back in business, Adam Zampa has receipts, David Warner might not retire after all, the most pointless T20s are next, our favourite 50-ye ..read more

Season 15, Episode 10: David Gower’s composure at the crease, combined with his perennially relaxed disposition, have contributed to a sense that he’s forever young. But it’s now the better of half a century since he pulled his first ball in Test cricket for four, going on to become, for a time, England’s leading run-scorer. A life in cricket has been his, but not at the expense of wider curiosity. It’s what has made him such a force as a broadcaster since hanging up the boots and, also, how effective he is as the long-term chair of the Lord’s Taverners. A great guest. Enjoy. Get tickets for ..read more

World Cup Daily 2023, Day 46: The final! It's over! Australia with one of the biggest surprises ever sprung in a tournament decider. India struggling to work out how it went wrong. Get tickets for our live shows: Melbourne, Dec 11: https://tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event/c70d1ce4-1afa-482e-9618-5ede8f933429 Sydney, Jan 7: https://aucentury.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/116638 Support the show with a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find out what's fun at Westfield London and Westfield Stratford City – More extra, less ordinary! https://www.westfield.com/united-kin ..read more

Season 15, Episode 10: David Gower’s composure at the crease, combined with his perennially relaxed disposition, have contributed to a sense that he’s forever young. But it’s now the better of half a century since he pulled his first ball in Test cricket for four, going on to become, for a time, England’s leading run-scorer. A life in cricket has been his, but not at the expense of wider curiosity. It’s what has made him such a force as a broadcaster since hanging up the boots and, also, how effective he is as the long-term chair of the Lord’s Taverners. A great guest. Enjoy. Get tickets for ..read more