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Adam Collins and Daniel Norcross on the third day in Nottingham.

Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon from Nottingham

Our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener challenges.

The first day of the second England-NZ Test

Joe Root carried England home with a brilliant century which helped him reach a major milestone – 10,000 test match runs. He is the 14th batter to join the club. The hosts are now 1-0 up in the series. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the action. However, today Adam is joined by Daniel Norcross. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Stokes and Joe Root's partnership boosts England's chances of winning the 1st test at Lord's. The hosts finished day 3 216/5 and need 61 runs to seal victory! The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the action. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wickets tumbled again. But a superb unbeaten partnership between Tom Blundell and Daryl Mitchell helped the Kiwis finish the day 236/4. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the action. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

England host New Zealand and on the first day the wickets tumble. The Final Word will be at every day of Test cricket in this series, with Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon at stumps doing The Day in 30 Seconds, The Hall of Fame, and covering all of the action.  However, today Geoff is joined by Daniel Norcross. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy   Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Season 12, Ep 9: This week, world No1 bowler Sophie Ecclestone joins the show for an update on her busy career, including her recent stint in India. We have to confess that we didn't watch the men's IPL final, but we understand that they had a good time. Adam himself was teeing off during the week and can recount that in greater detail. The chase of 1000 first-class runs before the end of May took a savage twist, and Brendon McCullum is considering all options for England. Zimbabwe will head to Australia at last, Amy Satterthwaite ends her career as New Zealand Cricket make some weird calls, and five women's teams have newly been given ODI status in a shake-up that won't help everyone. Your Nerd Pledge number this week: 4.66 – Ollie Chauhan Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, a giant fraud perpetrated upon an unsuspecting public. A club with claims to be the Dera Ismail Khan of New Zealand. A time when the gods of the Caribbean roamed around Melbourne grade cricket. And a competition for the worst matches of all time, featuring Final Word fave Pankaj Dharmani. Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week: 3.82 - Thomas Havell 7.80 - Andrew West 2.15 - TDLF 5.31 - Jim Carnegie & Richard Jansz-Moore 13.33 - Anna Collins 2.11 - Big Geoff 7.46 - Matt Gaynor 6.79 - Alex Crampton Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find other episodes at finalwordcricket.com 20% off primo WoodstockCricket.co.uk bats with the code TFW20 The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.