The Final Word Cricket Podcast

2024 T20 World Cup, Day 21.2: West Indies v USA

We have seen signs over the last week that the Windies are emerging as one of the biggest contenders for this World Cup, a suggestion that will grow yet further after becoming the first team to beat up the USA. In a first for Final Word Daillies, it's Daniel Norcross as the solo host (blame Ben Jones' wifi) and he does a terrific job of explaining why the biggest loser out of tonight is actually South Africa.

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2024 T20 World Cup, Day 21.1: England v South Africa

It was back to Group 2, for the unbeaten South Africans taking on the newly awakened English. Quinton de Kock was a coaled-up train, but the rest of his heavy hitters found it hard to ride along. Jofra Archer was bad, then great, then better. Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone had the game in their hands, but the breeze kept ruffling those palms. A game down to the line in St Lucia, with Matt Roller and Geoff Lemon.

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2024 T20 World Cup, Day 20.2, Super 8s, Australia v Bangladesh

Bangladesh scraped into the second stage of this tournament after a poor group stage, and had an opportunity to show that they could lift to the next level in Antigua. They didn't do it. Australia, meanwhile, produced one of the most quintessential Australia performances you can imagine. At least we saw a big snail. Henry Moeran joins Geoff Lemon.

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2024 T20 World Cup, Day 20.1: India v Afghanistan

Not everything is going easily for India. Rohit and Kohli are having their troubles at the top. Dube isn’t making an impression. But with Rishabh Pant and Suryakumar Yadav in your side, there is always some fun to be had, and that’s before Jasprit Bumrah comes on. Afghanistan, meanwhile, brought back a heavy hitter in Hazratullah Zazai, but they don’t have long to get their heads back in the game.

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2024 T20 World Cup, Day 19.2: West Indies v England

After England scraped through the group stage and West Indies battered Afghanistan on the same ground two nights prior, the stage was set for some heavy hitting on the first day of the Super 8s. But some parts were not as heavy as anticipated, and the biggest influence might have been down to the spinners like Akeal Hosein and Adil Rashid, before Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow took the spotlight. Matt Roller joins Geoff Lemon in St Lucia.

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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 19.1: South Africa v USA

The Americans are the story of this tournament. And sure, they weren't good enough to get over the Proteas at Antigua to begin this Super 8s stage, but they came ever so close, showing again why they really do belong at this level. Bharat Sundaresan was at the game and he's with Adam Collins.

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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 18: West Indies v Afghanistan

The game happened on Day 17, but we talked about it on Day 18, after the pool stage came to an end. It was all about the flexing in the final group game in St Lucia, as West Indies' top order created mayhem through the first six overs, Nicholas Pooran did more at the end, and Gulbadin Naib tried to match them with his wardrobe choices. A high-octane night in front of a sensationally animated crowd.

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Season 16, Episode 20: The research is clear: the effects of the climate emergency on cricket will be significant and the horrible floods and storms in Florida last week, ruining three World Cup games in the process, is but one example. It's not a fun topic but one that demands ongoing attention. In happier news, how does Scotland go about making the next step to Full Member status? We take a closer look. Our focus on associate cricket in Europe is a theme we return to, from Italy with Joe Burns' ton to the fastest T20i ton ever in Estonia's win over Cyprus.

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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 17: New Zealand v Papua New Guinea, Netherlands v Sri Lanka

Baseball has the shut-out. Ten-pin bowling has the perfect game. Cricket never really has, but perhaps that will change. Far more rare than a hat-trick was Lockie Ferguson's world record feat, as Trent Boult announced his NZ retirement. In the double-header the night before, Nepal once again nearly pulled off a shock that would have left the Dutch with a path to the next stage.

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T20 World Cup Daily, 2024, Day 16: Pakistan v Ireland; Australia v Scotland

A shocker of a game ends the Group A adventure, Pakistan doing marginally less worse with the bat than Ireland to take the points in Florida. Far more interesting was the stoush last night in St Lucia where Scotland couldn’t quite get the job done against Australia, desperately unlucky to be going home having so nearly topped their group. Adam has Daniel Norcross with him and they’re both pretty grumpy. 

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