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| Story Time 293 – Cricket and the Belgian World Expo of 1910 | 07 Nov 2026 | 01:15:17 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, did we imagine that an answer intended to begin in Yorkshire would wind up at a World's Fair before the First World War? We did not, but the Belgians got more than they bargained for. Also this week, a proper Dusty Old Bastard from the biggest series of all, and a nostalgia fest for those of you who own two albums by The Knife.
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8.32 - Darcy Matthews
2.53 - Tom Barrington
12.19 - Geoff Price
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| Talent in South Africa’s townships: the Catch Trust story | 06 Nov 2026 | 01:11:09 | |
Occasionally on tours, you get the chance to do something special and different. Playing a game with media colleagues from Australia against coaches and participants of the amazing CATCH Trust, formerly the Gary Kirsten Academy, in the enormous township of Khayelitsha proved to be just that. An organisation doing remarkable things to make cricket part of young people’s lives where otherwise it wouldn’t be; we learn how it works and why it is transformational.
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| Story Time 292 – The bumper Adelaide Oval edition | 05 Nov 2026 | 01:40:36 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we didn't know that this would become an Adelaide Oval special, but that's how things have panned out. A glorious visitor makes the ground home, a forgotten classic renews a modern rivalry, and a much-criticised umpiring call was in fact correct.
Your Nerd Pledge numbers for this week:
3.96 - Seb Goldsmith
9.73 - Compare Michele
16.39 - AMP
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| Australia's path to another WTC final gets tougher | 03 Nov 2026 | 01:22:14 | |
Season 21, Episode 5: With Adam back at Lord's for a day of recording, it's time to start with South Africa's clearing path to the WTC final in the context of current world cricket. Bangladesh have blown a huge opportunity against West Indies, India need all the points against New Zealand, and Australia's path is getting tougher. Is there pressure on McDonald or Bailey? Meanwhile, the next rank of Shield batters make their case, the white-ball squads look to the future, and CA can't decide if they have a lot of money or not enough.
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| Exclusive: Glenn Maxwell announces his international retirement | 02 Nov 2026 | 00:47:06 | |
Season 21, Episode 4: It was the cricketing day we've dreaded most, though we knew it had to arrive some day. Glenn Maxwell's time in the green and gold, and in Victorian blue, will come to an end. The career that more than any has fascinated and delighted The Final Word. Don't be sad that it's over, be glad that it happened, but today we're sharing a smile and a tear. Glenn joins Adam and Geoff to share the news.
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| Australia have been belted. What change does the future demand? | 01 Nov 2026 | 00:52:31 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 6: Heads have to roll, right? After Australia's batting got ripped to pieces two Tests running, nobody can argue that the problems were not evident. Yet they were not addressed by those in charge. What can be done with this team from here to address issues of structure and of succession, for the huge 10-Test burst that comes up next? To end our series coverage, Adam and Geoff run through the issues.
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| TFW Daily - Torn to shreds - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 5 | 31 Oct 2026 | 00:33:24 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 5: The contest was set up beautifully before a ball was bowled, but with Kagiso Rabada breathing fire in his first spell, the calculus for the day quickly changed. Moments of chaos were followed by tactical resistance, with so many moments that will have ramifications for both teams on a stunning final day. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins for the final time in front of Table Mountain at Newlands, Cape Town.
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| TFW Daily - All set for a belter - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 4 | 30 Oct 2026 | 00:27:39 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 4: South Africa’s batters continued the ebb and flow of an engrossing series, setting up a classic finish on the fifth day of the deciding Test. Ryan Rickleton and Wiaan Mulder swung the pendulum back to the hosts. All four results are possible in a Test and series that's already a modern classic. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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| TFW Daily - Lyon's late twist - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3 | 29 Oct 2026 | 00:31:09 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 3: The hits just keep on hitting. Each day of this Test has had a buffet on offer, and it hasn't been the bowling. Australia began with the slenderest of leads, and had to build something, then South Africa had their chance to respond. Bavuma grows in stature, Cummins excels without luck, and Lyon shows that he can still reach his best. Don't miss the rest of this one.
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| TFW Daily - Scores are level - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2 | 28 Oct 2026 | 00:41:06 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 2: A day that could shape the next few years of international cricket. Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, and Matt Renshaw all made their mark on a day that went to the tea break with the same pattern of fluctuating fortunes, not least for the under-fire Marnus Labuschagne. Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from Newlands in Cape Town.
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| TFW Daily - It had everything - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1 | 27 Oct 2026 | 00:34:31 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Day 1: Injury dramas and controversial selections set the stage for a day that featured match-turning partnerships and game-changing collapses. It was high-octane, then sedate, then back to chaotic, and the capacity crowd followed every thrill and spill. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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| TFW Daily - Boland, Lyon, or left-field? - South Africa Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview | 26 Oct 2026 | 00:37:31 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd Test, Cape Town Preview: Australia go into tomorrow’s series-deciding 3rd Test with more questions than answers. Who plays, and in what order? Gerald Coetzee has been named to replace Anrich Nortje, suggesting South Africa won’t let up on its confrontational approach as Australia return to the scene of their lowest ebb, looking for a first series win in the rainbow nation in 12 years. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins in front of the iconic Table Mountain from Newlands, in Cape Town.
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| Why do Test teams hate picking openers who are openers? | 25 Oct 2026 | 01:10:04 | |
Season 21, Episode 3: This week, Daniel Norcross joins Geoff to ponder upcoming winter and the conventions of naming storm systems, as we tell ourselves that we'll talk about something other than just South Africa and Australia, then inevitably do that anyway. Also this week, 400s in run chases, 400s in first-class cricket, a weird story about Megan Schutt, and Jimmy Anderson reaches the end of his county run. Or does he...
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| TFW Daily - Fight to the finish - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5 | 22 Oct 2026 | 00:37:10 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 5: It wasn't supposed to go that deep. But then, a nightwatchman isn't supposed to bowl all day. And a team's fourth seamer isn't supposed to bowl the best deliveries. The unexpected came around in various ways in the push to the finish line at Gqeberha. What a Test match, defying the rain.
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| TFW Daily - The worst collapse since last time - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4 | 21 Oct 2026 | 00:34:22 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 4: It may be the tipping point for some careers to end in the Australian top order, as only Travis Head was able to make a score of note against the world-class bowling of the South Africans, with Marco Jansen backing up his batting with five wickets. Australia still has a way out, but can they resist the South African attack? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins at St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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| TFW Daily - A knock for the ages - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3 | 20 Oct 2026 | 00:35:10 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 3: It would take something monumental to flip the series on its head, and the man smallest in stature stood the tallest to do just that. Can Australia come out swinging tomorrow to keep their 1-0 advantage? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins at St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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| TFW Daily - Boland v Bavuma - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2 | 19 Oct 2026 | 00:36:06 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 2: There was a long wait to get onto the park, but a session of highlights followed - a blinding catch, supreme bowling, and some balls flying out of the park as Temba Bavuma tried to drag South Africa out of the Scott Boland-shaped hole . Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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| TFW Daily - Boland goes bang bang - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1 | 18 Oct 2026 | 00:41:20 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 1: Australia pulled the Scott Boland lever and got the result they wanted. Nathan Lyon made way again. What does that mean for the next 12 months? Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from St George's Park in Gqeberha.
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| TFW Daily - Lyon faces the drop again - South Africa Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0 | 17 Oct 2026 | 00:28:01 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd Test, Gqeberha Day 0: One day out from the 2nd Test, and it might be an all-pace battery one again for Australia, if the signs from the nets are anything to go by. And who better to read the nets than Bharat Sundaresan? He joins Adam Collins from Australian team training.
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| Story Time 291 – The Bharat Sundaresan request line | 16 Oct 2026 | 01:12:19 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a few listeners have been hanging out for Bharat to come back on the show, but it's been a while. This week, he tells two stories designed for him to tell, both involving icons of the 1980s. Also, another Bharat-linked tale going all the way back to Bodyline, and fate delivering for the English captain who most deserved to be whacked in the nuts.
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| John Farnham will see you at Rundle Mall, bright and early | 15 Oct 2026 | 01:42:49 | |
Season 21, Episode 2: The weekly show! Coming to you from St George's Park, in Gqeberha, the city formerly known as Port Elizabeth. But what else is happening beyond South Africa? There's Stick Cricket in India courtesy of Shai Hope and his West Indies side, the Sheffield Shield has started, some great signs for Bangladesh women in their series against Australia, big scheduling problems with the women's game, Jack Leach is on the outer for England plans, and just what was Andrew McDonald talking about when dissecting Nic Maddinson's duck?
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| TFW Daily - Are the Aussies good now? - SA Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 6 | 14 Oct 2026 | 00:34:57 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 6: Time to look back. This was one of the more significant engagements for Australia for a while, and a match that could have gone so badly wrong ended up going very strongly right. How much of that is built on solid foundations, and what needs ongoing repair? Also, why did South Africa choose to start their series on a ground where they always lose and where nobody can see? Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff Lemon for the burning questions.
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| TFW Daily - Hazlewood’s magnificent six - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban Day 5 | 13 Oct 2026 | 00:30:57 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 5: It didn't come as quickly as expected, but Australia's relentless bowling paid dividends, with Josh Hazlewood taking 6 wickets. As ever, Aiden Markram provided stern resistance for the hosts. What happens with selection in Gqeberha? Pat Cummins hinted at shuffling the pack. Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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| TFW Daily - Hot Hand Matt - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban | 12 Oct 2026 | 00:31:01 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 4: Matt Renshaw's coming-of-age party continued with bat, then subsequently, ball. Concerns over a Steve Smith head knock linger for Australia, whilst their recent nemesis Aiden Markram and the lower order look to invoke memories of Adelaide 2012, with bad light potentially truncating the day. Geoff Lemon joins Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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| TFW Daily - Smith's classic catches reel - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban | 11 Oct 2026 | 00:35:14 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 3: Steve Smith created his own highlight reel in the slips, and Australia piled on the pressure off the back of his mits. South Africa are still scrapping hard to keep in the contest, and there was chance for Nic Maddinson. Bharat Sundaresan Joins Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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| TFW Daily - A coming of age - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban | 10 Oct 2026 | 00:29:06 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 2: A big Queenslander made Australia feel comfortable again, whilst South Africa searched for answers and battled hard. It was a day of Test cricket like the old days, with Day 3 and the series set up beautifully. Bharat Sundaresan Joins Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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| TFW Daily - Maddinson under the bus - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban | 09 Oct 2026 | 00:31:53 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Day 1: Australia pulled another shock beyond Nic Maddinson’s selection by asking him to open. The results won't be something that anyone wants to remember. Lunch was important, Nortje bowled fire, and a see-sawing day ended early for bad light. Geoff Lemon is joined by Adam Collins from Kingsmead in Durban.
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| TFW Daily - Why no Aussie XI? - South Africa Australia, 1st Test, Durban | 08 Oct 2026 | 00:25:52 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st Test, Durban Preview: The talking is almost over. 1 vs 2 in world cricket: a series with narrative everywhere you look. South Africa will play its first home Test since last year’s glorious WTC final, with a lineup very similar to June 2025. One superstar comes in for another: Anrich Nortje replaces the injured Kagiso Rabada, and the experienced spinner Simon Harmer joins Ke$hav Maharaj on a pitch expected to turn. Australia return to the country of their biggest fiasco, still unsure of their starting XI. We won’t know until the toss who’ll be replacing all-rounder Cameron Green. Cooper Connolly is the most likely, but will Nic Maddinson storm in late? Bharat Sundaresan joins Adam Colins in Kingsmead in Durban.
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| Australia's return to South Africa launches in 3, 2, 1... | 05 Oct 2026 | 01:34:33 | |
Season 21, Episode 1: Another week, a new season, as the southern hemisphere summer swings into action. All things South Africa lead the show, with both that team and Australia making squad changes, some more controversial than others. The one-day World Cup schedule for 2027 is out a year ahead of time, with some surprises and some very unsurprising elements. Mohammed Rizwan is still being hassled by Pakistani cops, Sophie Molineux is still on the injury list, and there's plenty of weirdness from the franchise world.
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| Story Time 290 – When Gavaskar did what Bradman couldn't | 02 Oct 2026 | 01:45:08 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, one question: was there any game played in the 19th century that wasn't at Lord's? A self-styled pioneer with a pseudonym certainly got his fill of pavilion lunches. Also, do South Australians play for South Australia? We test facts against myth, as well as an unlikely trip to Los Angeles, and a clean sweep even rarer than we imagined.
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| TFW Daily - Peake into the future - South Africa Australia, 3rd ODI | 30 Sep 2026 | 00:30:54 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom: South Africa gave some of their younger players a gallop in the North-West University town, and Australia let their big names stretch their legs. Alex Carey and Pat Cummins made Australia look comfortable, but Oliver Peake and Xavier Bartlett might get the country excited for the future, and Ryan Rickelton and gave South Africa huge momentum. It was set up for another box-office day. Dan Gallan joins Geoff Lemon.
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| It's decapitation week at Cricket Australia | 29 Sep 2026 | 01:32:39 | |
Season 20, Episode 32: We called it: CA chair Mike Baird has been knocked off by New South Wales, and the cricket privatisation war could now turn in any directions Can we short-circuit the conflict by crowdfunding the Renegades, and signing Will Bosisto into the bargain? Over in South Africa, the Aussies are floundering in the pyjamas, Kagiso Rabada has been in the hyperbaric chamber with Kouta, and Pat Cummins may not be fit. Plenty of moving parts there, as Kohli powers on in one-day cricket, and Warwickshire are County Champs.
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| Story Time 289 – Saving Allan Border's secret world record | 28 Sep 2026 | 01:37:48 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, we might need some help to get this one across the line, but there's a world record that need reclaiming from some dubious operators, and it involves Australia's greatest Test captain. Come with us to find out more. Also this week, will the pitchforks need to come out for a contentious TFW opinion? Plus an Oxford student with a wild life and lineage, and a pioneer who missed a Test cap.
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| TFW Daily - Cam Green troubles - South Africa Australia, 2nd ODI | 27 Sep 2026 | 00:36:56 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 2nd ODI, Johannesburg: Australia were bullish at the Bullring, talking about levelling the series. South Africa's batters levelled the Australians. The chase was hefty, but the chasing was just as Bison-sized. So could the visitors correct their course this time around, and make use of another massive opening stand? Not when Australia's middle order is busted. Call it Cam Green syndrome.
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| TFW Daily - Big moment, Big Marco - South Africa Australia, 1st ODI | 24 Sep 2026 | 00:31:13 | |
South Africa Australia Daily, 1st ODI, Durban: In the lead-up to the Test series, this one-day series has extra significance. Starc was here, so was Hazlewood, with Cummins in the wings. And in true one-day style, this first game twisted, turned, drifted, and dipped. Matthew Breetzke and Big Marco Jansen had a time, then Mitchell Marsh went into overdrive. The result would rely on how to deal with spin. Hello, Ke$hav Maharaj.
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| Could Mike Baird be knocked off as CA chair? | 22 Sep 2026 | 01:40:46 | |
Season 20, Episode 31: With Mike Baird's CA board seat at risk, a resignation has seen an independent spot open up. Deidre Chambers, what a coincidence. Stephen Fleming arrives as England’s adult in the room, while Mark Wood announced his retirement much more slowly than he bowled. Australia have a fun tussle with Zimbabwe on their way to South Africa, Leicestershire’s pitch rating sees them relegated, and Somerset fumble another chance to win their first County Championship. With Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon.
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| Story Time 288 – Argentina, global nemesis | 19 Sep 2026 | 01:37:23 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, a massive tangent from Argentine cricket into Argentine global conspiracy theories. Does it make sense? Not sure, come with us anyway. Also this week, a very puzzling New Zealand story that starts in the 1960s, and a burly and bombastic figure who briefly reached the top. Adam and Geoff are at the controls.
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| Story Time 287 – One free Buttercup Bread scratchie inside | 17 Sep 2026 | 01:28:23 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, what happens when you find a Buttercup Bread scratchie featuring Courtney Walsh from either 1996 or 2000? You find out if we won. Also this week, a disappearing act, tales of the North, and how the best debut wasn't much valued a game later.
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5.39 - Sam Brown
4.07 - Patch Clapp
8.43 - Kevin Cooper
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| The soul of Australian cricket (for sale, enquire within) | 14 Sep 2026 | 01:29:42 | |
Season 20, Episode 30: Does anyone have deja vu yet? Another week, another Cricket Australia announcement that they have approved selling the Big Bash even though they can't sell it yet, another round of smashing the panic button to say that if they don't sell now it will be TOO LATE. Also this week, UK race rioters target Pakistani cricketers, but so does the Pakistani cybercrime unit. Indian and Pakistani administrators continue posturing at the women's Asia Cup, The Aussies head to Africa, we look back at a bizarre English Test season, and star wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav joins as the Rothesay County Championship player of the week. Plus, we go to Lord's to chat about the Knight-Stokes Cup. With Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon.
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| Story Time 286 – The sandpaper redux | 13 Sep 2026 | 01:24:36 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam were meant to do four numbers rather than two, but with the Sandpaper Redux tour looming, it seemed an apt time to revisit 2018 in detail. Also this week, a spot of Bradman mythbusting.
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3.00 – Andrew Pelechaty
2.60 – Matt Near the Gabba
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| TFW Daily - Just for a moment - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4 | 12 Sep 2026 | 00:35:52 | |
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 4: For a final intoxicating moment, the chance of a miracle continued to beckon. But it would take more than a shock comeback to solve the problems of Pakistan cricket. It is telling that our first reaction after a sensational debut is to fear for that player's future. Such is the mess of mismanagement and disaster. Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon.
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| TFW Daily - Do you believe in miracles? - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3 | 11 Sep 2026 | 00:26:18 | |
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 3: The obituaries of this Pakistan tour to England will mourn the lack of flair, passion, and the unknown of old, but in Razaullah they have unearthed a player who can swashbuckle with the best of them. Nine sixes on debut, to add to his four first-innings wickets, have the true believers whispering that something special could happen on Day 4. Danyal Rasool joins Adam Collins.
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| TFW Daily - Hello brink, old friend - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2 | 10 Sep 2026 | 00:32:01 | |
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 2: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and a silken wrist. Enter Test cricket, for at least a moment, Razaullah. Indeed, if you started this match halfway through the day, you would say that Pakistan have put up some fight. Their bowlers did. Just try not to think about their preceding innings with the bat, because the players involved sure didn't. Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon.
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| TFW Daily - A glimpse of light - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1 | 09 Sep 2026 | 00:39:12 | |
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston Day 1: There is, for a moment, something to cheer for: a tall charismatic young fast bowler with tungsten hair and a silken wrist. Enter Test cricket, for at least a moment, Razaullah. Indeed, if you started this match halfway through the day, you would say that Pakistan have put up some fight. Their bowlers did. Just try not to think about their preceding innings with the bat, because the players involved sure didn't. Daniel Norcross joins Geoff Lemon.
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| TFW Daily - Bring back Shahid Afridi - England Pakistan, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:25:36 | |
England Pakistan Daily, 3rd Test, Edgbaston preview: As the news of new-look teams gets prepared for the third Test, nobody has any idea who Pakistan might pick to play, or whether any of those players has a future beyond one Test match. Is it time to call for Shahid Afridi? As for England, they can fly under the radar, with the only pressure being on Emilio Gay's season tally and Joe Root's pads. With Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon.
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| Marnus Labuschagne may never be dropped again | 07 Sep 2026 | 01:37:30 | |
Season 20, Episode 29: It's always Labuschagne season in Australia. We all thought that his time was done for now, but somehow he's been picked on the trip to his country of birth. What is the rationale from George Bailey and his selection troupe? Also this week, Kevin Pietersen is back for England, Hampshire make an inexplicably bad decision, Brydon Carse gets read the riot act, Mohsin Naqvi keeps digging the hole for the Pakistan board, and the county champo sees a couple of miracles.
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| Story Time 285 – Bring back the Matador BBQ Cup | 05 Sep 2026 | 01:07:33 | |
It’s Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, Geoff and Adam ask if batting on all five days of a Test really is the feat we build it up to be? We look at Mali’s brief and unusual international frolic before reflecting on the second glory period of Australian one-day cricket - the mighty Matador Cup.
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2.27 – Erin Kane
13.00 – Greg Upon Thames
5.57 – Brad Guitotti
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| TFW Book Club - Zaheer Abbas on Pakistani cricket and his life in the game | 03 Sep 2026 | 00:44:08 | |
Zaheer Abbas is an all-time great. An illustrious international career on top of his first-class exploits in Pakistan and England combined for 46,000 professional runs, telling the story in a line. As the only Asian player to score 100 centuries, he was a ton machine as well as a stylist. His new book, A to Zed, tells those tales, and speaking with Daniel Norcross at The Oval, he adds his dismay at the state of Pakistani cricket now.
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| When Pakistan really did say “Sack them all” | 01 Sep 2026 | 01:22:06 | |
Season 20, Episode 28: The PCB go from meme material to utter embarrassment. Lord’s pitch has a renewal plan, Sri Lanka pull off one of the great rearguards, and Kagiso Rabada may miss the entire Sandpaper Redux as Australia make selection moves. The Mr Sheffield Shield re-cuts the cricketing day, the Euro T20 is finally up and running, and a wet County Championship round has title repercussions.
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| Story Time 284 – Good set of hands in the slips, good set of slips in the hands | 31 Aug 2026 | 01:18:05 | |
It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history. This week, some players are top of the good stats, others see things slip through their fingers. There's an unlikely county champ from the far side of the globe, a champion who just popped in from the gardening, and the ultimate purveyor of drowning them in honey... Adam and Geoff are back for Story Time with four long-time pledgers and a dash of Chesney.
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2.60 - Randolph Brazier
5.60 - Robin Fritz
4.37 - David Honeyball
6.20 - Luke Reynolds
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