Season 14, Ep 1: It's a new season of The Final Word. More importantly, the Australian board has a new pay deal in place with huge significance for the women's game, and the English board has finished its disciplinary investigation into racist behaviour at Yorkshire. Bharat Sundaresan joins Geoff to make an attempt at drawing conclusions. Also this week, the IPL gets underway with Old Man Dhoni still clearing fences, South Africa edge closer to a World Cup spot, and Ireland start their first ever Test series in Bangladesh. Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:4.41 - Richard Hall Send us a Nerd Pledge at <a href="https://patreon.com/thefinalword">patreon.com/thefinalword</a>Find previous episodes at <a href="https://bit.ly/finalwordcricket">finalwordcricket</a>.com Help our Edinburgh Marathon runners raise funds for the Lord's Taverners at <a href="https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/the-final-word-at-the-edinburgh-half-marathon">bit.ly/eddiemarathon</a>, or learn about other Tavs projects with <a href="https://bit.ly/tavssignup">bit.ly/tavssignup</a>. Title track by <a href="https://urthboy.com">Urthboy</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Story Time 130 – In the pipe, five by five

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.
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