Season 14, Ep 3: We're lucky to work on a lot of cricket around the world each year and never take that for granted. But what I (Adam here) didn't have on my radar until last year was a tournament with origins dating back before the women's professional era - the FairBreak Invitational. It takes some getting your head around at first, but bringing players together from more than 30 countries is pretty special and deserves a lot of love from the cricket community at large. In this ep, six people who were instrumental to the success of the recently-completed second edition of the tournament in Hong Kong. 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>

The 160th Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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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