Season 8, Ep 18. The end of the 2019 World Cup will remain inseparable from Ian Smith's description of it. He explained in depth to the Calling the Shots documentary how he has tried to prepare for and deliver the big moments, and his interview was too good not to share. Here is the full conversation, after some cricket history at the start to get us going.

Our Nerd Pledge numbers this week are:

4.33 – Liz Brant & Jack Regester

2.06 – Paul Murphy & Sam King

2.16 – Harry Howard

3.04 – Adam Jones

5.44 – Rob (from the) Rich

Send us a Nerd Pledge at  patreon.com/thefinalword   
Find previous episodes at  finalwordcricket.com  
CBUS Super is at  cbussuper.com.au

To learn more about the Lord’s Taverners and their work in the community, visit  www.lordstaverners.org.  

The Final Word is produced by  Jay Mueller  on the  Bad Producer Podcast Network 
Title track by  Urthboy