Season 3, Ep 8: Reloading lost episodes from the early Final Word. Stop us if this sounds familiar: it's January, around Sydney Test time, there's a tour to India coming up any minute, and we're wondering whether Mitchell Swepson is good enough to feature. Matthew Renshaw is coming into the side, Glenn Maxwell is vying for a spot with Travis Head. But this was 2017. Were we on the mark with anything? Will we say the same things in a couple of weeks in 2023? Also on this episode: Minty Panesar, the first TFW mention of Javed Miandad and his I Love New York hat, Kim Garth arrives in the Big Bash, and the most runs you could score and wickets you could lose in the same Super Over.

This season was originally recorded for the ABC.

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