The Analyst Inside Cricket

Simon Hughes

Proper cricketing analysis, opinion and insight from former Middlesex bowler Simon Hughes, aka The Analyst, the BBC's Simon Mann, and former England keeper and Ashes winner Matt Prior. The most authoritative cricket podcast out there..

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Feb 24, 2023 · 36 min
Brook Strikes Gold. Again
Harry Brook dominates another day of Test cricket supported by Joe Root with his 29th Test century
Feb 19, 2023 · 53 min
The Greatest Pair: Anderson & Broad
Stuart Broad explains how and why he and Jimmy Anderson have become the most potent bowling pair in Test history as England overpower New Zealand in Mount Maunganui
Feb 17, 2023 · 57 min
Baz Ball Continued: New Zealand v England 1st Test
The pink ball gets tonked in New Zealand and England's female batters follow in the footsteps of the men in the T20 World Cup
Feb 11, 2023 · 18 min
Archive Hour - Ep2 Ravichandran Ashwin
A peek into the spin laboratory run by professor Ravichandran Ashwin
Feb 9, 2023 · 50 min
Great Storylines - from women in cricket
England's Danni Wyatt previews the women's World T20 and describes the England dressing room plus Melissa Story on why men's club cricket is more fun
Feb 2, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Cricket's fitness craze
England trainer Phil Scott joins Simon Hughes and Simon Mann to explore professional cricket's fitness regimes
Jan 28, 2023 · 1 hr 11 min
Archive Hour - Ep1 - Jason Roy
England's firestarter Jason Roy talks candidly (in 2021) about his batting mentality, his partnership with Jonny Bairstow and life on the road with England
Jan 26, 2023 · 59 min
Can the Rookie Crack it?
Emerging young Middlesex player Joe Cracknell talks about pathways, aspirations and Steve Smith PLUS Club World
Jan 19, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Butcher sings for freedom
Mark Butcher, player of one of the great Test match innings, credits some great West Indians with liberating the art of batting
Jan 12, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
Greenway's growth plan
Lydia Greenway, whose book on growing women's cricket is just published, explains her philosophy at the inaugural U/19 World cup
Jan 5, 2023 · 1 hr
Smith leads SA into T20 future
Former South African captain Graeme Smith talks about his plans and hopes for South Africa's new T20 tournament starting on Jan 10.
Dec 30, 2022 · 1 hr 19 min
From Awful to Awesome: England in 2022
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review an extraordinary and transformative year of English (and world) cricket
Dec 20, 2022 · 41 min
England: Kings of Pakistan!
England take just 38 minutes to cement an unprecedented 3-0 series win in Pakistan. An analysis of how they did it
Dec 19, 2022 · 31 min
Rehan Living the Dream
A remarkable day sees England's youngest Test player take a five wicket haul on debut and change the game
Dec 18, 2022 · 35 min
A Day of Conjuring
Sharp and imaginative cricket by England, including giving a debut to an 18 year old, continues to entertain
Dec 18, 2022 · 30 min
Harry 3 Pakistan 0
Another superb innings by Harry Brook, his third century of the series, dominates the second day in Karachi
Dec 12, 2022 · 45 min
Stokes' England make history. Again.
England stretch every sinew to achieve a second Test win in Pakistan and seize an unprecedented 2-0 series victory
Dec 10, 2022 · 30 min
Ruthless England Take Control
England begin to turn the screw on a mesmerised Pakistan to set up a possible series-clincher on the third day in Multan
Dec 9, 2022 · 36 min
Live (and Die) by the Sweep
Another action-packed day in the series-Pakistan have a slight edge after day one in Multan
Dec 5, 2022 · 37 min
England's Greatest Away Win
An inspirational Ben Stokes conjures a dramatic victory in Rawalpindi, England's finest on foreign soil