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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Mar 15, 2022 · 56 min
Is racism endemic in amateur cricket?
A debate on the topic that has sent seismic waves through the English game
Mar 13, 2022 · 31 min
Marginal Gains from a Bore Draw
England "stop the bleeding" during five-day stalemate
Mar 12, 2022 · 29 min
Crawley drives England forward
England steal the initiative in the first Test
Mar 10, 2022 · 29 min
A contest not yet quite awake
Only 171 runs scored and 5 wickets lost on a turgid third day in Antigua
Mar 9, 2022 · 28 min
Slow Rumba in Antigua
The ebb and flow of a bottom of the table scrap
Mar 8, 2022 · 33 min
Bluey stands tall
Jonny Bairstow saves England's blushes on 1st day in Antigua
Mar 4, 2022 · 37 min
Everlasting Passion: Shane Warne
A tribute to the amazing and cruelly short-lived career of the greatest leg spinner there ever was
Feb 24, 2022 · 51 min
Destination West Indies
Joe Root and Michael Holding discuss the prospects for England's tour
Feb 17, 2022 · 55 min
The Chosen Ones
selectorial dilemmas for England and in the IPL
Feb 9, 2022 · 51 min
All Change Please
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess the dropping of Anderson and Broad for the Tests in the West indies as well as other changes and also hear from Reece Topley about the forthcoming IPL auction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 4, 2022 · 49 min
A ray of sunlight for England fans
The Chris Silverwood sacking, England U/19s nervewracking (but victorious) world cup semi final, and Roland Butcher on diversity
Jan 28, 2022 · 57 min
Red Ball Reset - the Debate
The members of the Worlds Best Cricket (virtual) Club have their say on how English cricket can recalibrate itself
Jan 21, 2022 · 49 min
Can England rediscover their swagger?
Eoin Morgan joins Simon Hughes and Simon Mann to look ahead to the T20 series in the west indies and explains his captaincy philosophies
Jan 16, 2022 · 39 min
A hopeless end to a hapless Ashes campaign
England collapse in an embarrassing heap in Hobart to gift the Aussies a 4-0 hammering. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann lament England's inability to stay in
Jan 15, 2022 · 36 min
Test cricket on fast forward
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test in Hobart when 17 wickets fell
Jan 14, 2022 · 44 min
Flattering to deceive - England start superbly and fade rapidly in Hobart
Paul Farbrace joins the Simons to assess England's familiar failings and an erratic first day in Hobart
Jan 9, 2022 · 27 min
England find some new (and old) heroes
Simon hughes and simon mann report on a dramatic final day in Sydney as England cling on for a nailbiting draw
Jan 8, 2022 · 34 min
England's walking wounded soldier on
England have a slim chance of drawing the fourth Test after their openers had their best stand of the tour. Who will be an Ashes Hero tomorrow?
Jan 7, 2022 · 35 min
England show some fighting spirit (belatedly)
A bruising but slightly more encouraging third day for England in the 4th Test but who will still be standing by the fifth?! Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report
Jan 6, 2022 · 39 min
England recover some pride...but
England's openers survive to the close in Sydney but the Analyst's podcast's special guest Nick Compton says there are fundamental problems in English batting with technique and coaching