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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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  • Dec 27, 2021 · 36 min

    England in the last chance saloon

    A devastating final hour from Australia's fast bowlers undoes much of the good work of the England bowlers through the second day in Melbourne. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann ponder whether there is any hope left

  • Dec 26, 2021 · 32 min

    Groundhog Day - again

    Another depressing first day performance by England in the Ashes. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann try to 'find the positives.'

  • Dec 24, 2021 · 33 min

    An Ashes Heroes Christmas special

    Ashes heroes Chris Broad and Bill Athey offer advice to the current England side and Simon Hughes discusses the Ashes heroes NFT collection with its co-creator Richard Norton

  • Dec 20, 2021 · 31 min

    England crushed in the gonads

    Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report on England's inevitable and depressing demise in Adelaide and assess what to do next

  • Dec 19, 2021 · 26 min

    Is this the 'inevitable' Ashes?

    Australia continue to assert their authority and supremacy on day four in Adelaide, while Simon Mann is confined to his hotel room

  • Dec 18, 2021 · 31 min

    England frollick then falter

    England's initial hopes of a recovery in Adelaide are dashed by Nathan Lyon - Simon Hughes and Simon Mann lament

  • Dec 17, 2021 · 32 min

    England looking down the barrel in Adelaide

    Everything has gone perfectly for Australia so far in the second Test, until lightning intervened...Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess England's escape routes

  • Dec 16, 2021 · 33 min

    A day of attrition in Adelaide

    Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess the first day in Adelaide as Australia get stuck in and England miss more chances

  • Dec 11, 2021 · 30 min

    Potent Australia reassert their supremacy

    Joe Root manfully shoulders the blame for England's defeat at the Gabba, but in reality England were simply overrun by a superior outfit. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report

  • Dec 10, 2021 · 27 min

    Root and Malan give England hope

    A superb third wicket stand between Joe Root and Dawid Malan give England some substance on the third day at the Gabba

  • Dec 8, 2021 · 30 min

    FIRST DAY DISASTER

    Simon Hughes and Simon Mann lament England's poor showing on the first day in Brisbane

  • Dec 6, 2021 · 44 min

    ENGLAND ENTER THE GABBATOIR

    The final Ashes preview on the eve of the series, with thoughts from Michael Atherton and Joe Root

  • Nov 26, 2021 · 1 hr 7 min

    Could bat could bowl could field!

    Looking back at the 1986/7 Ashes series with the TV presenter Mark Pougatch who was watching it from the bleachers

  • Nov 18, 2021 · 24 min

    We must do better

    A reflection on Azeem Rafiq's harrowing story with special guest Dean Headley