The Analyst Inside Cricket
Sharp analysis and opinion from the cricket world with Simon Hughes, The Analyst and the BBC's Simon Mann, featuring comment, analysis, interviews with international players and celebrity guests.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 859
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Simply The Best
Special guest Tino Best recounts the tale of playing in the Test match when Brian Lara broke the world record Test score with his 400 not out, twenty years ago this week. Its also 30 years to the day…
00:44:17 |
Fri 19 Apr 2024
Kent Mourns and Applauds
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann celebrate the life of the incomparable Derek Underwood, Kent and England's prolific spinner and hear from Rob Key, also a Kent legend, about his ethos in charge of England…
01:00:20 |
Mon 15 Apr 2024
County Cricket - in Full Bloom
The sportswriter Ben Bloom discusses his new book Batting for Time - the fight to keep English cricket alive - and Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess his findings and evaluate the solutions
Learn m…
01:03:55 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Future Firepower and Sri Lanka's swagger
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) celebrate Melissa's remarkable achievement in winning the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Broadcaster of the Year award before turn…
00:55:34 |
Mon 08 Apr 2024
The Only Way is Up
On the eve of the new County Championship season, Simon Mann and Simon Hughes talk to the optimistic Mark Alleyne, newly installed head coach of Gloucestershire who failed to win one first class matc…
00:40:37 |
Thu 04 Apr 2024
Charlotte Edwards: Special Player, Super Coach
Lottie - the most decorated-ever female cricketer is in the house to talk with Melissa Story and Simon Hughes about her life in the game, both as star player and now as trophy-winning coach, her fear…
00:50:58 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
International Handyman
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann talk to the former Warwickshire player and current Rajasthan Royals coach Trevor Penney about the art and science of fielding and how it has evolved from the butterfingere…
00:51:40 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
All-Round Gun for Hire
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann talk to franchise globetrotter David Wiese about life on the franchise circuit, what are the best and worst T20 leagues to play in, why the US has got it made and what is …
00:48:15 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
WPL Storylines: Finals and Ferns
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) discuss the final stages of the 2024 WPL as RCB take home their first trophy as a franchise. Nikki makes her TMS debut, correc…
00:33:50 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
WPL Storylines: Wet weekends and Ghosts
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) return as the WPL moves towards its finale in 2024. Melissa describes a soggy weekend away before examining Sophie Ecclestone'…
00:36:07 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Play Smart to Be the Best
Former England great Graham Gooch, who made more runs in all competitions than any player in history, tells Simon Hughes and Simon Mann some home truths about batting and offers some sage suggestions…
00:50:52 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Anderson's 700th a Marvel in England's Malaise
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann celebrate the remarkable achievement of Jimmy Anderson reaching 700 Test wickets in Dharamsala and congratulate superb India on completing an innings drubbing and a 4-1 se…
01:02:32 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
Weary England Imperious india
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess a second day in Dharamshala when India's top order batters demonstrated how to construct an innings to put India in a near impregnable position. At least England ne…
00:40:35 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Groundhog Day
England begin well again but then, in a carbon copy of earlier matches, fluff their lines as the spinners are brought on and another middle order collapse ensues. Then Yashasvi Jaiswal again dominate…
00:49:48 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
WPL Storylines: Powerful Hitting, Powerful Words
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) round up last week's WPL fixtures as games continue thick and fast before entering a powerful discussion on body image and the…
00:32:14 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Decisions Decisions
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann evaluate listeners' suggestions for the way forward for the Decision Review System and hear from the owner of the Rajasthan Royals, Manoj Badale, on the future influence o…
01:10:26 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
WPL Storylines: Stunning Stars and Stunning Starts
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) deliver a comprehensive round-up of the WPL's opening fixtures with humour, analysis and a bizarre marriage metaphor for franc…
00:27:48 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Young Batters Ensure Indian Invincibility
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review a tense fourth day in Ranchi, and where the match was won and lost and India seal their 17th successive home series. And Paul Hawkins, the founder of Hawkeye, expla…
00:55:55 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Rookie Spinners Undermine India
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann admire the consistency and skill of England's two novice spinners Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley as England engineer themselves a dominant position on the second day in Ran…
00:41:05 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
India Move in for The Kill
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess a dispiriting third day for England as India add 130 for their last three wickets, and England then lose their last seven for 35. India with all second innings wick…
00:41:22 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
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