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
Hello Jamie, Goodbye Jonny?
The Simons analyse the announcement of England's squad for the first Test of the summer, which includes the call-up of Surrey's Jamie Smith at the expense of Jonny Bairstow. In the second half of the…
00:58:33 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Total Domination
India and South Africa deservedly make it through to the T20 World Cup final as the only two unbeaten teams in the competition and show their potency and versatility in two one sided semis. Simon Hug…
00:29:39 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Steyn Remover
The phenomenal South African fast bowler Dale Steyn - taker of 699 international wickets - joins the podcast to talk lost World Cup semi finals, prospects for South Africa at this T20 World Cup as it…
00:38:07 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Afghanistan Arrive Australia Exit
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review two days of madcap T20 cricket after which Australia are eliminated from the last game, and brilliant, irresistible Afghanistan make it to their first ever World Cu…
00:43:17 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
England Seize Semi Final Berth
After a slightly stuttery early campaign England secure their T20 World Cup semi final spot with an annihilation of the USA team. The Simons assess England's growing confidence and analyse their like…
00:40:31 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Salt Spices Up England Campaign
Simon Hughes is joined by West Indian born former Middlesex express Ricky Elcock to review England's Phil Salt-inspired defeat of the West Indies in the T20 World Cup and to discuss Elcock's later li…
00:49:04 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
English Delight, Scottish Despair
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann relive England's anxiety through a day in the T20 World Cup when rain relented to allow England just enough time to defeat Namibia, and Australia had just enough depth to …
00:41:38 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
England Marmalize the Minnows
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann admire England's demolition job on Oman and consider which teams are now odds on to make it to the Super Eights. Plus - what Freddie did and Yozzer samples a gin with a hi…
00:36:51 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
England Feeling Associated Pressure
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review the T20 World Cup so far and are joined by Australian great Matthew Hayden to assess England's chances of qualifying and why Australi are so good at tournament cric…
00:34:27 |
Tue 11 Jun 2024
England Outgunned by Clinical Aussies
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review a sticky performance by Englsnd against the old enemy in the T20 World Cup, punctuated by bad decisions and inflexibility
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00:38:16 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
England's Damp Opener
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on the first four days of the T20 World Cup, featuring dodgy weather in Barbados, a dodgy pitch in New York and a super over triumph for Namibia whose hero David W…
00:35:32 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Welcome to the USA
The T20 World Cup starts this weekend with USA v Canada in Dallas, Texas. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann preview the tournament as England hope to defend their title and the ICC seek to re-introduce cri…
01:03:24 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Thank God Jofra's Back
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review England's T20 against Pakistan at Edgbaston which saw the welcome return of Jofra Archer - fit and firing - also dip into some county cricket action and preview the…
00:39:42 |
Sat 25 May 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Staying Not Out with Matt Ellis
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) are back to analyse England's T20 series against Pakistan and the Charlotte Edwards Cup but get sidetracked by Nikki's obsessi…
00:51:11 |
Thu 23 May 2024
Arise Sir Jimmy...
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann consider Jimmy Anderson's impending departure and how it was decided, and discuss with West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder the legacy he has left and some ideas to help b…
00:59:01 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Conflict of Interests
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss the difficulty of scheduling county cricket to anyone's - never mind everyone's - satisfaction and hear about the real (10th century) origins of cricket - with fai…
00:42:31 |
Wed 08 May 2024
The Big Deal
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyse this month's big talking point, the potential sale of the Hundred franchises to private investors and what it might mean for the 18 counties and MCC. PCA chief exe…
00:48:12 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Darwin deliberation with Amy Gordon
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) return to the massive plan to return the women's game to the counties and the impacts of this move. Reading listener concerns …
00:54:33 |
Wed 01 May 2024
David Gower is in the House
One of England's truly great players, David Gower, joins our virtual cricket club to discuss the future of Test cricket, his most embarrassing dismissals, which modern player he'd most like to be and…
00:52:51 |
Thu 25 Apr 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Project Darwin: Evolve or Die?
Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) dissect the ECB's latest plans to expand the professional women's game with 00 Child Podcast host Polly Starkie and the Indepe…
00:58:38 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
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