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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Cricket
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Truly Topsy Turvy
England's last pair top score for the first time since 1885
27 min
402
No way past Brathwaite
Exceptional resilience of West indies captain thwarts England's victory push
28 min
403
Groundhog Day
Another day of stalemate in Barbados
21 min
404
No Calypso collapso
England toil to take only three wickets all day in Barbados
27 min
405
Stokes fires at last
An devastating assault by England's rejuvenated all-rounder elevates the second Test
29 min
406
Runs, runs, runs
Batsmen gorging themselves in Barbados, Karachi and central india
31 min
407
Is racism endemic in amateur cricket?
A debate on the topic that has sent seismic waves through the English game
52 min
408
Marginal Gains from a Bore Draw
England "stop the bleeding" during five-day stalemate
28 min
409
Crawley drives England forward
England steal the initiative in the first Test
26 min
410
A contest not yet quite awake
Only 171 runs scored and 5 wickets lost on a turgid third day in Antigua
26 min
411
Slow Rumba in Antigua
The ebb and flow of a bottom of the table scrap
25 min
412
Bluey stands tall
Jonny Bairstow saves England's blushes on 1st day in Antigua
30 min
413
Everlasting Passion: Shane Warne
A tribute to the amazing and cruelly short-lived career of the greatest leg spinner there ever was
35 min
414
Destination West Indies
Joe Root and Michael Holding discuss the prospects for England's tour
47 min
415
The Chosen Ones
selectorial dilemmas for England and in the IPL
51 min
416
All Change Please
47 min
417
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
47 min
418
Red Ball Reset - the Debate
The members of the Worlds Best Cricket (virtual) Club have their say on how English cricket can recalibrate itself
55 min
419
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
47 min
420
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
37 min
421
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
34 min
422
Flattering to deceive - England start superbly ...
Paul Farbrace joins the Simons to assess England's familiar failings and an erratic first day in Hobart
42 min
423
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
25 min
424
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?
32 min
425
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
33 min