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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Total Sacrifice: England relinquish the Ashes i...
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report on England's pitiful performance at the MCG to relinquish the urn and ponder on the fallout of an Ashes mismatch
41 min
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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
34 min
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Groundhog Day - again
Another depressing first day performance by England in the Ashes. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann try to 'find the positives.'
30 min
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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
31 min
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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
29 min
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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
24 min
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England frollick then falter
England's initial hopes of a recovery in Adelaide are dashed by Nathan Lyon - Simon Hughes and Simon Mann lament
29 min
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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
30 min
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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
31 min
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Mike Hussey optimistic on England's prospects
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann listen in on the excellent Mike Hussey's assessment of the Ashes series so far
27 min
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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
28 min
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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
25 min
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A touch of inevitability in Brisbane?
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on a day of missed opportunities for England on the second day at the Gabba
31 min
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FIRST DAY DISASTER
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann lament England's poor showing on the first day in Brisbane
28 min
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ENGLAND ENTER THE GABBATOIR
The final Ashes preview on the eve of the series, with thoughts from Michael Atherton and Joe Root
42 min
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Shooting in the dark - Ashes predictions
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann try to decipher the signs ahead of the Ashes with help from Nasser Hussain, Jack Leach and Dean Headley
41 min
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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
65 min
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We must do better
A reflection on Azeem Rafiq's harrowing story with special guest Dean Headley
22 min
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A Trans-Tasman final, and the No Balls girls sp...
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann examine where England (and Pakistan) went wrong in the T20 World Cup and hear from Alex Hartley and Kate Cross on how the women's game is progressing
39 min
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Crisis in the corridors - the Azeem Rafiq story
Simon Hughes talks to the investigative journalist George Dobell and Huw Turbervill about the scandal engulfing Yorkshire cricket and the problems at the ECB
58 min
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Buttler and England reigning supreme
A look at England (and Jos Buttler's two stunning performances over Australia and Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
28 min
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England's T20 campaign and Liam Plunkett's rein...
England's (former) middle-overs enforcer joins us to talk about the world cup winning team and his own futurehis next move See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
45 min
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Morgan's future and England's chances - with Na...
Sky's forthright commentator joins Simon Hughes and Simon Mann to look ahead to the World T20 after the qualifying round See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
42 min
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The Game Expands to far off lands
As the World T20 begins with Oman v Papua New Guinea we explore cricket's development in unexpected locations See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
29 min
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The Ashes squad, Liam Livingstone and maths gurus
Liam Livingstone, Billy Beane and Nathan Leamon are the guests See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
57 min