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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Crawley drives England forward
England steal the initiative in the first Test
26 min
402
A contest not yet quite awake
Only 171 runs scored and 5 wickets lost on a turgid third day in Antigua
26 min
403
Slow Rumba in Antigua
The ebb and flow of a bottom of the table scrap
25 min
404
Bluey stands tall
Jonny Bairstow saves England's blushes on 1st day in Antigua
30 min
405
Everlasting Passion: Shane Warne
A tribute to the amazing and cruelly short-lived career of the greatest leg spinner there ever was
35 min
406
Destination West Indies
Joe Root and Michael Holding discuss the prospects for England's tour
47 min
407
The Chosen Ones
selectorial dilemmas for England and in the IPL
51 min
408
All Change Please
47 min
409
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
410
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
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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
412
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
413
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
414
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
415
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
416
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
417
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
418
England recover some pride...but
England's openers survive to the close in Sydney but the Analyst's podcast's special guest Nick Compton says there are fundamental problems in English batting with technique and coaching
37 min
419
A day for the underdogs - England and Bangladesh!
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review the first day in the fourth test in Sydney and celebrate Bangladesh's first ever Test win against New Zealand
29 min
420
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
421
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
422
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
423
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
424
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
425
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