The Analyst Inside Cricket
Daily analysis, opinion and great stories from the Ashes in Australia. Presented by Simon Hughes, aka The Analyst and the BBC's Simon Mann. This is the place where you really find out what happened on the field, and off it, with the two Simons worldwide experiences and their famous guests.
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Runs, runs, runs
Batsmen gorging themselves in Barbados, Karachi and central india
31 min
477
Is racism endemic in amateur cricket?
A debate on the topic that has sent seismic waves through the English game
52 min
478
Marginal Gains from a Bore Draw
England "stop the bleeding" during five-day stalemate
28 min
479
Crawley drives England forward
England steal the initiative in the first Test
26 min
480
A contest not yet quite awake
Only 171 runs scored and 5 wickets lost on a turgid third day in Antigua
26 min
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Slow Rumba in Antigua
The ebb and flow of a bottom of the table scrap
25 min
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Bluey stands tall
Jonny Bairstow saves England's blushes on 1st day in Antigua
30 min
483
Everlasting Passion: Shane Warne
A tribute to the amazing and cruelly short-lived career of the greatest leg spinner there ever was
35 min
484
Destination West Indies
Joe Root and Michael Holding discuss the prospects for England's tour
47 min
485
The Chosen Ones
selectorial dilemmas for England and in the IPL
51 min
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All Change Please
47 min
487
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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