The Analyst Inside Cricket

Mar 09 2025 790 ep. 37 mins 3.9k
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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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India's Boa Constrictors Crush Kiwis

Mar 09 2025 38 mins  
India's four-pronged spin attack proves too restrictive to New Zealand's determined cricketers to give India their second ICC trophy in the last 8 months. Simon Mann and Simon Hughes review the match and assess where this Indian team rank in the white ball world hall of fame. For more cricket analysis and opinion subsribe to The Cricverse on Substack - https://open.substack.com/pub

David v Goliath

Mar 05 2025 46 mins  
The two Champions Trophy semi finals were relatively comfortable victories for India and New Zealand, pitting the world's most populous nation against one whose population would fit into an Indian suburb. The Simons review the two semis, examine how much of an advantage it is to be playing all your matches in Dubai, and explain how the UAE has become such an important cricketing ve

England Plumb the Depths

Mar 01 2025 56 mins  
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review England's hapless performance against South Africa in the Champions Trophy, giving them nil points in the competition. England's wekaneses explored and explained, future captains debated and some future changes to white ball cricket revealed. Have your say on our ideas at The Cricverse - https://open.substack.com/pub/cricverse/p/avoiding-the-pitfa

Game Over

Feb 26 2025 50 mins  
England lose a nailbiter to Afghanistan and are out of the Champions Trophy. That's six successive defeats in 50 over cricket. Time must be up for Jos Buttler as captain and several other players in this format. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann chew over the entrails and ask what's next in the competition and wonder how far Afghanistan can go. For more cricket content supplied direct to

England Defeated by a Pom

Feb 22 2025 39 mins  
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review England's defeat to Australia in their opening Champions Trophy game in Lahore which was administered by Josh Inglis who was born in Leeds. They also preview Sunday's blockbuster match between india and Pakistan. For ad-free advance episodes of this podcast visit patreon.com/analyst25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc

Full Carb Diet

Feb 20 2025 39 mins  
The former Hampshire and England batter Michael Carberry, the last black British player to represent England (Jofra Archer and Chris Jordan were both born in Barbados), joins the podcast to talk about his coaching work with the previously-neglected London Schools association, reflects on the challenges of facing Mitchell Johnson in the infamous 2013/14 Ashes and questions whether B

India - Champions Elect?

Feb 17 2025 45 mins  
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann preview the Champions Trophy which begins on Wednesday. All teams are assessed but the overwhelming view is that India have a huge advantage because of their depth and the fact that they are playing all their matches in Dubai. For advance, ad-free podcasts and special series join The Analyst Plus at patreon.com/theanalyst25 Learn more about your ad choi

QUESTION TIME - The Hundred Sale and England's white-ball crisis

Feb 13 2025 27 mins  
An update on The Hundred franchise sales and what it means for the domestic game, analysis of England's white-ball woes and an interesting admission from a man who many believe should be in England's one day squad, Liam Dawson. For the full Dawson interview and other exclusive, ad-free content join The Analyst Plus at patreon.com/theanalyst25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

India's Superior Force

Feb 10 2025 41 mins  
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann admire the continued dominance of India at home in white ball formats as they seize the ODi series 2-0 having trounced England 4-1 in the T20s. A look at what England need to do to compete and more on the shareout of the money from the Hundred franchise sales. To join our Analyst Plus community including our special series on the 1974/5 Ashes, visit patr

How to Spend It

Feb 05 2025 58 mins  
With the investment of £365m (so far) in five Hundred franchises which will be shared equally amongst counties, it is a seismic moment for the domestic game. But how should the money be used? Simon Hughes and Simon Mann delve into the detail and also analyse England's T20 disasters against India. For more on the way to future-proof county cricket visit The Cricverse at https://ope