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The Analyst Inside Cricket Simon Hughes
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4.5 • 38 Ratings
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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.
Find us on the Sport Social website: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket/
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England Sacrifice Well Earned Asvantage
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann report from Edgbaston on a day when England's bowlers secured 10 West indian wickets with well-honed plans but then handed several back with ill-judged shots.
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Imperious England and Hundred Heroics
Melissa Story and Nikki Chaudhuri review England's triumphant summer before turning their attention to this year's Hundred competition with a detailed look at how each side is shaping up.
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Bashir Bamboozles West Indies
England seal the Botham-Richards series 2-0 with an impressive demolition job on the fourth day at Trent Bridge, led by the rookie spinner Shoaib Bashir with an impressive five wicket haul. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on a much more competitive second Test.
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Brook Flows Decisively
On a lively third day at Trent Bridge, the England batsmen drive their team into a strong position to overcome spirited tailend West Indies resistance. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann marvel at Harry Brooks panache and lament West Indies bowlers' inconsistency
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Dominica Dominance
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann praise two men from the tiny island of Dominica who make England sweat in the Nottingham sun and give West indies renewed heart after a sorry performance at Lords.
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Pope's Grotto
Led by the frisky Ollie Pope making his sixth Test hundred, England's batsmen frolicked on a lively Trent Bridge pitch profiting from some wayward West Indian bowling and shoddy fielding. Although England were bowled out in a day Simon Hughes and Simon Mann both believe England have got enough to boss the game. For more information on our sponsor Nicholson original gin go to drinknicholson.com
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Customer Reviews
One of the best cricket podcasts out there
Excellent insight on the most important cricket stories in the world. You’ll learn and take something from this show that you can’t get from any publications or articles. Highly recommend this show to any cricket fan.
Love you guys
I am English American, living in Texas for my sins. I get limited test match cricket here either television or radio. I love Test Match Special (T.M.S.) it’s awesome and I love this program too, infact usually for reports I will turn you on before T.M.S. Obviously Simon Hughes I know did not play test cricket but your self deprecating approach puts that very much into perspective and as such I very much appreciate the absence of ego and bravado. Simon Mann you are lover of the game as I am and that clearly shows, you to are great.
Keep your partnership and keep doing what you are doing.
For my opinion cricket will never take off in the States, there is little history and modern Americans know nothing of it. We just do not need another sport there is no gap in the sporting market which means it would have to be carved out, that will take an enormous amount of money. The only form of the game that spending money on would be 20 over salami cricket (extending Vic Richards analogy that limited overs cricket is hamburger compared to test match stake) and that is a spectacle that would appeal to the American mind but capturing a slice of that mind is I would suggest almost impossible and enormously expensive.
I love your podcast please keep it up you too are great and my cricket withdrawals would be even worse without you.
Awesome podcast, small suggestion
This is one of my favorite cricket podcasts. Very insightful and good humored. One small suggestion is that you could devote a couple of minutes each podcast or perhaps every other podcast providing some explanations for us that are new-ish to the game. Cricket is a game that has such a steep learning curve, and beautifully odd terminology, that I think this would help to grow the fan base for the game, particularly here in the US. Specially useful would be information on the state of the pitch, and why it matters, as well as bowling lengths and lines. For instance, a mini-lesson on the state of the pitch could have been sneaked in during the discussion of whether Australia should have batted first on the first day of the fifth test at the Oval. Obviously you don’t want to spend too much time and bore the knowledgeable listeners, but just a couple of minutes would do.