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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.Find ... Read more

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Episode 129 : Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy!

Episode 129 : Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy!

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann celebrate Jimmy Anderson's wicket-taking record and review a fabulous and fascinating intern... Read more

11 Sep 2018

24mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 92 The Hundred: inspired or Crazy?

Episode 92 The Hundred: inspired or Crazy?

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann consult some county fans at The Kia Oval and the MCC chief executive Guy Lavender about the ... Read more

23 Apr 2018

38mins

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Episode 23 - England get the thumbs up from a famous Aussie and Kumar wants to be a farmer

Episode 23 - England get the thumbs up from a famous Aussie and Kumar wants to be a farmer

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess England's prospects of winning the Champions Trophy with Michael Slater and Kumar San... Read more

12 Jun 2017

32mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 52 The Ashes Day 7: England dodged a bullet

Episode 52 The Ashes Day 7: England dodged a bullet

Rain saved England from a very nasty session under floodlights against the new pink ball after Australia's lower order d... Read more

3 Dec 2017

16mins

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EPISODE 209: Is this England's worst Test team of the century?

EPISODE 209: Is this England's worst Test team of the century?

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review England's Test year and ponder on the increasing likelihood of 4-day Tests See acast.... Read more

30 Dec 2019

41mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 109: Rahul Dravid on the art of modern batting

Episode 109: Rahul Dravid on the art of modern batting

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyse whether England's one-day series win over India is a pointer to the Test series and ... Read more

18 Jul 2018

40mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 83 Australia's cricketers reveal themselves as deluded cheats

Episode 83 Australia's cricketers reveal themselves as deluded cheats

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann are joined by Australian cricket writer Greg Baum to assess Australia's extraordinary admiss... Read more

25 Mar 2018

24mins

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Episode 119: An Indian song for sorry England

Episode 119: An Indian song for sorry England

Simon Hughes is joined by former Indian batsman and singer-songwriter Sanjay Manjrekar to assess India's remarkable come... Read more

20 Aug 2018

13mins

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Episode 170: Champions! Just...

Episode 170: Champions! Just...

A review of the greatest one-day cricket match ever with Simon Hughes, Simon Mann, Ian Smith and Liam Plunkett. See acas... Read more

14 Jul 2019

31mins

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Episode 57 The Ashes Day Malan Bairstow tame the Aussie beast

Episode 57 The Ashes Day Malan Bairstow tame the Aussie beast

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann are joined by Australia's Michael Slater to celebrate England's best day of the series. Se... Read more

14 Dec 2017

22mins

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Episode 120: England are in a contest!

Episode 120: England are in a contest!

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann are joined by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to look at India's success, England's failings an... Read more

21 Aug 2018

21mins

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Episode 166: India diffuse Pakistan passion - with Wasim Akram

Episode 166: India diffuse Pakistan passion - with Wasim Akram

Simon Hughes discusses the rather anti-climatic India vs Pakistan tussle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out ... Read more

16 Jun 2019

11mins

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Episode 168England triumph over a strangely becalmed India

Episode 168England triumph over a strangely becalmed India

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann applaud England's brave defeat of India and hear from West Indian great Courtney Walsh. See ... Read more

30 Jun 2019

30mins

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Episode 61 The Ashes are gone: what do we do now?

Episode 61 The Ashes are gone: what do we do now?

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann reflect on the extinguishing of England's Ashes hopes and hear from Adam Gilchrist on the ke... Read more

18 Dec 2017

20mins

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Episode 108 Can Kohli's India be the next great cricketing dynasty?

Episode 108 Can Kohli's India be the next great cricketing dynasty?

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann talk to IPL team owner Manoj Badale about the origin and destiny of this Indian team. See ac... Read more

10 Jul 2018

34mins

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Episode 160: England's final World Cup squad assessed

Episode 160: England's final World Cup squad assessed

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyse England's final World Cup squad and ask "are they finally going to do it?" See acast... Read more

21 May 2019

30mins

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Episode 58 The Ashes day 12 Not a Good day at the Office

Episode 58 The Ashes day 12 Not a Good day at the Office

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor joins the two Simon's to assess whether England's capitulation in Perth is termina... Read more

15 Dec 2017

21mins

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EPISODE 189: The Ashes retained

EPISODE 189: The Ashes retained

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann concede that Australia got what they deserved and ponder how England can improve. See acast.... Read more

8 Sep 2019

28mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 80 What makes a good commentator

Episode 80 What makes a good commentator

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann are joined by one of the best sports commentators in the world to discuss the New Zealand Te... Read more

19 Mar 2018

27mins

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Episode 112 England miss a trick

Episode 112 England miss a trick

Simon Hughes and Simon mann refview the first day of England's 1000th Test See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-o... Read more

1 Aug 2018

19mins

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