The Analyst Inside Cricket

Analysis, opinion and great stories from the cricket world with Simon Hughes, 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. Find us on the Sport Social website: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket/

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Episode 11 - Graham Gooch on the knack of making runs as practised by Steve Smith

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann look at the remarkable rise of Steve Smith, featuring Graham Gooch on the knack of run making and the anxiety of getting ready See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2017•27 min

Episode 10 - Paul Collingwood on what makes a great fielder and England and Australia's recent matches reviewed

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann chew the cud over England's trouncing of the west indies and India's comeback against Australia and Paul Collingwood explains what makes a great fielder See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2017•34 min

Episode 9 - Sir Curtly Ambrose offers some hope for West Indies cricket

Simon Hughes in Antigua and Simon Mann in London analyse the demise of West Indian See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 07, 2017•27 min

Episode 8 - Sanjay Manjrekar on Steve Smith's brilliance and a Desmond Haynes rant on the treatment of West Indies legends

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess Australia's astonishing victory over India, the Indian commentator Sanjay Manjrekar revealing how they did it, and West Indies great Desmond Haynes offers a solution to West Indies general decline See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2017•34 min

Episode 7 - Tymal Mills IPL riches and the secrets of match fixing

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann celebrate the new found wealth of England's bowlers in the IPL auction and hear from gambling expert Ed Hawkins on the murky dealings of match fixers and how they snare their prey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 2017•46 min

Episode 6 - a famous Australian suggests Joe Root's England will retain the Ashes

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss Joe Root's elevation to the England captaincy, a renowned Australian batsman makes England favourites for the Ashes, and umpires get new powers in the redrafted Laws of Cricket See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2017•40 min

Alastair Cook's advice for his successor and Angus Fraser on following up a brilliant championship title win

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann assess Alastair Cook's captaincy legacy and how his successor Joe Root might fare, and Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser considers how his team might evolve after their unbeaten year See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 07, 2017•40 min

Episode 4 - Eoin Morgan on being a white ball specialist, Ravi Ashwin on Virat Kohli

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss England's T20 series in India, Eoin Morgan explains how to cope with being a white-ball only cricketer and we find out if the players are allowed to eat curry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2017•40 min

Episode 3 - Exclusive interviews with Ravi Ashwin & Ravi Shastri

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss the record-breaking one day series between India and England, hear from Ravi Ashwin, the world's number one ranked bowler, what are the ingredients of his success. Also features Ravi Shastri talking about the rapid modernisation of Indian cricket and Sam Billings on England players nicknames. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jan 24, 2017•36 min

Episode 2 - Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings and England's ODI against India

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review India's amazing run chase against England on Sunday, and hear from Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings and Sunil Gavaskar about the art of playing in the sub-continent. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2017•49 min

Episode 1 - The future of Alastair Cook and English cricket

Simon Hughes and Simon Mann discuss Alastair Cook's future as England captain, faeturing clips of an interview with him. They all discuss the health of Test cricket and the influx of South Africans into county cricket and the effect that will have on the Test match world. Send feedback to the two Simon's @theanalyst and @cricket_mann See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jan 12, 2017•29 min

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