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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/

The Analyst Inside Cricket Simon Hughes

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    • 4.6 • 580 Ratings

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/

    The Big Deal

    The Big Deal

    Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyse this month's big talking point, the potential sale of the Hundred franchises to private investors and what it might mean for the 18 counties and MCC. PCA chief executive Daryl Mitchell and Leicestershire CEO Sean Jarvis offer their views.
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    • 48 min
    Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Darwin deliberation with Amy Gordon

    Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Darwin deliberation with Amy Gordon

    Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) return to the massive plan to return the women's game to the counties and the impacts of this move. Reading listener concerns and speculating on the game before Surrey CC Women's Captain Amy Gordon describes the uncertainty the plans have had on her life.

    She also talks about how commendable work in founding teh charity "Pad Up" an organisation delivering period products to girls in Kenyan schools to keep them engaged in education and sport.
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    • 54 min
    David Gower is in the House

    David Gower is in the House

    One of England's truly great players, David Gower, joins our virtual cricket club to discuss the future of Test cricket, his most embarrassing dismissals, which modern player he'd most like to be and why he loves Icelandic cricket. Join our virtual club at worldsbestcc.com
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    • 52 min
    Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Project Darwin: Evolve or Die?

    Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Project Darwin: Evolve or Die?

    Melissa Story (Gloucestershire & TMS) and Nikki Chaudhuri (Surrey & TMS) dissect the ECB's latest plans to expand the professional women's game with 00 Child Podcast host Polly Starkie and the Independent's sports writer, Sonia Twigg, who makes her second appearance on the pod.
    Whether the new announcement will grow or harm women's cricket is down to natural selection but the panel left no stone unturned with a critical and passionate debate on how to develop the domestic game.
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    • 58 min
    Simply The Best

    Simply The Best

    Special guest Tino Best recounts the tale of playing in the Test match when Brian Lara broke the world record Test score with his 400 not out, twenty years ago this week. Its also 30 years to the day since Lara's epic 375 not out in Antigua. Simon Hughes was there.
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    • 44 min
    Kent Mourns and Applauds

    Kent Mourns and Applauds

    Simon Hughes and Simon Mann celebrate the life of the incomparable Derek Underwood, Kent and England's prolific spinner and hear from Rob Key, also a Kent legend, about his ethos in charge of England, why he chose Brendon McCullum as coach and what Harry Brook said to Ben Stokes .
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Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
580 Ratings

580 Ratings

gaffer190 ,

Top quality

With the current world game anchored by references to the games’ rich past, Hughes and Mann, balanced and precise, vastly experienced and informed, are always listenable.
Hughes’ advert voiceovers are cringeworthy, flogging herbal teas and the like with great insincerity.

Yotsuyasanchome ,

Superb podcast

The best cricket podcast out there. Brilliant analysis, unbiased and detailed content, it’s my absolute favourite. Lovely chemistry between the two Simons- thank you both!

Rob🎶 ,

Love it 😊🙏🏼♥️

Simply brilliant - thank-you♥️

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