The Analyst Inside Cricket

By Simon Hughes

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 Jan 12, 2023

Larry
 Apr 18, 2020
Your episode covering DRS technology didn't touch on the pernicious influence of gambling firms and broadcasters. In order for degenerate gamblers to engage with cricket the umpire had to be demoted to hat stand. Gamblers care only about the 'correct' result. Broadcasters need the gambling firms.

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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/

Episode Date
Simply The Best
Apr 19, 2024
Kent Mourns and Applauds
Apr 15, 2024
County Cricket - in Full Bloom
Apr 08, 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Future Firepower and Sri Lanka's swagger
Apr 08, 2024
The Only Way is Up
Apr 04, 2024
Charlotte Edwards: Special Player, Super Coach
Mar 28, 2024
International Handyman
Mar 26, 2024
All-Round Gun for Hire
Mar 20, 2024
WPL Storylines: Finals and Ferns
Mar 19, 2024
WPL Storylines: Wet weekends and Ghosts
Mar 13, 2024
Play Smart to Be the Best
Mar 12, 2024
Anderson's 700th a Marvel in England's Malaise
Mar 09, 2024
Weary England Imperious india
Mar 08, 2024
Groundhog Day
Mar 07, 2024
WPL Storylines: Powerful Hitting, Powerful Words
Mar 04, 2024
Decisions Decisions
Mar 02, 2024
WPL Storylines: Stunning Stars and Stunning Starts
Feb 27, 2024
Young Batters Ensure Indian Invincibility
Feb 26, 2024
Rookie Spinners Undermine India
Feb 25, 2024
India Move in for The Kill
Feb 25, 2024
Root Revives England
Feb 23, 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Darwin, Evolution and the WPL
Feb 20, 2024
Routed in Rajkot
Feb 18, 2024
England Self Destruct
Feb 17, 2024
Duckett dices Indian attack
Feb 16, 2024
The RR show in Rajkot
Feb 15, 2024
Absolutely Mental
Feb 09, 2024
Vanquished in Vizag
Feb 09, 2024
Another Miracle Required?
Feb 04, 2024
The Wonder of Bumrah
Feb 03, 2024
The Young Ones
Feb 02, 2024
The Heist of Hyderabad
Jan 28, 2024
Pope's Grotto offers England refuge
Jan 27, 2024
India's Flashing Blades Put England to the Sword
Jan 26, 2024
Yazball takes centre stage
Jan 25, 2024
Entering the Ring of Fire
Jan 23, 2024
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - University Challenges
Jan 20, 2024
Bazball Imminent
Jan 17, 2024
Triumphing Against The Odds
Jan 11, 2024
The Rest Isn't Cricket
Jan 04, 2024
The Cricket Year: 2023
Dec 30, 2023
Merry Christmas Mr Cummins
Dec 22, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Awards Announcement and Awesome India
Dec 20, 2023
India Storylines: 1st & 2nd Day Review - Irrepressible India
Dec 16, 2023
What's Going Off Out There?
Dec 15, 2023
England's Restart Stalls
Dec 10, 2023
India Storylines: 1st T20 - Excellent England Eclipse India
Dec 07, 2023
Handbags at Dawn
Dec 06, 2023
Boyhood Dreams and Adult Disasters - the extraordinary life of Ricky Ellcock
Nov 28, 2023
Head Strong Australia Triumph
Nov 19, 2023
Australia Knock Out South Africa. Again
Nov 16, 2023
Courageous Kiwis finally succumb to Immense India
Nov 15, 2023
England - the Inquest
Nov 12, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - ICEC Handover Havoc
Nov 10, 2023
Glenn to the Max
Nov 09, 2023
How the Mighty Have Fallen
Nov 05, 2023
Where Is Bazball?
Nov 02, 2023
England succumb to rampant India
Oct 29, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Cath's Clinic
Oct 27, 2023
England Plumb the Depths
Oct 26, 2023
England Flogged by Ruthless South Africa
Oct 21, 2023
Can Anyone Topple The Blues?
Oct 20, 2023
Afghanistan Come of Age
Oct 15, 2023
Indian Juggernaut Rolls On
Oct 14, 2023
Malan The Magnificent
Oct 10, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Scintillating Season Review
Oct 10, 2023
India's win, England's worries.
Oct 08, 2023
England Nil Point
Oct 06, 2023
Heat and Dust....the 2023 World Cup
Oct 02, 2023
Corfu. Eminent Authors. And the Rest is Cricket
Sep 24, 2023
Rehearsals Over
Sep 16, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Brilliant Bouchier on England's bright future
Sep 13, 2023
Kiwi Stalemate
Sep 11, 2023
The Rod That Rescued Hampshire
Sep 06, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Hundred Heartaches and Hurrahs
Sep 01, 2023
The Autumn Internationals - (cricket version)
Aug 31, 2023
The Virtuoso Harry Brook
Aug 25, 2023
Lives Brilliantly Lived
Aug 18, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - ICEC Insights
Aug 15, 2023
A Speight of Stars
Aug 14, 2023
The Hundred: Polarising Opinion
Aug 05, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - From the Washes grow the Roses of success
Aug 01, 2023
Almost a fairytale finish
Jul 31, 2023
Australia spoil Broad's parade
Jul 30, 2023
Grand Broad Farewell?
Jul 29, 2023
All Pain Little Gain
Jul 28, 2023
A day of missed opportunities
Jul 27, 2023
Rain guarentees Australia the Urn
Jul 23, 2023
Root offers England hope
Jul 22, 2023
England marmalise Australia
Jul 21, 2023
Crawley the Wonderbat
Jul 20, 2023
Stuart enters the Stratosphere
Jul 19, 2023
Washes Storylines: 3rd ODI - Sciver Brunt Soars as England Draw the series
Jul 19, 2023
Washes Storylines: 2nd ODI - King Imitates The King
Jul 16, 2023
Ashes Interlude - a cricket smorgasbord
Jul 14, 2023
Washes Storylines: 1st odi - Cross Delights England
Jul 12, 2023
Washes Storylines: 3rd T20 - Carefree Capsey keeps series alive
Jul 10, 2023
The Two Ws Restore English Pride
Jul 09, 2023
Mother Cricket Must Be English
Jul 08, 2023
Survival of the Smartest?
Jul 07, 2023
Woody creates a Buzz
Jul 06, 2023
Washes Storylines: 2nd T20 - Wonderful Wyatt brings England Victory
Jul 05, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Building Foundations For Change
Jul 04, 2023
Washes Storylines: 1st T20 - Mooney Shines as England Fade
Jul 03, 2023
Australia Almost Stoked
Jul 02, 2023
Does Lightening Strike Thrice?
Jul 01, 2023
Early Christmas for Australia
Jun 30, 2023
England Prosper and Perplex
Jun 29, 2023
Smith Snuffs Out England Hope
Jun 28, 2023
Ashes Heroes Live - with Mike Brearley and Gideon Haigh
Jun 28, 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 5 Gardner Greatness Sinks England
Jun 26, 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 4 Excellent Ecclestone and a Fifth Day Finale
Jun 25, 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 3 Brilliant Beaumont breaks Snowball's record
Jun 24, 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 2 Sutherland's Style and Beaumont Brilliance
Jun 23, 2023
Washes Storylines: Trent Bridge - Day 1 Filer on Fire
Jun 22, 2023
Cummins Stands Aloft
Jun 20, 2023
History Repeating Itself
Jun 19, 2023
First Test Delicately Poised
Jun 18, 2023
England suffer the Blues
Jun 17, 2023
Root Digs In
Jun 16, 2023
The Ashes 23 - who's gonna win?
Jun 15, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - WAshes Fever and Desi Dreams
Jun 13, 2023
Australia Too Clinical for Erratic India
Jun 11, 2023
King Kohli on a Mission
Jun 10, 2023
Can India repeat their 1979 Oval heroics?
Jun 09, 2023
Advance Australia Fair
Jun 08, 2023
Australia A Head on Day one
Jun 07, 2023
Ireland can't decipher English Tongue
Jun 03, 2023
Fry's English Delight
Jun 02, 2023
No Hollywood Movie (yet)
Jun 01, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - Out But Not Out
May 31, 2023
The Kings in Yellow
May 30, 2023
Joined at the Hip: Anderson and Broad
May 23, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - The Umpire Strikes Bat
May 17, 2023
A man for all (early) seasons; Tim Murtagh
May 08, 2023
Storylines: The Women's Cricket Show - A step into professionalism
May 04, 2023
A 21st century Sachin?
May 01, 2023
Ashes D-Day minus 50
Apr 26, 2023
Remarkable Feats (on and off the field)
Apr 21, 2023
Pigeon English - Glenn McGrath on the Ashes
Apr 17, 2023
HawkEye arrives in county cricket
Apr 13, 2023
Cricket's Easter rising: run sprees, historic victories and failed Mankads
Apr 11, 2023
County Championship Previews: Ep 4 Essex & Dan Lawrence
Apr 05, 2023
IPL and the art of T20 spin
Mar 30, 2023
County Previews Part 3: Durham - Will Do Better
Mar 28, 2023
County Previews Part 2: Can Hampshire finally triumph?
Mar 21, 2023
County Previews: Part 1 Mickey Arthur
Mar 15, 2023
Cricket: the Future (as envisaged by Kumar Sangakkara)
Mar 10, 2023
Boys on Tour
Mar 08, 2023
What was the greatest Test match?
Mar 05, 2023
The Global Game
Mar 03, 2023
Barest of Margins Part II
Mar 01, 2023
Advance Australia Fair
Feb 26, 2023
Brook Strikes Gold. Again
Feb 24, 2023
The Greatest Pair: Anderson & Broad
Feb 19, 2023
Baz Ball Continued: New Zealand v England 1st Test
Feb 17, 2023
Archive Hour - Ep2 Ravichandran Ashwin
Feb 11, 2023
Great Storylines - from women in cricket
Feb 09, 2023
Cricket's fitness craze
Feb 02, 2023
Archive Hour - Ep1 - Jason Roy
Jan 28, 2023
Can the Rookie Crack it?
Jan 26, 2023
Butcher sings for freedom
Jan 19, 2023
Greenway's growth plan
Jan 12, 2023
Smith leads SA into T20 future
Jan 05, 2023
From Awful to Awesome: England in 2022
Dec 30, 2022
England: Kings of Pakistan!
Dec 20, 2022
Rehan Living the Dream
Dec 19, 2022
A Day of Conjuring
Dec 18, 2022
Harry 3 Pakistan 0
Dec 18, 2022
Stokes' England make history. Again.
Dec 12, 2022
Ruthless England Take Control
Dec 10, 2022
Live (and Die) by the Sweep
Dec 09, 2022
England's Greatest Away Win
Dec 05, 2022
England and Pakistan set up Humdinger
Dec 04, 2022
Creative England Still Believe
Dec 03, 2022
Harry Brooks No Argument
Dec 02, 2022
Half a Thousand on Day One?!!
Dec 01, 2022
How to win in Pakistan - by a man who knows
Nov 25, 2022
How to win World Cups
Nov 17, 2022
White Ball Kings
Nov 13, 2022
Universe Jos and Commander Hales
Nov 10, 2022
Can England spoil an India v Pakistan finale?
Nov 09, 2022
Stokes to the nerveless rescue
Nov 05, 2022
The Greatest Game explained
Nov 04, 2022
Buttler's Silver Service Resumed
Nov 01, 2022
The Leprechauns ambush the Lions
Oct 26, 2022
King Kohli trumps Pakistan
Oct 23, 2022
World T20 - who's gonna win it?
Oct 20, 2022
England shaping well
Oct 13, 2022
T20 Series and English Summer Round-up
Oct 02, 2022
Cliffhanger in Karachi
Sep 25, 2022
Twas never dull, but sterner challenges await
Sep 13, 2022
Crawley drives home Stokes' message
Sep 12, 2022
Cricket on Speed
Sep 11, 2022
A day of batting not fit for a king
Sep 10, 2022
Selection - Art or Science?
Sep 09, 2022
The Finale - with special guest Andy Flower
Sep 07, 2022
Playing Out of Your Skin
Sep 02, 2022
A triumph for Herculean Ben Stokes
Aug 28, 2022
A day for the English blokes - Stokes and Foakes
Aug 26, 2022
Series About Turn
Aug 25, 2022
Same order. Different batting
Aug 24, 2022
South Africa's Awesome Foursome demolish England
Aug 19, 2022
Determined South Africa in the "boks' seat
Aug 18, 2022
England blades cut down by South African swords
Aug 17, 2022
Can the Proteas tame Bazball?
Aug 15, 2022
Durham CCC 30 NOT OUT
Aug 13, 2022
Too Much Data...or Not Enough?
Aug 09, 2022
"A stronger force for good than its ever been"
Aug 01, 2022
A hero of South Africa old and new
Jul 28, 2022
Are we Killing the Game?
Jul 25, 2022
India's potency underlined by Pant
Jul 17, 2022
New Kid on the Block
Jul 12, 2022
What a Ball Ache
Jul 07, 2022
The History Men
Jul 05, 2022
England Enter Fantasyland
Jul 04, 2022
Here's Jonny! (Again.)
Jul 03, 2022
Bumrah Batters England
Jul 02, 2022
Pant On Fire
Jul 01, 2022
What's become of King Kohli?
Jun 30, 2022
The Power of Positive Thought
Jun 27, 2022
England's Juggernaut rolls on
Jun 26, 2022
Pure Unadulterated Enjoyment
Jun 25, 2022
Wild West (Yorkshire) Cricket
Jun 24, 2022
After the Lord Mayor's show
Jun 23, 2022
You score 553. You're not safe.
Jun 14, 2022
England steal a winning position
Jun 13, 2022
All Guns Blazing
Jun 12, 2022
Fill yer boots England.
Jun 12, 2022
England blown off course
Jun 10, 2022
Root Stops the Rot
Jun 06, 2022
A nervous England tails awaits
Jun 04, 2022
New Zealand wrestle the initiative
Jun 04, 2022
Seamers Rule The Lord's Roost
Jun 02, 2022
Recognise The Moment
Jun 01, 2022
The Last Hour Ep1 - Jimmy and Monty deny Australia
May 27, 2022
England: the new and the old
May 19, 2022
Can 'Baz' re-energise England?
May 13, 2022
Mr Happiness - Bumble Speaks
May 05, 2022
We Have Ways (of making runs)
May 02, 2022
Two Strong Men (and us)
Apr 29, 2022
What Do We Do Now?
Apr 21, 2022
Joe Root resigns but the game kicks on (in Australia)
Apr 15, 2022
The Data Decade
Apr 08, 2022
Shane, you will never be forgotten
Mar 31, 2022
Triumph and Trauma
Mar 27, 2022
Australia triumph, West Indies dig in
Mar 25, 2022
Truly Topsy Turvy
Mar 24, 2022
No way past Brathwaite
Mar 21, 2022
Groundhog Day
Mar 20, 2022
No Calypso collapso
Mar 19, 2022
Stokes fires at last
Mar 17, 2022
Runs, runs, runs
Mar 16, 2022
Is racism endemic in amateur cricket?
Mar 15, 2022
Marginal Gains from a Bore Draw
Mar 13, 2022
Crawley drives England forward
Mar 12, 2022
A contest not yet quite awake
Mar 10, 2022
Slow Rumba in Antigua
Mar 09, 2022
Bluey stands tall
Mar 08, 2022
Everlasting Passion: Shane Warne
Mar 04, 2022
Destination West Indies
Feb 24, 2022
The Chosen Ones
Feb 17, 2022
All Change Please
Feb 09, 2022
A ray of sunlight for England fans
Feb 04, 2022
Red Ball Reset - the Debate
Jan 28, 2022
Can England rediscover their swagger?
Jan 21, 2022
A hopeless end to a hapless Ashes campaign
Jan 16, 2022
Test cricket on fast forward
Jan 15, 2022
Flattering to deceive - England start superbly and fade rapidly in Hobart
Jan 14, 2022
England find some new (and old) heroes
Jan 09, 2022
England's walking wounded soldier on
Jan 08, 2022
England show some fighting spirit (belatedly)
Jan 07, 2022
England recover some pride...but
Jan 06, 2022
A day for the underdogs - England and Bangladesh!
Jan 05, 2022
Total Sacrifice: England relinquish the Ashes in 13 days
Dec 28, 2021
England in the last chance saloon
Dec 27, 2021
Groundhog Day - again
Dec 26, 2021
An Ashes Heroes Christmas special
Dec 24, 2021
England crushed in the gonads
Dec 20, 2021
Is this the 'inevitable' Ashes?
Dec 19, 2021
England frollick then falter
Dec 18, 2021
England looking down the barrel in Adelaide
Dec 17, 2021
A day of attrition in Adelaide
Dec 16, 2021
Mike Hussey optimistic on England's prospects
Dec 14, 2021
Potent Australia reassert their supremacy
Dec 11, 2021
Root and Malan give England hope
Dec 10, 2021
A touch of inevitability in Brisbane?
Dec 09, 2021
FIRST DAY DISASTER
Dec 08, 2021
ENGLAND ENTER THE GABBATOIR
Dec 06, 2021
Shooting in the dark - Ashes predictions
Dec 03, 2021
Could bat could bowl could field!
Nov 26, 2021
We must do better
Nov 18, 2021
A Trans-Tasman final, and the No Balls girls speak out
Nov 12, 2021
Crisis in the corridors - the Azeem Rafiq story
Nov 05, 2021
Buttler and England reigning supreme
Nov 01, 2021
England's T20 campaign and Liam Plunkett's reinvention
Oct 28, 2021
Morgan's future and England's chances - with Nasser Hussain
Oct 21, 2021
The Game Expands to far off lands
Oct 17, 2021
The Ashes squad, Liam Livingstone and maths gurus
Oct 11, 2021
Never a boring week in the cricket world
Sep 30, 2021
The red ball episode with special guest Chris Benjamin
Sep 16, 2021
A bizarre end to a captivating series: player power rules
Sep 10, 2021
Bumrah too hot for England
Sep 06, 2021
An epic Test so far: all results possible
Sep 05, 2021
Rohit leads India towards the promised land
Sep 04, 2021
Another topsy-turvy Test that is keeping everyone guessing
Sep 03, 2021
England's unsung hero returns
Sep 02, 2021
A total rout - England win by an innings
Aug 28, 2021
Tenacious India prick England's confidence
Aug 27, 2021
Joe Root's homage to Ted Dexter
Aug 26, 2021
The beauty of cricket's unpredictability
Aug 25, 2021
The Hundred assessed
Aug 23, 2021
India triumph - against most odds...
Aug 16, 2021
A Test tantalisingly poised
Aug 15, 2021
Joe Root - the best batsman England have ever produced
Aug 14, 2021
Is it Root v India again?
Aug 13, 2021
India's openers irresistible
Aug 12, 2021
Did England dodge a bullet?
Aug 08, 2021
Root can't stifle Indian spirit
Aug 07, 2021
India in the lead but the rain may win
Aug 06, 2021
Another Anderson-led fightback
Aug 05, 2021
India start with a bang and England with a whimper
Aug 04, 2021
A hard series to call. India marginal favourites?
Aug 02, 2021
The severe mental demands of international cricket
Aug 02, 2021
Seven days of The Hundred
Jul 28, 2021
A pivotal moment for English cricket
Jul 20, 2021
The white ball talent in England!
Jul 14, 2021
Jason Roy - England's firestarter
Jul 05, 2021
Jason Roy - Weds June 30th 7pm LIVE
Jun 29, 2021
Kiwis Worthy Winners of the Ultimate Test
Jun 22, 2021
Is anyone going to buckle?
Jun 22, 2021
The Kiwis fight back
Jun 20, 2021
Kohli versus New Zealand
Jun 19, 2021
The Final Reckoning: India v New Zealand
Jun 17, 2021
How bad is it?
Jun 13, 2021
Last Rites upon England
Jun 13, 2021
An old head on Young's shoulders
Jun 11, 2021
Lawrence's heart and skill gives England the edge
Jun 10, 2021
A very unsatisfactory end
Jun 07, 2021
Burns saves England from combusting
Jun 05, 2021
Woody leads the fight back
Jun 02, 2021
Conway debut blunts England's chances
Jun 02, 2021
Will Ben Stokes become England's greatest all-rounder ?
May 24, 2021
England's opportunity to experiment
May 17, 2021
Jimmy closes in on 1000 and Colly gets 10/10
May 09, 2021
Some cricketers are not so lucky
May 06, 2021
Dramatic finishes at home and abroad
May 03, 2021
Should the IPL be suspended?
Apr 26, 2021
Get Outta Here! Is new terminology necessary?
Apr 17, 2021
Episode 330: The batsmen's cup runneth over...
Apr 12, 2021
The County Championship and the IPL previewed
Apr 07, 2021
The Cricketer 100 not out - complete history
Apr 04, 2021
Chris Woakes - still locked down but raring to go
Apr 02, 2021
India 3 England 0 (in trophies) - but cricket was the winner
Mar 28, 2021
The Cricketer Magazine 100 not out: Part 2
Mar 24, 2021
The Cricketer Magazine: 100 not out - Part 1
Mar 17, 2021
England's batting coaches - past and present - speak
Mar 15, 2021
A tame end to an intriguing series
Mar 06, 2021
Pant takes England's breath away
Mar 05, 2021
Groundhog day in Ahmedabad
Mar 04, 2021
The Full Monty - Panesar unplugged
Feb 28, 2021
The shortest Test match for 86 years
Feb 25, 2021
England humbled in world's biggest stadium
Feb 24, 2021
England dusted up by Indian spinners
Feb 16, 2021
Ashwin century compounds England's misery
Feb 15, 2021
England sink in the Chennai sandpit
Feb 14, 2021
The Rohit Sharma show
Feb 13, 2021
One of England's finest overseas performances
Feb 09, 2021
Were England too cautious?
Feb 08, 2021
A day of Test match cricket that had everything
Feb 07, 2021
Root and Stokes make India toil
Feb 06, 2021
England put down deep Roots
Feb 05, 2021
England to win in India? Improbable but not impossible.
Feb 02, 2021
The Heather and Tammy show
Jan 31, 2021
The Root to Success
Jan 25, 2021
Sri Lanka v Joe Root Episode 3
Jan 24, 2021
Galle 2/2 - Anderson and Root lead England's fightback
Jan 23, 2021
Galle Take Two - Jimmy's immaculateness, Woodys relentlessness
Jan 22, 2021
India's greatest Test series triumph?
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 300a: England triumph in Galle and Andrew Strauss talks captaincy, World Cup and Warne
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 300: England victorious in Galle and Andrew Strauss on his cricketing career
Jan 18, 2021
Two Test matches (and one series) tantalisingly poised
Jan 17, 2021
Milestone for Root but tougher day for England
Jan 16, 2021
Root's conversion, Lawrence's immersion and England dominant
Jan 15, 2021
Sri Lanka capitulate in Galle
Jan 14, 2021
The Indians survive and Ian Bell predicts
Jan 11, 2021
World Test Championship update
Jan 07, 2021
Good riddance 2020 - well it wasn't all bad...
Jan 01, 2021
Review of the year Part 1 - with Root, Broad, Wood and Tufnell
Dec 23, 2020
India's worst innings, and Jos Buttler talks tents, ramps and World Cups
Dec 19, 2020
Australia v India, Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad
Dec 16, 2020
Isa Guha - breaking down barriers
Dec 12, 2020
Surviving - and escaping - the bio bubbles
Dec 09, 2020
Graeme Swann - I really want to help the spinners
Dec 04, 2020
Cook on batting and life, Buttler on secret messages
Dec 02, 2020
Jonny Bairstow reflects on the special inspiration of Newlands
Nov 28, 2020
Botham at 65 (and what Kath really thinks of him...)
Nov 24, 2020
Sophie Ecclestone and Jack Leach - left arm spin special
Nov 21, 2020
The winter and beyond - Daryl Mitchell and Moeen Ali
Nov 18, 2020
Phil Tufnell and Rahul Dravid - the fun past and the serious future of cricket
Nov 14, 2020
Mumbai champions but cricket (and India) the winner
Nov 10, 2020
Mark Wood - The Ashington Express - can he get faster?
Nov 07, 2020
Wood in, Watson out
Nov 04, 2020
Stuart Broad talks candidly about past learnings and future expectations
Oct 31, 2020
Broad and Wood are virtually here
Oct 28, 2020
Joe Root talks bio bubbles, the Big Three and Buttler
Oct 24, 2020
Joe Root is in the house...
Oct 21, 2020
Geoffrey Boycott at 80 Part 2
Oct 19, 2020
A very Middlesex (early 1990s) reunion
Oct 15, 2020
Stokes and Archer shine but the Royals flop
Oct 14, 2020
The little lad in glasses that made good
Oct 12, 2020
Surviving in the Biosphere
Oct 08, 2020
A live episode on ball tampering and the art of commentary
Oct 04, 2020
Our Crowdcast debut - join the club!
Oct 03, 2020
IPL Watchalong with guest appearances from Jos Buttler and Ashley Giles
Oct 01, 2020
Essex champions, Cook the King and some special Royals
Sep 27, 2020
A live look at the IPL - KKR v MI
Sep 23, 2020
A New Innings - the future of cricket post-Covid
Sep 18, 2020
Cricket writing - art or science?
Sep 15, 2020
The Old Rivalry reignited
Sep 10, 2020
England's special one reaches his Nirvana
Aug 25, 2020
Jimmy on tenterhooks
Aug 24, 2020
Azhar cannot deny Anderson
Aug 23, 2020
England's best day this decade
Aug 22, 2020
Crawley stands tall
Aug 21, 2020
Steve Smith unplugged
Aug 19, 2020
Test cricket should be in the pink...
Aug 17, 2020
Pakistan refuse to surrender and Steve Smith is on the horizon
Aug 14, 2020
Pakistan under the Ageas cloud
Aug 13, 2020
A victory for unsung heroes
Aug 08, 2020
Delicately poised - have Pakistan squandered their advantage?
Aug 07, 2020
Pakistan make the running
Aug 06, 2020
Series done and dusted
Jul 28, 2020
Broad on the brink
Jul 26, 2020
A Broadside against the West Indies
Jul 25, 2020
Pope wrests control
Jul 24, 2020
Mr Incredible does it again
Jul 20, 2020
Broad thrust promises compelling final day
Jul 19, 2020
The challenges of running a local cricket club
Jul 18, 2020
England revived by the SAS (Sibley And Stokes)
Jul 17, 2020
Where's Jofra? England without their errant spearhead for Old Trafford
Jul 16, 2020
The Sachinization of Middlesex
Jul 14, 2020
West indies triumph in the Bubble
Jul 12, 2020
Can West Indies pull off a hugely emotional victory
Jul 11, 2020
Tough day at the deserted office
Jul 09, 2020
Cricket's back, but the weather wins
Jul 08, 2020
Heading into the bio-sphere
Jul 05, 2020
Tales of the Unprotected
Jun 30, 2020
EPISODE 230: Scary tales of the unprotected
Jun 30, 2020
EPISODE: 229: English cricket and race - it's time to listen
Jun 21, 2020
EPISODE 228: Who's the Greatest? West Indies of the 80s or Australia of the 90s?
Jun 13, 2020
EPISODE 227: The special sounds of cricket
Jun 03, 2020
EPISODE 226: The World Cup preview - 12 months on
May 26, 2020
EPISODE 225: Mike Brearley discusses The Art of Captaincy - and other great cricket books
May 18, 2020
EPISODE 224: County cricket's future and lockdown learnings
May 10, 2020
EPISODE 223: Groundbreaking moments PART FIVE - the batting revolution
Apr 30, 2020
EPISODE 222: Groundbreaking Moments PART FOUR - the technology revolution
Apr 18, 2020
EPISODE 221: Groundbreaking moments PART THREE - The Ball of the Century
Apr 07, 2020
EPISODE 220: Groundbreaking moments - PART TWO
Mar 30, 2020
EPISODE 219: Groundbreaking moments - PART ONE
Mar 23, 2020
EPISODE 218: The immediate future for county cricket
Mar 16, 2020
EPISODE 217: The past, present and future of cricket commentary
Mar 09, 2020
EPISODE 216: England's prospects - men and women - and a new cricket A-level
Mar 02, 2020
EPISODE 215: Tom Harrison - on the preservation of five-day Tests and the expansion of The Hundred
Feb 20, 2020
EPISODE 214: Extreme pressures - cricket's mental health issues
Feb 17, 2020
EPISODE 213: England's first Test series win since 2018
Jan 27, 2020
EPISODE 212: New England expose the cracks in South Africa
Jan 20, 2020
EPISODE 211: Botham vs Stokes vs Flintoff - who's the greatest?
Jan 13, 2020
EPISODE 210: Triumph in Cape Town
Jan 07, 2020
EPISODE 209: Is this England's worst Test team of the century?
Dec 30, 2019
EPISODE 208: Review of the year and a special book
Dec 23, 2019
EPISODE 207: Bob Willis remembered and turmoil in South Africa
Dec 08, 2019
EPISODE 206: Dropped dollies and beleaguered bowlers
Dec 03, 2019
EPISODE 205: Why didn't Warner go for the world record?
Nov 30, 2019
EPISODE 204: England humbled in New Zealand and the Ashes urn goes to Australia
Nov 25, 2019
EPISODE 203: Another opponent about to be hung, drawn and quartered at the Gabbatoir
Nov 22, 2019
EPISODE 202: Mount Maunganui and the Gabbatoir
Nov 21, 2019
EPISODE 201:Test cricket's back - NZ v England and Australia v Pakistan previewed
Nov 19, 2019
EPISODE 200: The T20 international form book and how to engage minorities better
Nov 11, 2019
EPISODE 199: T20 fever spreads across the globe
Nov 04, 2019
EPISODE 198: The pros (and cons) of The Hundred
Oct 21, 2019
EPISODE 197: Analysing the Chris Silverwood promotion and the start of the World Test Championship
Oct 14, 2019
EPISODE 196: A Bendelicious, Stoketastic summer
Oct 03, 2019
EPISODE 195: Who's got the power?
Sep 22, 2019
EPISODE 194: What a summer to say goodbye!
Sep 16, 2019
EPISODE 193: A fitting end to a fabulous international summer
Sep 15, 2019
EPISODE 192: A day for a new dad - The Oval day three
Sep 14, 2019
EPISODE 191: Steve Smith is mortal
Sep 13, 2019
EPISODE 190: After the Lord Mayor's two shows..
Sep 12, 2019
EPISODE 189: The Ashes retained
Sep 08, 2019
EPISODE 188: The incredible Mr Smith says its a tall order for England
Sep 07, 2019
England clinging on
Sep 06, 2019
Oh Mr Smith, please have mercy upon us!
Sep 05, 2019
England's Ashes hopes blown backwards
Sep 04, 2019
EPISODE 184: Psychoanalysing Stokes
Sep 01, 2019
EPISODE 183: Ben Stokes = Superman
Aug 25, 2019
More fight from England but can they make history? i
Aug 24, 2019
England plumb the Headingley depths
Aug 23, 2019
Archer slings some more piercing arrows - Headingley day 1
Aug 22, 2019
Can England make the psychological upper hand count?
Aug 20, 2019
X- certificate ; Jofra Archer v Steve Smith
Aug 17, 2019
a day of dressing room games and taking balls
Aug 16, 2019
Lords day 2 - Australia in control?
Aug 15, 2019
A Lords washout but lots to look forward to
Aug 14, 2019
Bowl for run outs? Steve Smith 1 England 0
Aug 05, 2019
Steve Smith v England - Ashes day 3
Aug 03, 2019
The Ashes previewed - Episode 172
Jul 30, 2019
Episode 171: The aftermath and legacy of England's World Cup win
Jul 22, 2019
Episode 170: Champions! Just...
Jul 14, 2019
Episode 169: England v New Zealand - World Cup final preview
Jul 12, 2019
Who's going to win the cup?
Jul 05, 2019
Episode 168England triumph over a strangely becalmed India
Jun 30, 2019
Australia win the Lords bragging rights - epjsodwe 167
Jun 25, 2019
Episode 167: The best game of the World Cup so far, and a Six God
Jun 19, 2019
Episode 166: India diffuse Pakistan passion - with Wasim Akram
Jun 16, 2019
Episode 165: England rough up West Indies
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 164: Triumphant India and England and problems for Australia - Sourav Ganguly on the World Cup
Jun 09, 2019
Episode 163: Short pitched bowling and the pressure of the World Cup run chase with Brendon McCullum
Jun 07, 2019
Episode 162: Wakey wakey England - a little jolt to their World Cup mission
Jun 03, 2019
England look well Stoked - Episode 1
May 30, 2019
England annihilate Afghanistan as their big moment beckons
May 27, 2019
Episode 160: England's final World Cup squad assessed
May 21, 2019
Episode 159: The World Cup previewed, every team analysed
May 17, 2019
Episode 158: The Hundred - the lowdown and your questions answered
May 07, 2019
Episode 157: The Hales storm and cricket on the 'inside'
Apr 29, 2019
Episode 156: The Mental game - with Paddy Upton
Apr 24, 2019
Episode 155: Global Cricket: The Indian Premier League, the Pakistan Super League and the World Cup
Apr 15, 2019
Episode 154: A week at the IPL with the Rajasthan Royals' Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer
Apr 04, 2019
Episode 153: Cricket - the juxtaposition of new and old: how the game is evolving in front of our eyes
Mar 24, 2019
Episode 152: Jos Buttler and the future of batting practice
Mar 18, 2019
Episode 151: Rollercoaster: Mark Ramprakash on five years as England's batting coach
Mar 11, 2019
Episode 150: England hit by Gayleforce Windies
Mar 03, 2019
Episode 149: Trooble at top: Who are England best top three?
Feb 13, 2019
Episode 148: England's batsmen lost in translation, but an ex-soldier has a solution
Feb 05, 2019
Episode 147: Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd vents his spleen on preparation
Jan 29, 2019
Episode 146: Richards, Lara, Gooch, KP: the Greatest innings ever seen
Jan 22, 2019
Episode 145: Dhoni, a sixes record and the new man at Lords
Jan 15, 2019
Episode 144: The King of Spain begins his rule - Ashley Giles talks about his new director of cricket role
Jan 09, 2019
Episode 143: Review of the year with special guests Jimmy Anderson, Michael Slater and Rahul Dravid
Dec 31, 2018
Episode 142 Sledges, porn movies and lost urns
Dec 19, 2018
Episode 141: India's triumph and keepers sledging
Dec 10, 2018
Episode 140: How good is Jofra Archer and can India win in Australia?
Dec 03, 2018
Episode 139: Foakes tale of a whitewash
Nov 26, 2018
Episode 138: England sweep all before them
Nov 19, 2018
Episode 137: A Gallant victory
Nov 12, 2018
Episode 136: Jones the steam
Nov 04, 2018
Episode 135: Football, chess and occasional cricket - England in Sri Lanka
Oct 25, 2018
Episode 134: No Stone unturned - England's new pace bowler and Shane Warne reveals all
Oct 15, 2018
Episode 133: Get your masks and snorkels ready England
Oct 08, 2018
Episode 132: The Year of the Ball...and the Currans
Oct 01, 2018
Episode 131: Paul Collingwood - the ultimate survivor
Sep 24, 2018
Episode 130: Listeners questions answered and The Hundred on trial
Sep 19, 2018
Episode 129 : Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy!
Sep 11, 2018
Episode 128: Thank you Chef
Sep 10, 2018
Episode 127: Savouring the Chef's final dish
Sep 09, 2018
Episode 126: England turn the screw
Sep 08, 2018
Episode 125: An old-fashioned day at the Kia Oval
Sep 07, 2018
Episode 124: Moeen seals the series for England
Sep 02, 2018
Episode 123: A bit of nip and tuck at the Ageas Bowl
Sep 01, 2018
Episode 122: The Beard to be Feared is back
Aug 31, 2018
Episode 121: Why can't anyone stay in?
Aug 30, 2018
Episode 120: England are in a contest!
Aug 21, 2018
Episode 119: An Indian song for sorry England
Aug 20, 2018
Episode 118 A harrowing day for England
Aug 19, 2018
Episode 117 India won't lie down
Aug 18, 2018
Episode 116 England steamroller India at Lord's
Aug 12, 2018
Episode 115: England drive India into submission at Lord's
Aug 11, 2018
Episode 114 A nail biting England win at fortress Edgbaston
Aug 04, 2018
Episode 113 A genius innings
Aug 02, 2018
Episode 112 England miss a trick
Aug 01, 2018
Episode 111: The India Tests previewed with Stuart Broad
Jul 29, 2018
Episode 110: The Hundred in the 'dock'
Jul 24, 2018
Episode 109: Rahul Dravid on the art of modern batting
Jul 18, 2018
Episode 108 Can Kohli's India be the next great cricketing dynasty?
Jul 10, 2018
Episode 107 Blast Off! Previewing the Vitality Blast with Jade Dernbach
Jul 03, 2018
Episode 106: Who's in England's all-time best one-day XI?
Jun 25, 2018
Episode 105 England bludgeon Australia to smithereens
Jun 20, 2018
Episode 104 Angus Fraser on selection and stats
Jun 12, 2018
Episode 103 A victory that doesn't paper over the cracks
Jun 03, 2018
Episode 102 England on the charge
Jun 02, 2018
Episode 101 A change of English mindset
Jun 01, 2018
Episode 100 England in disarray
May 27, 2018
Episode 99 The Westcountrymen bail England out
May 26, 2018
Episode 98 Another attack of dropsy
May 25, 2018
Episode 97 New team, old problem.
May 24, 2018
Episode 96 A real plan for the survival of cricket
May 21, 2018
Episode 95 How do you pick an England team?
May 13, 2018
Episode 94 Ireland's first Test and bringing the Asians in from the cold
May 06, 2018
Episode 93 'Hit the bloody thing!' Nick Compton reflects on the advice of his grandfather Denis
Apr 27, 2018
Episode 92 The Hundred: inspired or Crazy?
Apr 23, 2018
Episode 91 The science of selection
Apr 17, 2018
Episode 90 The english season - men and women - starts here
Apr 09, 2018
Episode 89 Review of The Eternal Winter
Apr 03, 2018
Episode 88 Why don't they use a pink ball?
Apr 02, 2018
Episode 87 England rise again
Apr 01, 2018
Episode 86 Pitch it oop! The penny finally drops for England's attack
Mar 31, 2018
Episode 85 The humiliation of Australia and the humility of New Zealand
Mar 30, 2018
Episode 84 England at the crossroads
Mar 26, 2018
Episode 83 Australia's cricketers reveal themselves as deluded cheats
Mar 25, 2018
Episode 82 Cricket grounds need a roof..
Mar 23, 2018
Episode 81 England Boulted out for 58!
Mar 22, 2018
Episode 80 What makes a good commentator
Mar 19, 2018
Episode 79 Seize the Moment says Mike Brearley
Mar 12, 2018
Episode 78 Fighting to the Death
Mar 05, 2018
Episode 77 England caught in the 'wopwops'
Feb 26, 2018
Episode 76 How the Duke can save Test cricket
Feb 19, 2018
Episode 75 How will the English summer look in two years time?
Feb 12, 2018
Episode 74: Why don't cricket coaches have more power?' asks Sir Clive Woodward
Feb 05, 2018
Episode 72 Under the Hammer: the winners and losers in the IPL auction, and the man who could be the next Ben Stokes
Jan 30, 2018
Episode 71 England's one day supremacy and what is 'the spirit of the game'?
Jan 22, 2018
Episode 70 Do England really need pace?
Jan 15, 2018
Episode 69 The Ashes Autopsy
Jan 08, 2018
Episode 68 The Ashes Day 23 Australia honing in on 4-0
Jan 06, 2018
Episode 67 The Ashes Day 21 New Year same old England.
Jan 04, 2018
Episode 66The Ashes day 20 Cook conquers Australia - for the third time
Dec 30, 2017
Episode 65 The Ashes Day 19: Australia tampering with the truth
Dec 29, 2017
Episode 64 The Ashes day 18 A sublime performance by the Masterchef
Dec 28, 2017
Episode 63 The Ashes Day 17 A late Christmas treat from Alastair Cook
Dec 27, 2017
Episode 62 : The Ashes Day 16 - David Warner gorges himself on Boxing day
Dec 26, 2017
Episode 61 The Ashes are gone: what do we do now?
Dec 18, 2017
Episode 60 The Ashes Day 13 Can England do a Houdini act?
Dec 17, 2017
Episode 59 The Ashes Day 12 The indefatigable Steve Smith
Dec 16, 2017
Episode 58 The Ashes day 12 Not a Good day at the Office
Dec 15, 2017
Episode 57 The Ashes Day Malan Bairstow tame the Aussie beast
Dec 14, 2017
Episode 56 The Ashes: Is Australia's press more vicious than its fast bowlers?
Dec 13, 2017
Episode 55 The Ashes Day 10; Is the Urn gone?
Dec 06, 2017
Episode 54 The Ashes Day 9 - Can England make history with their highest-ever run chase?
Dec 05, 2017
Episode 53 The Ashes day 8: Was this the day England sacrificed the urn?
Dec 04, 2017
Episode 52 The Ashes Day 7: England dodged a bullet
Dec 03, 2017
Episode 51 The Ashes Day 6: Stalemate at the Adelaide Oval
Dec 02, 2017
Episode 50 - The Ashes; can England get into the pink in Adelaide?
Dec 01, 2017
Episode 49 - The Ashes Day five - Australia head butt England out of Brisbane
Nov 27, 2017
Episode 48 - The Ashes Day 4 - England dismembered at the Gabbatoir
Nov 26, 2017
Episode 47 - The Ashes Day 3 - Have England missed their chance?
Nov 25, 2017
Episode 46 - The Ashes Day 2 - England fight hard on the Brisbane blancmange
Nov 24, 2017
Episode 45 - The Ashes Day 1 - What Happened to Bodyline?
Nov 23, 2017
Episode 44 - The Ashes - why the Gabba is so intimidating with Matt Prior and Geraint Jones
Nov 19, 2017
Episode 43 the Ashes - Bob Willis and Steven Finn on how to bowl in Australia
Nov 13, 2017
Episode 42 Mike Brearley on Joe Root, Ben Stokes and being 'On Form'
Nov 01, 2017
Episode 41 Jonny Bairstow triumphing over adversity
Oct 24, 2017
Episode 40 the Greatest Test matches of our time
Oct 17, 2017
Episode 39 150 days on the road - highlights of the longest cricket season ever
Oct 09, 2017
Episode 38 Bristol brawls and Root records
Oct 02, 2017
Episode 37 England's batting order for the Ashes and 4-day Tests
Sep 25, 2017
Episode 36 County cricket needs a transfer market
Sep 18, 2017
Episode 35 Jimmy Anderson's hot streak and Henry says goodbye
Sep 11, 2017
Episode 34 Cricket's multi-coloured swapshop: Tests v T20
Sep 05, 2017
Episode 33 The secret ingredient of West Indies amazing win
Aug 29, 2017
Episode 32 Sir Vivian Richards on West indies woes and the greatest shot he ever played
Aug 20, 2017
Episode 31 - The Pink Ball Test - how will England go with a different coloured ball and strange eating hours
Aug 14, 2017
Episode 30 Graeme Smith on South Africa and Stuart Broad on batting collapses
Aug 06, 2017
Episode 29 - England's success and Toby's Debut
Jul 31, 2017
Episode 28 - The Slaughter of Trent Bridge and what to do now
Jul 18, 2017
Episode 27 First test review and the future of South African cricket
Jul 10, 2017
Episode 26 - The Root Ahead - how will Joe handle Test captaincy
Jul 03, 2017
Episode 25 - McCullum and Ramprakash on how to make players better and win tickets to Lord's
Jun 26, 2017
Episode 24 - Pakistan!! How the total write-offs triumphed in the Champions Trophy analysed
Jun 19, 2017
Episode 23 - England get the thumbs up from a famous Aussie and Kumar wants to be a farmer
Jun 12, 2017
Episode 22 - England's cross-seam supremacy
Jun 06, 2017
Episode 21 Who will win the Champions Trophy and how Ben Stokes plans a one day innings
May 29, 2017
Episode 20 - The future of cricket on TV and The Chokers revenge
May 22, 2017
Episode 19 How do you create the perfect one day team, and win tickets to see England v South Africa
May 15, 2017
Episode 18 - The debate over Johnny Bairstow and cricket's obsession with food
May 08, 2017
Episode 17 - Ireland's hopes, what makes a good captain and how not to bat (in the backyard)
May 01, 2017
Episode 16 - How the white ball and the red ball divide the cricket world
Apr 24, 2017
Episode 15 - Fitness and Rest - getting the balance right
Apr 17, 2017
Episode 13 - Who'll win the County Championship? with James Franklin and Rob Key
Apr 03, 2017
Episode 12 - Gooch's revelations about KP and the state of English (club) cricket
Mar 27, 2017
Episode 11 - Graham Gooch on the knack of making runs as practised by Steve Smith
Mar 21, 2017
Episode 10 - Paul Collingwood on what makes a great fielder and England and Australia's recent matches reviewed
Mar 13, 2017
Episode 9 - Sir Curtly Ambrose offers some hope for West Indies cricket
Mar 07, 2017
Episode 8 - Sanjay Manjrekar on Steve Smith's brilliance and a Desmond Haynes rant on the treatment of West Indies legends
Feb 27, 2017
Episode 7 - Tymal Mills IPL riches and the secrets of match fixing
Feb 20, 2017
Episode 6 - a famous Australian suggests Joe Root's England will retain the Ashes
Feb 13, 2017
Alastair Cook's advice for his successor and Angus Fraser on following up a brilliant championship title win
Feb 07, 2017
Episode 4 - Eoin Morgan on being a white ball specialist, Ravi Ashwin on Virat Kohli
Jan 31, 2017
Episode 3 - Exclusive interviews with Ravi Ashwin & Ravi Shastri
Jan 24, 2017
Episode 2 - Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings and England's ODI against India
Jan 17, 2017
Episode 1 - The future of Alastair Cook and English cricket
Jan 12, 2017