# WHO'S ENGLAND'S NEXT NUMBER ONE? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/who-s-england-s-next-number-one Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/who-s-england-s-next-number-one.md Podcast: [The Analyst Inside Cricket](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903) Published: 2026-04-27T19:07:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4142454112.mp3?updated=1777317253 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4142454112.mp3?updated=1777317253 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/episodes/who-s-england-s-next-number-one Duration seconds: 1936 ## Resource Zak Crawley suffered another disappointing return in the latest round of Rothesay county championship matches. Three top order challengers - Dom Sibley, Emilio Gay and Haseeb Hameed - stepped up with centuries in the last couple of days. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann run the rule over the contenders and assess their pros and cons as they try to assemble England's likely batting order for the first Test in just over a month's time. Plus - do we need DRS in county cricket? After last weekend's experiences several batsmen - including Crawley - would say definitely yes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/episodes/who-s-england-s-next-number-one/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/who-s-england-s-next-number-one.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.