{"podcast":{"title":"The Analyst Inside Cricket","slug":"the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903","podcast_index_feed_id":492903,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/COMG5373347098","website_url":"https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/058a077c-88da-11ec-80f3-eb5de9c2de33/image/edde7e5169683f85bce4e61b53df73b8.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sport Social Podcast Network","episode_count":984,"summary":"Proper cricketing analysis, opinion and insight from former Middlesex bowler Simon Hughes, aka The Analyst, the BBC's Simon Mann, and former England keeper and Ashes winner Matt Prior. The most authoritative cricket podcast out there.. Find us on the Sport Social website: https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:18:34.355215+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903"},"episode":{"title":"BEN STOKES RETIRES","slug":"ben-stokes-retires","published_at":"2026-06-28T21:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/ben-stokes-retires","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG1618827357.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG1618827357.mp3","summary":"Ben Stokes, one of the greatest all-rounders the game has seen, announed his international retirement today. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann pay tribute to a remarkable cricketer, remember his highights, ask 'why now' and consider how England replace the irreplaceable. Oh, also, there's still a Test match going on whch New Zealand will probably go on to win and clinch the series. What will that mean for Bazball and the England heirarchy? To read Simon Hughes' piece on Substack predicting this eventuality 2 weeks ago click this link #cricket #england #stokes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Ben Stokes, one of the greatest all-rounders the game has seen, announed his international retirement today. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann pay tribute to a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/episodes/ben-stokes-retires/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/ben-stokes-retires.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}