{"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":"IMPERFECT PITCH  - BUT ENGLAND WIN","slug":"imperfect-pitch-but-england-win","published_at":"2026-06-07T16:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/imperfect-pitch-but-england-win","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG5381255378.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG5381255378.mp3","summary":"England seized an important, confidence boosting win over New Zealand on the fourth day at Lord's but it was achieved on an unsatisfactory pitch that made batting a lottery. The highest score in the match was 57 and 24 batsmen were out bowled or lbw, a Test match record. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann review the game, analyse what benefits have been gleaned and assess what the MCC can do about a pitch issue which has been a talking point for a couple of years, though Lord's is not the only major ground having problems. This podcast is supported by SumUp - Making Tax Digital. For more information visit - https://www.sumup.com/en-gb/business-account/making-tax-digital/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"England seized an important, confidence boosting win over New Zealand on the fourth day at Lord's but it was achieved on an unsatisfactory pitch that made…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1628,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/episodes/imperfect-pitch-but-england-win/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/imperfect-pitch-but-england-win.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}