{"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":"SIR GARFIELD SOBERS: A TRIBUTE","slug":"sir-garfield-sobers-a-tribute","published_at":"2026-07-17T16:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/sir-garfield-sobers-a-tribute","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4522003936.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG4522003936.mp3","summary":"The death of arguably the greatest all-rounder who ever lived - Sir Garfield Sobers - was announced today. Simon Hughes pays tribute to an incredible player and a remarkable man with two men from Barbados who knew him well - former Middlesex and England batsman Roland Butcher and former Worcestershire and Middlesex fast bowler Ricky Ellcock. They all grew up inspited by Sobers and have vivid memories of first seeing him on a cricket field and then getting to know him in later life. Sobers was the King of West Indies cricket. He may have passed away but he will live on people's memories for ever. He is immortal. Both Butcher and Ellcock have recently written fascinating books about their lives in cricket and growing up in Barbados when Sobers was still playing. Butcher's Breaking Barriers is here and Ellcock's Balls to Fly is here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"The death of arguably the greatest all-rounder who ever lived - Sir Garfield Sobers - was announced today. Simon Hughes pays tribute to an incredible play…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1077,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analyst-inside-cricket-492903/episodes/sir-garfield-sobers-a-tribute/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/sir-garfield-sobers-a-tribute.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}