The Analyst Inside Cricket · Simon Hughes

Root Can't Stop the Rot

·41 min·3 clips
England collapsed from 129-1 to lose the ODI, exposing their inability to handle spin in Sri Lanka.
Simon Hughes and Simon Mann analyze England's recent ODI defeat in Sri Lanka, discussing batting collapses, spin bowling shortages, and Zach Crawley's struggles. They also cover Harry Brook's captaincy controversy, coaching debates under Brendan McCollum, and political issues affecting the T20 World Cup.

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A relaxed cricket chat that lands on England's batting and the need for bigger scores.

This cricket chat starts in holiday mode after the Ashes and then settles into England's white-ball problems. Simon Hughes and Simon Mann keep it on the match state, the batting order, and a plain truth that matters here: in the subcontinent, a decent 60 does not count for much…

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Post-Ashes, the room turns to England's batting, white-ball pressure, and how a chase unravels in subcontinent conditions.

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