Ashes Countdown - Episode 2

The Analyst Inside Cricket

Sport Social Podcast Network

Sports, Cricket

4.5 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ian Smith, celebrated commentator and former New Zealand keeper, joins the podcast to talk New Zealand versus England and offer a detached but informed view on the Ashes. Few know or can interpret international cricket better than the sharp-eyed, quick-witted Kiwi who is the definition of a wordSmith. He gives great insights into what makes New Zealand consistently excellent, why the Aussies are favourites for the Ashes and how they'll sledge Joe Root. England's final odi and the entire Ashes series are exclusively live on TNT Sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, this is Jack from the cricket podcast, a show covering all the major talking points from across the global game.
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1:05.3	Oh, late swing for Anderson now. Was that out? It is out.
1:15.6	Stokes flashes it away, through the covers for four, and England have won the match.
1:23.7	Hello, welcome to The Analyst Inside Cricket with me, Simon Hughes. And I'm Simon Mann.
1:28.4	And I'm delighted to say a great friend is joining us on the podcast today. Ian Smith,
1:33.5	the former New Zealand wikikeeper and, of course, celebrated commentator, famous for his many lines at the end of matches or even in the middle of matches. And we're just going to play
1:38.3	a little clip here of your commentary at the end of that match I really enjoyed actually.
1:44.3	Australia against Afghanistan in Mumbai,
1:47.5	when Glenn Maxwell played that extraordinary innings
1:51.1	and got a double hundred to get Australia over the line.
1:53.9	Let's just hear how you commentated on that at the end.
1:57.3	Australia just need five, five runs.
2:01.2	You know what's going to happen?
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