Simon Peter Hughes, also known as The Analyst is an English cricketer and journalist.
He is the son of the actor Peter Hughes, and the brother of the classical historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes.
Simon was born on December 20, 1959, in Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom.
He attended Latymer Upper School, he was an outstanding fast-medium bowler of away-swing and captained the school XI successfully. He went on to study general arts at Durham University and played for the university.
Hughes also played for Northern Transvaal in South Africa during the winter of 1982–83, and the Grafton United Cricket Club in Auckland in the 1987–1988 season.
Hughes retired in 1993 to concentrate on a writing career that had begun as a player for The Independent with the widely acclaimed Cricketer’s Diary.
On England’s December 2007 Test match tour of Sri Lanka, he was a summariser on the BBC’s Test Match Special, and a commentator for the ODI series against the West Indies in 2009.
Until 2018 he was The Analyst on Channel 5’s evening highlights programme when he was replaced by Alison Mitchell.
He commentates on BBC radio and BT Sport and writes for The Sunday Times. He also produced the analysis segments for the international coverage of the 2019 ICC World Cup including the final.