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Profiles
Career Highlights
Current Role
Digital Strategist, The Analyst 3.0 (Jan 2022 – Present)
Executive Producer, Starfield Films (Aug 2019 – Present)
Inspirational Speaker, The Analyst Corporate (Sep 2017 Present)
Previous Roles
Editor, The Cricketer (Jan 2016 – Nov 2021)
Commentator, BBC Freelance (Apr 2000 – Sep 2018)
Broadcaster, Channel 5 (May 2006 – Sep 2017)
Pundit, ITV (Apr 2010 – May 2016)
Analyst, Channel 4 (Apr 1999 – Sep 2005)
Bio
Simon Hughes is an author, commentator, film producer, and former cricketer who is known in the cricket industry as The Analyst – an expert at using videos and graphics to closely analyze sporting performance.
Simon Hughes is also a freelance Executive Producer at Starfield Films for over 3 years, writing and producing a documentary on England winning the 2019 World Cup. Hughes is also a public speaker through The Analyst Corporate since September 2017.
Hughes was previously an English County cricketer, having represented Middlesex for 11 years and Durham for a year.
Before his entrepreneurial ventures, Hughes worked as an editor at The Cricketer Magazine for 5 years from 2016 to 2021, helping the magazine regain its financial footing. He also wrote for the magazine during the 1980s.
Simon Hughes has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography and Anthropology from Durham University.
