Introducing young players to cricket in a positive and engaging way is key to long-term participation and enjoyment.Richard O’Sullivan brings more than 30 years of grassroots coaching experience, and…
The mental side of cricket is an increasingly important area of development, particularly for young players navigating the demands of the game.Martin Fairn has worked extensively on the mental skills…
Coaching in cricket has evolved dramatically over the past few decades. From the informal, experience-led approaches of the 1990s and early 2000s to today’s more structured, player-centred…
Sajid Mahmood enjoyed a successful career, representing England across all formats before moving into coaching.Now based at a West London school, he works closely with academy bowlers.He discusses…
John Abrahams scored 13,560 runs for Lancashire between 1973 and 1988.After captaining Lancashire to List A success, John went on to spend more than 30 years in a range of coaching roles with the…
Sara Begg has coached across the globe, from community cricket in inner London to leading projects in emerging cricket nations, and is currently working in Brazil.She has extended this work into her…
Pete Alway is leading the research focusing on reducing injury risk, with specialist expertise in the biomechanics and physiology of pace bowling.As the ECB’s Research and Operations Manager he based…
24 years ago, Deep Dasgupta was playing his final game behind the stumps for India.He is now balancing coaching in the UK with commentary in India.Deep takes time out from his busy World Cup…
Andrew Griffiths is Head of Pathway Coaching at Somerset CCC. The club has a rich history developing youngsters into top level first class cricketers. How do they do it? Tim Dellor visited Taunton,…
20 years ago Caroline Foster was opening the batting for England.10 years ago she was doing the ECB level 4 coaching qualification..Now she's one of the most respected coaches in the south west and…
