ECB Coach Development have been hosting a monthly online call for Coaches Association coaches this year, giving the chance to talk with peers about current coaching topics. The most recent call addressed the subject of “who coaches the coaches?”
An interesting call, but it perhaps opened more questions than it addressed.
(more…)A couple of weeks ago, Richard Thompson, chairman of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB), was interviewed by Dan Roan of the BBC at the opening of the country’s second all-weather cricket “dome” in Darwen, Lancashire.
With the (understandable) focus at the time on playing schedules in the County game and player workloads, the main story from the interview was how players were “exhausted” by an “unrelenting” schedule.
And, with no resolution of the problematic 4-day schedule for 2026, the schedule will only become more compressed as the Hundred claims more of the summer.
But Thompson’s comments on the new dome, and on progress towards the goals set out by the ICEC report, got little further coverage. Which seemed slightly strange, to me.
(more…)There is something special about the sound of a cricket bat on ball.
A couple of examples from last week brought this home to me, and set me wondering if there is more to this “sound of cricket” than the (very real) aesthetic pleasure of hearing a great shot.
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