Cricket Show 127: End of British Summer

With the nights getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere, we sum up our club cricket seasons and discuss the latest cricketer to join PitchVision Academy – JP Duminy.

Burners has a game left, but our case study club – Watsonian – are done and already planning for the winter and following summer.

We also answer your questions this week on coming back after a long lay-off and how important “peaking” is to club cricket. 

Cricket Show 121: The Life of a Cricket Club President

The show takes on a Presidential air this week as we hand it over to a full length interview with Ross Brooks.

Ross is the President of Watsonian CC in Edinburgh, our case study club. Like many clubs Watsonian face challenges both on and off the field and Ross is the guy who has to make things run as smoothly as possible.

We get an insight into how he does things this week, as well as find out how Watsonian are doing at the halfway stage in the season. 

Cricket Show 119: Master the Little Things to Become a Professional

Burners is away again this week, but big cheese Richard steps in to give us the full story as begun last week.

Cricket Show 118: Burners' Shock Revelations

Burners is back and rocking the cricket world with a kiss-and-tell style barrage of revelations about himself, the company CEO and West Indian cricket.

Cricket Show 117: Solving the Problems of Fast Bowling

Paddy Sadler is a fast bowler for Watsonian CC, Cambridge MCCU and Scotland Under-19. This week’s show is dominated by an interview with Paddy.

 He tells us about some of the problems facing ambitious young fast bowlers playing club cricket and going to University.

We discuss how to get into rhythm; balancing work and cricket; what practice is best and how to keep your focus if you are bowling badly or getting hit.

 

Here’s a Video Timeline of How to Warm-Up before Cricket

We all accept the importance of a warm up to prepare your body and mind for the game if you play any serious level of cricket from school upwards.

So how does a modern cricket club do it?

We looked at the hour or so that our case study club, Watsonian CC, took to warm up in a league match in Edinburgh.

Cricket Show 116: How to Rehab from an Appeal-Related Injury

With Burners out of action this week, PitchVision boss Richard steps in to fill the void. Everyone look busy.

On the show David and Richard discuss the difference between the dressing rooms at the MCG and the average club ground and finally get to the bottom of when to do with a bag on a seat when you want to sit down.

How to Win the Battle of the Death Overs

This is the final part of the blueprint of a one day innings series we look at the tactics of a typical club game in the last 10 overs. Part one is here, part two is here.

The death of any innings is a shoot out. The battle is about who can keep control when the shackles are off.

How to Control the Middle Overs Bowling First

In part one of this analysis of a 50 over club limited overs match, we looked at the first 15 overs. In this part we examine the tactics used by Craig Wright, former Scotland and current Watsonian CC captain, during the lull middle overs.

How do you manage the middle overs of a limited over match?

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