Falling away - or lateral flexion - is a common issue with fast bowlers.

Most coaches and players can spot the issue easily. But can (and should) you fix it?

Keep the scoreboard ticking with this simple trick.

If you have coached cricket to young players you will know that not everyone listens intently to your every word.

The nightmare scenario is a group who seem bent on destroying any chance of developing skills. It's frustrating because, as a good coach, you are aiming to make every session fun as well as instructive.

Yet someone finds a way to be disruptive to your plans: Asking irrelevant questions, getting bored after one try and trying to distract others, I even once saw a kid so unfocused he walked across the pitch as the bowler was bowling (fortunately with a soft ball)!

The standard advice is "make it fun", but what do you do when your best efforts to make things fun are disrupted?

Who has the time or need for Neuro-Lingusitic Programming? It's much better to just go and hit cricket balls.

"How did you go at the weekend?" I asked the batsman I was coaching.

Your team is full of talented all-rounders. Someone needs to fill the final place. What do you do?

In cricket, sides are always changing. To survive, every team needs to scout and recruit players.

But that's difficult.

A brand new Scoring, Scouting and Live Streaming Software and App.

We are tremendously proud to announce the development of our new live “Match Scoring” software, “PV/Match” which will be available this year.

With well sharpened pencils and unflinching concentration, the scorer is a cornerstone of cricket. What would we do without them?

Yet these days, a cricket team bent on success needs more than a tidy book.