It was a league match and we had just taken a wicket. A kid of about 15 came out looking nervous, as they often do. I reckon it was one of his first senior cricket games because he looked like a fish out of water.

He was small for his age anyway, and this was exacerbated by the wide framed men that stood around the bat. Our spinner was on. They were sharks circling their prey waiting for the slightest mistake.

He scratched around for a while and we soon came to the conclusion he was not going to last long. That was until he got a half volley on leg stump. He unleashed one of the finest on drives I have seen. The ball raced to the long boundary in a blur.

It's a scene that you can see at every level of cricket all over the world.

Why it is that seemingly 'weak' players like that kid can hit the ball so hard?

Closing date: 14th April 2015

The Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) is the governing body for cricket in the state of Western Australia (WA). The WACA is home to WA’s elite teams, the Alcohol.Think Again Warriors and the Alcohol.Think Again Western Fury, as well as the Big Bash League’s Perth Scorchers whose female team will compete in the new Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) to be launched in 2015-16. It oversees the development of the game of cricket throughout WA and works in conjunction with Cricket Australia to make cricket Australia’s favourite sport. The WACA’s vision is to be leaders in Australian cricket in the areas of national team representation, elite team success, participation, engagement and fan experience.

The WACA has a fantastic opportunity for a professional cricket coach to join the High Performance department as Head Coach – Western Fury & Perth Scorchers (WBBL).

The key role responsibilities include:

Closing date: 13th April 2015

Cricket Tasmania is the governing body of cricket in Tasmania promoting and developing the game throughout the state. As a unique and iconic sporting organisation it has responsibility for all aspects of the sport within Tasmania. Blundstone Arena is the home of Cricket Tasmania, the Tasmanian Tigers, Tasmanian Roar and Hobart Hurricanes. It is also host to national and international cricket and AFL matches as well as a range of sporting, corporate and social events in its impressive new function centre.

Closing date: 30/4/15
South Brisbane District Cricket Club is looking for an enthusiastic individual to take up the role of head coach for the 2015/2016 season. Souths is an established club taking part in the Brisbane Premier Grade competition with a proud 118 year history and currently fields teams from 1st – 6th grade as well as Lord Taverner’s (U/16).This head coach position will provide an opportunity to work with an exciting group of young players at a club striving for success.

In this exclusive video, IPL Talent Scout and Academy Coach Monty Desai reveals how he deals with so many requests for one chance, and how you as a player can take that chance by showing your skills at trials.

Watch the video here:

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This week's winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Mark. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

The winning question was,

"I am a coach and love baseball, I think we can learn a lot from the game and know that lots of throwing coaches now work with cricketers. I have watched my fair share of baseball throwing mechanics and drills and my question is about arm slots. In baseball, players all have different throwing techniques. Many videos talk about the throwers 'arm slots' varying from vertical to horizontal. What is arm slots all about? I hope you can help answer this, throwing is an art and most cricketers I see have custard arms, which is a little embarrassing considering it's a skill used as much as batting, bowling and catching."

Listen to the panels answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course, send your questions in here.

Recently, I went to Chelmsford, home of Essex County Cricket Club, to catch up with Graham Gooch. The first topic of conversation was, of course, England's dramatic World Cup failure.

In the video, Graham discusses what went wrong, what needs to be done to fix the problem and how the modern game is as much about batting without fear as it is about building a platform.

Watch the video and let me know what you think.

Closing date: 10th April 2015

A rare opportunity has arisen for a Facilities Maintenance Assistant to work for one of the country’s oldest sports clubs, Sussex County Cricket Club, for a period of six months from April 2015 (with a review thereafter).

Closing date: 10th April 2015

Are you a natural leader looking for a new challenge within the sports industry? Do you have a proven track record of planning and delivering high quality events and managing staff and facilities?

Closing date: 10th June 2015

Cricket Namibia: National Coach

Cricket Namibia is seeking to recruit a National Coach who will be charged with helping achieve Cricket Namibia’s objective of moving the game forward and ensuring that the National Team competes at the highest level on the world stage.