I’m a music fan and it’s great to work in a student environment as the pupils keep me up to date with the latest tunes when we have music bouncing around the cricket bubble.

How easy is it to "just bat" in nets, and not be as engaged as you would in a game?

If you want to bat with power and timing, make sure you play your shots with both feet on the ground.

Holding the ball cross seam is horrifying to swing bowlers, but vital on good batting days.

Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe join forces to talk cricket. This show discusses how to bat on poor pitches, being an overseas professional in league cricket and bowling machine recommendations.

Mark Garaway, Sam Lavery and David Hinchliffe join forces to talk cricket. This show discusses how to bat on poor pitches, being an overseas professional in league cricket and bowling machine recommendations.

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I would not call myself particularly old fashioned in my approach to coaching batting yet I have really enjoyed the purist first week of the ICC Champions Trophy.

The basics of batting against spin are different to the basics of batting.

Our captain, the canny character, has a saying. "Just bowl dots". Does this tactic really work?