Saj Mahmood: Some of the best batting coaches in the world are bowlers...

Saj Mahmood: Some of the best batting coaches in the world are bowlers...

Saj Mahmood enjoyed a successful career, representing England across all formats before moving into coaching. Now based at a West London school, he works closely with academy bowlers. He discusses what he looks for in young fast bowlers, how he uses competition to drive development, and his enjoyment of coaching areas of the game he didn’t focus on as a player.

John Abrahams: Every decision you make either comes off, or teaches you...

John Abrahams scored 13,560 runs for Lancashire between 1973 and 1988. After captaining Lancashire to List A success, John went on to spend more than 30 years in a range of coaching roles with the ECB. Widely respected across the game, he shares his approach to developing the art of captaincy, highlighting the importance of investing time and energy into nurturing the next generation of on-field leaders.

Sara Begg: How do you make cricket more appealing than a gang?...

Sara Begg has coached across the globe, from community cricket in inner London to leading projects in emerging cricket nations, and is currently working in Brazil. She has extended this work into her PhD, collaborating with teenagers in Nepal to design a cricket-based programme aimed at challenging gender norms and expanding opportunities for girls in both sport and everyday life. In this conversation, recorded before her departure, she reflects on cricket’s power to bring communities together and its role in challenging harmful gender norms, enriching the lives of women and girls both on and off the field.

Pete Alway: To reach peak performance, we have to fly close to the sun...

Pete Alway is leading the research focusing on reducing injury risk, with specialist expertise in the biomechanics and physiology of pace bowling. As the ECB’s Research and Operations Manager he based at the ECB Performance Centre in Loughborough monitoring players and reducing injury risk. In this episode, he shares insights into how fast bowlers can be best prepared and managed to maximise performance while staying fit.

Deep Dasgupta: Our job is to simplify a difficult game...

24 years ago, Deep Dasgupta was playing his final game behind the stumps for India. He is now balancing coaching in the UK with commentary in India. Deep takes time out from his busy World Cup commentary schedule to join Tim Dellor to share his coaching philosophy and approach to developing the modern wicketkeeper.