The icoachcricket Podcast

Sajid 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.

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.

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.

20 years ago Caroline Foster was opening the batting for England.10 years ago she was doing the ECB level 4 coaching qualification..Now she's one of the most respected coaches in the south west and working at a school in Taunton, with women's Hundred teams and in the boy's and girl's pathway.She's taken time out to talk to The icoachcricket Podcast about her work, her beliefs and how coaching is moving forwards....

Ian Renshaw is widely regarded as one of the leading authorities in skill adaptability and coaching. Based in Brisbane and dad of Australian batter Matt Renshaw, he's honed his skills coaching his son, researching at universities, and working around the world over 40 years. Ian has just released a book summarising his coaching beliefs. He's been sharing his thoughts on communication, constraints-led coaching and a whole range of other key issues.

Kyle Hogg was a seam bowler for Lancashire, before retirement in 2014. Since then he's worked in the entertainment industry, and is now back in cricket. He had a spell coaching on the Lancashire Women's pathway, and now looks after the England Young Lions seamers. He's back in the spotlight as the lead coach on the hit TV show "Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams". He's been talking about that series, and what he's learned on his journey back into cricket and coaching.

Peter Sturgess is a foundation stage coaching guru in football having spent 17 years working at the FA. Based in Wigan, supports Walsall, set up the Derby County FC Centre of Excellence, and has worked in lots of other football environments. He has studied how best to accelerate the learning and development of young footballers, by modifying practices, and encouraging learning free from structure and organisation so often imposed by coaching systems.

Carl Crowe spoke to the podcast from India, where he's currently working with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He explained what it's like working on the franchise circuit, how he deals with the dilemmas and issues of working in global tournaments and what the demands are on him as a specialist spin bowling coach working with some of the best players in world cricket.

Surrey's Head of Talent Pathway, Jennifer Jackson-Tullett, tells us about her coaching philosophy, the importance of working alongside a good team of coaches, and how a degree in criminal psychology and time working in prisons helps her work effectively with young players.

Few coaches have been to more countries to both play and coach cricket than Esther DeLange. After her very successful career playing for the Netherlands, she's now the Development Officer for ICC Europe. She's been telling The icoachcricket Podcast what skills coaches need to be successful around the world, what challenges exist in making the sport popular and how the female game is developing at pace across the world.

Nottinghamshire CCC's batting and spin bowling coach, Ant Botha talks to us about the physical stress of being a batting coach, the bravery players need to face fast bowling, and making the switch from hours practicing indoors to batting in the middle. One of the most respected batting coaches on the circuit tells us about getting set for a new season at Trent Bridge.