India is playing an ODI game against Australia at the Gabba. Chasing a target of 320, India is at 260/6 in the 44th over. The stylish left-hand Indian batsman, inching towards a century, looks to sweep a spinning delivery from a part time Australian off-spinner…
Cricket as we know today is vastly different from the game played during colonial times. You might ask, what has changed? The game is still about the battle between bat and ball and the basic rules are pretty much the same. MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club)…
Cricket is a game of angles and you have to understand geometry to appreciate this. Duncan Fletcher, Zimbabwean cricket coach Cricket coaching has always emphasized the focus on angles, be it in biomechanics, batting, bowling, or fielding techniques. Angles with respect to body movements play…
Coaching is not about expecting miracles in a player’s performance. It is the enduring process of elevating the talent of the player to achieve and perceive miracles as mere moments on the field Cricket has evolved from the time it was a gentleman’s game that…
Any moving element in the game can be tracked. Anything that is tracked can be measured, analysed, and improved upon. The introduction of Ball tracking brought a paradigm shift in the way cricket is analysed and played. Until then, the scoreboard is the primary source…