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A frequent problem with the 20 over format is that from U12 upwards, it's often the same three, five or five players dominating matches. You end up finding that the players who bat in the top three or four, then also bowl their maximum bowling allocation. This can be potentially harmful for the...

Also be inclusive, every player must feel they are needed and have a role in the team.

I find the slower I bowl the more it swings. So if it has stopped swinging, I would take a bit of pace off until the swing returns. And it generally doesn't swing at all without big shine on one side of the ball.

You sound like a very decent player! How much do you enjoy bowling compared to keeping wicket? Difficult to do both to a high standard. Be ambitious, keep practising hard, take opportunities that come your way and see what happens.

On the selection question, suggest that you pick the younger player only if they are significantly better than the older player assuming that the two players are similarly keen to practice and play. Unlike the older player, the younger player will have another opportunity to play in the same...

Thanks Mate Enjoyed those Clarrie Grimmett tutorials on Youtube. Inspired me to try developing my own skiddy-flipper type delivery. Not there yet.....

Clubs that adopt model A, struggle to fulfil their fixtures because half way through the season they find only seven players want to play in their matches and you need eleven players. They may win in the short term but in the longer term they often withdraw from the league as they don't have a...

I've always loved cricket. Playing initially for a club in North London, Middlesex League until 1984 and then in Sussex until 1995 when due to family commitments I went into semi-retirement, i.e. just playing a few games a season. I have enjoyed managing my sons colts team since the U9s all the...

Sorry, but you dont need to play a shot if it pitches outside leg, you can kick it away and cant be LBW. Off stump, it doesnt matter where it pitches but when it hits the pad were you outside the line and playing a shot. If so you shouldn't be LBW. As an opening bat, It's important to me that...

I have managed a colts team from the U9s through to the U16s so am very familiar with this conundrum. Here are a few thoughts. As team manager you have a responsibility to the opposition to be competitive. The ideal is a closely fought match which goes to wire and you end up winning with...