We sat in desperate silence in the changing room.

Sam Lavery chats to David Hinchliffe with a last minute drop in from Mark Garaway. There are chats about dealing with adversity as a coach, choosing bats and batsman-wicketkeepers.

It’s really cold outside so we are confined to the cricket bubble for the winter. We have reached the stage of the batting programme where we are developing our back foot options vs pace.

A little chaos is a good thing for your cricket.

The conductor. The sergeant-major. The cheerleader. The Drummer. What is a 'keeper?

England and Kent coach Paul Farbrace tells us wicketkeeper is the drummer in the band: Keeping the beat of the fielding side with tidy glove work and unobtrusive, focused encouragement. Insightful, canny and reliable.

Film reference coming up!

David Hinchliffe with Mark Garaway and Sam Lavery. The team discuss preventing injury with more bowling, county cricket trials and coaching sessions for 11 year old cricketers.

“It’s the way I play!”

Cricket has always had a strange relationship with fitness. There is no one training method that fits all.

Literally.

This simple stat can save your team from batting with fear.