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Cricket Show 173: The Problems of Harbhajan

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On the table for discussion this week is the problems of spinners 'losing it', deciding what to do at the toss based on pitch conditions and what training to do during the rainy season.

Cricket Show 172: Going Through the Gears

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David Hinchliffe is joined by Mark Garaway and Burners to discuss cricket from Kohli's run of success to Burner's club experiences.

Topics on the table this week include barefoot trainers, going through the gears as a one-day batsman, high vs. low backlifts (as discussed by Kevin Pietersen in his online coaching course) and the order for shots when coaching young cricketers.

Plus we announce the competition winner and give you Burner's Soapbox and a tale of Micheal Vaughan's public embarrassment.

Cricket Show 171: Open the Bag

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The team talk about India's new international season, how to select cricketers based on character, back foot drives and left arm over bowling.

As discussed, here is Gara's famous One leg front foot drive drill.

Plus, listen right to the end for our competition and to find out what Tailender term means; "opening the bag".

Cricket Show 170: ACE Cricket Academy

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Ian Thacker is the interview guest this week as he gives us a peek behind the curtain of the ACE cricket academy in Perth, Western Australia.

We discover what it's like to get a complete coaching programme, including the use of PitchVision and BATEX to become a cricketer.

Also in the show, Mark Garaway answers your coaching questions about slow scoring, getting out and handling early success that becomes later failure.

Cricket Show 169: The Boss is Back

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With Burners and Mark Garaway away, ‘The Boss’ steps in as guest presenter alongside David Hinchliffe this week.

The show covers batting collapses, fast bowling injuries and the difference between Swansea and Cape Town. Plus your questions are answered about batting down the order when you are a touch player and taking the perfect fast bowling run up. 

Cricket Show 168: Cutters are All in Your Mind

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 The Olympics are looming, and while cricket is not an Olympic sport it will be making an appearance at the opening ceremony for London 2012. The team get their teeth into Olympic Cricket this week.

Burners, David Hinchliffe and Mark Garaway also dig into the mailbag to answer questions on mental strength and playing cutters. As usual the answers are not from the textbook.

Plus Burners is liberal with his definition of a minute, and we re-coin a fielding position phrase in the Tailender.

Cricket Show 167: Royal Challengers, Artificial Pitches and Spin Bowling Troubles

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With Burners on tour, it’s down the Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe to discuss the cricket coaching issues of the day.

We chat about Tom Maynard, the New Royal Challengers Academy in Bangalore, practicing on artificial wickets and bowling spin late in a one day game.

We also struggle to find a Tailender. Will Garas’ list of International cricket contacts come to the rescue?

Listen to the show to find out.

Cricket Show 166: How to Shine a Cricket Ball

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The practice of shining the cricket ball for maximum swing has moved on a lot from the days of a quick rub on the bowler’s trousers. These days it’s an art and a science.

So this week the team discuss how to shine the ball and the importance of a "Team Shiner" in the mailbag. Other topics on the table in the show this week for Mark Garaway, Burners and David Hinchliffe are the role of franchises in T20 player development, how to bat down the order and how to get sneezed out.

Listen to the show to find out more.

Cricket Show 165: To GP or not to GP

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On the cricket show this week we talk spin bowling in India and Burners tells us all about the scourge of the GP in modern cricket.

There are questions on getting your chance to play, and how to rotate the strike, plus we almost get some gossip from Mark Garaway… almost.

Cricket Show 164: Why Does the Ball Swing?

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Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe talk cricket, KKR’s IPL success and why the ball swings this week. Friend of the show Laurence Houghton also joins us to discuss BATEX and performance analysis.
 
The mailbag is opened as usual, and this week we look into bowling beyond hitting cones, and how to bowl to left handers.