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.

John Abrahams scored 13,560 runs for Lancashire between 1973 and 1988.

After captaining Lancashire to List A success, John went on to spend more than 30 years in a range of coaching roles with the ECB.

Widely respected across the game, he shares his approach to developing the art of captaincy, highlighting the importance of investing time and energy into nurturing the next generation of on-field leaders.

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.

Pete Alway is leading the research focusing on reducing injury risk, with specialist expertise in the biomechanics and physiology of pace bowling.

As the ECB’s Research and Operations Manager he based at the ECB Performance Centre in Loughborough monitoring players and reducing injury risk.

In this episode, he shares insights into how fast bowlers can be best prepared and managed to maximise performance while staying fit.

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.

Andrew Griffiths is Head of Pathway Coaching at Somerset CCC.

The club has a rich history developing youngsters into top level first class cricketers.

How do they do it? Tim Dellor visited Taunton, where there's lots of work going on during the off season, to try and find out....

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....

Richard Johnson has been coaching for the last 18 years.

After a very successful time playing for England, Somerset and Middlesex, he's been coaching bowlers at Surrey and Middlesex.

He finished his role as Head Coach at Middlesex during last season.

He's been telling Tim Dellor about what he looks for when coaching young seam bowlers, what he thinks will happen in the Ashes, and what it's like to be sacked from a high profile coaching role.