“Ohhhhhhhhh!
It’s a magnificent shot Ganguli unable to hold the ball it slipped through his
fingers ………… actually it’s a very sad moment for the team…………………”
“Sri
Lanka is 170 for no wickets”
“Little
Kalu is ready to face Ganguli again…… this time little Kalu hit the ball
patiently but Ganguli is very conscious fully focused at Kalu and the ball
didn’t flipped through his fingers”
“It’s
a marvelous catch that is what you called ‘brilliant fielding”
“The happy fans whistling and giving a huge
sound applause and a standing ovation for Ganguli anf for little Kalu as well”
“Little
Kalu batted really well and earned 99 runs for the team that is a good
contribution for the Sri Lankan team”.
“And
the team has to respect this 99 runs and must plan rest of their overs
intelligently without treating the ball in a careless way”.
“Over
to you Rameesh Raja”
“Thank
you Tony Greig”
“Yes
I Agree with you Tony, I think the teams have to focus on every single aspect
of the tournament as usual to win the match without giving any scores
carelessly or loosing any catches”
“What
do you think about the 99 kaluwitharana earned Ranjith (Fernando)”?
“I
have seen him batting this well since he was playing at club level I think he
is a brilliant innovation of this country but this is not the best of his
performance that I have seen”
“I
remember Brian Gomez once said when many of us, Premasara Epasinghe, Palitha
perera, Kamal Deshapriya giving commentary at Rawel Pindi Stadium ………………”
There are certain
number of players in a team that can not be exceeded even with the extras, the
additional players. The number is limited.
It is no easy for a youngster to become a member of any National Cricket Team
unless they show their fullest talents, skills.
I do not say
that joining a team is easy but I would say even after joining a team,
‘sustaining’ is the most difficult thing to do.
Their
‘performances’ is very important and that is what matters for a team nothing
else. The team or a board does not need any long lasting armatures in a team
but they need grown up mature players. Any youngster, immature player soon has
to be matured otherwise they have to forget their dreams of becoming a hero of
sports, lets say in cricket. I think it is no easy to be in the permanent list
without really slipping or cut off from the list that board of selectors
chooses. No powerful committee member
can delete any name from any list ‘if the player has shown his fullest
abilities plus the skills in every match they play.
Recognizing
talents; is the other most difficult part in this universe of sports reason is
‘ the talents seekers needs to have broad eyes and senses’ including no ‘
selfish’ mind. But it is somehow happening thanks to many good people.
Often, the
elders do not have to teach their kids ‘how to make a kite’ but they make kites
by looking at how their elders make them or else how their eldest siblings make
them. But there are things that can not be learned just by looking at how
others do and it is never easy at the beginning of something, for beginners
specifically. The beginner needs a better training. But the good thing about
learning themselves other than getting a proper training is, then any team can
appoint them with confidence and the team does not have to worry about earning
scores and owning the trophies with such enclosement.
We should not
forget that cricket is an unpredictable game compared to most the games that
exist in this universe. We can not forget that there is a limit that a trainer
or a coacher can do. The players have to earn and design their own pages their
own way. ‘They need to earn their own styles and strategies such has to be
unique and non copiable.
Yes we know that
kids learn by imitating others that is one of the ways to learn but sustaining
is impossible if they do not come out of ‘the frames of imitating’ and think of
earning their own unique styles of playing.
And the players
should expect ‘challenges’ on and off grounds. If you are trying to innovate
and introduce any new styles ‘do not forget that you need to follow the book of
cricket’ and must expect ‘warning of using wrong techniques’ until it verify
with a group of qualifiers , experts
I am not blaming
anyone. But the new guys do not need to think of innovating any similar or new
versions of ‘Duhsras’ but something else if possible. Perhaps Darrel Haier was
doing his job but for a player it is definitely a challenge. And how the player
bearers these things depend on ‘the level of confidence’ of the player, that he
himself holds within. If the team mates and rest of the society do not stay
with him encouraging that would be the end of his sports carrier because such
things very badly affect their carrier. So the ‘confidence’, the support and the
trust of others around, is important inputting accurate technique is a must for
any beginner or any one who think of sustaining in the field. Similarly if we want we can apply these
things to our personal or carrier or any other skills and its improvements.
For a beginner to
begin his sports carrier, ‘meeting a good guide / coacher is very relevant and indiscernibly,
immeasurably important.
Any wrong
judgment may leads to issues. So the match referees are important. I have seen
some players gone for duck’, and some sadly moving towards the pavilion earning
only 99 or 49. Isn't that a sad thing for a cricket player and for the entire
team? That is what cricket is all
about. There are off peaks and peaks of any players’ carrier but sooner not
later they need to cover it up. ‘What we count is over all performances. Nobody
just weigh or measure ones performances just by watching one or two matches.
There are no
legends that have one same name. There are no too many GavasKars but only one.
Similarly you find only one Garfield, Arjuna, Lara, Jayasuriya, Murali. etc
They have their own styles never easy for others to copy or imitate their
styles but there are indescribable number of things that the youngsters can
learn from these legends watching their clips videos of matches played.
They have not
instantly appeared or coincidentally bloomed from somewhere or have fallen from
sky. They are gems well polished and shaped. These talents were identified or
recognized by their talent guru’s, trainers, coachers.
Every sports
activity or any job that exists in this complex universe we live has certain
ethics, rules, regulations attached to the activity. Even to become a Geisha
there are things to learn and practice I learned today by watching ‘The memoirs
of a Geisha’ (a movie)
The coachers can
not observe hem from a distance and stay behind them every moment on and off
grounds, I said earlier. ‘Protecting the earned name’ is important for a player.
Try to remember the players who had to end their cricket carrier because of
wrong decisions they made off the grounds. When ever the players are batting well the
first ones to appreciate their hits, performances are the commentators. They get the report of how they have
performed instantly. With suggestions mostly, the commentaries are full of
advises and encouragements as well.
To catch a catch
or to hold a catch the players need to know or must learn the technique. The
coachers teach them how to catch a catch technically according to what they
have learned from the book of cricket. Additionally, for sure they might teach
their players or share what they have learned by experiences, all the artistic
tack tacks in order to catch a catch professionally and accurately. Every coach
has his own style of coaching or guiding, instructing their coachees
In tests ………………
|
Most catches
|
||||||
|
Player
|
Span
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
Ct
|
Max
|
Ct/Inn
|
|
1996-2012
|
164
|
301
|
210
|
3
|
0.697
|
|
|
1997-2014
|
148
|
268
|
202
|
4
|
0.753
|
|
|
1995-2013
|
166
|
315
|
200
|
4
|
0.634
|
|
|
1995-2012
|
168
|
328
|
196
|
3
|
0.597
|
|
|
1991-2002
|
128
|
245
|
181
|
4
|
0.738
|
|
|
1994-2008
|
111
|
199
|
171
|
5
|
0.859
|
|
|
2002-2014
|
117
|
225
|
169
|
5
|
0.751
|
|
|
1990-2006
|
131
|
241
|
164
|
4
|
0.680
|
|
|
1989-1999
|
104
|
197
|
157
|
4
|
0.796
|
|
|
1978-1994
|
156
|
277
|
156
|
4
|
0.563
|
|
|
1996-2012
|
134
|
248
|
135
|
4
|
0.544
|
|
|
1994-2009
|
103
|
205
|
128
|
4
|
0.624
|
|
|
2004-2014
|
105
|
204
|
125
|
3
|
0.612
|
|
|
1992-2007
|
145
|
281
|
125
|
3
|
0.444
|
|
|
1970-1984
|
87
|
165
|
122
|
4
|
0.739
|
|
|
1974-1991
|
121
|
232
|
122
|
4
|
0.525
|
|
|
2004-2012
|
100
|
189
|
121
|
3
|
0.640
|
|
|
1977-1992
|
102
|
179
|
120
|
3
|
0.670
|
|
|
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html
|
for more reading …………….
How to catch a
catch without loosing it, positioning on the correct place of the ground, the
strategies that require to learn, the coachers teach their players. Am I repeating
what I have already told earlier?
Some
followers from foot path for Mr. Dav Whatmore former coach of the world cup winning
National team of Sri Lanka
The coachers can
not be in on site / ground when their players are playing other than in the
places where the organizers have allocated for them to be seated watching how
their players perform in the ground
When it comes to
coaching often the school level coachers do not get much recognition than the
top class coachers who coach their players at club level, society level,
country level or locally or internationally.
I think to
identify or recognize talents the school level teachers and coachers play an
immensely important role. If the coachers miss any talents during their process
of recognizing talents, that affects the talent holders, the life of the talent
holder.
The
understanding between the coacher and the coachee is essential here.
Coachers the
talent guiders
|
Name of the Coach
|
Country
|
|
Duncan Fletcher
|
India
|
|
Waqar Younis
|
Pakistan
|
|
Pubudu Dahanayake
|
Nepal
|
|
Chandika Hathursignhe
|
Bangladesh
|
|
Kabir Khan
|
Afghanistan
|
|
Darren Scott Lehmann
|
Australia
|
|
Steve Tikolo
|
Kenya
|
|
Grant Bradburn
|
Scotland
|
|
Marvan Atapattu
|
Sri Lanka
|
There are classic
catches takers in the international history of cricket, Jonti Rhodes, Roshan
Mahanama comes in to mind very before the others because of their art of taking
catches. They are top class fielders in the international cricket teams of
their countries
Any National
board of cricket, I believe needs to have a very good link between the school
coachers, club coachers, players, the heads of personally maintained
institutes, or stately administered pools of cricket. That is to harvest ‘talents’
There should be
a way to encourage ‘the coachers’ at grass root level’ this is important. I am
saying this without really knowing the picture here and there in cricket world.
I believe a board of cricket needs to tour around their countries to seek
talents, interview coachers, meet them once or thrice a month. I do not know
whether there is such a system. The link between every network is important, locally
and internationally.
Talent seeking
should constantly happen as a routine. Then there is no reason to be feared or afraid
of talents or winning world cups or Asian cups, any tournament. At the beginning
of Saheed Afridee’s matches I was little afraid to watch him playing because of
fastest techniques what others had to do was to learn the copping strategies. I
think if my memory is accurate I can remember his fastest 50.
After this ‘Sri
Lanka and Pakistan match ‘Jayawardena’ retiring from the test matches so ‘to
fill the space we need to have talents. This is just an example. I know that ‘we
have no issues or any problems in seeking talents because we have enough of
them.
The national
coachers association’ do we have one, district associations?
I am believe
that the boards of cricket around the globe surely maintains a list of each and
every coach, trainers of each and every school that uplifts cricket as a sport
I believe that
we lack no instruments or tools at school levels. It is not possible to build a
ground at each school premises ‘sharing facilities is perfectly alright’,
cricket bats and balls, pads, small tools to watch demonstrated matches , old
matches that mature players played. Every asset is important to distribute including
a well trained qualified trainers, coachers. I do not know whether we have any
place to train coachers attaching to the training the institute of cricket.
I believe that
is why the village talents come to Colombo.
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