I'm not interested in exercises.

I'm interested in how to run faster, throw further, stay injury free, score runs and take wickets.

Because that's all exercises are; a means to an end.

As a cricketer, the best exercise in the world is useless if it doesn't help you play better cricket.

This article was only possible thanks to the expertise of former First-class leg spinner Mohammed Haroon, who provided the insights into becoming a professional cricketer from Pakistan.

It's difficult to become a professional cricketer in Pakistan.

With such a deep love for the game, everyone in the country seems to want to play at the highest level.

Competition is hot.

Nic Northcote joins the show to answer you cricket coaching questions on his specialist subject wicketkeeping. If you like his answers pick up a copy of Nic's excellent eBook: Wicket-Keeping: The Ultimate Guide to Mastering the Art.

This is a guest article by Daniel Maddocks of T20Kids.com: Promoting Cricket for Kids. Daniel is an ECB Coach with experience in coaching young cricketers in the North West of England.

A healthy youth section is the sign of a healthy club.

One of the fastest ways to gain an edge over the opposition is to improve your fitness because so few sides work on it.

But you don't want to waste your valuable time on fitness work that's useless on the pitch on matchday.

Is there a more inspirational sporting success story than that of the Afghanistan cricket team?

The team have enjoyed fairytale success and PitchVision, through their weekly coaching podcast, have got the inside track in an interview with current coach Kabir Khan.

This is part of a series on How to exploit batsman's weaknesses. To see the other weaknesses click here.

It might be controversial to say it, but a backlift over middle or leg stump is a weakness dying to be exploited by all types of bowlers.

Coaching manuals often advise players to pick the bat up straight, but this method limits a player's scoring options and allows the bowler several obvious ways to get a wicket.

Judging by the number of questions we get here at PitchVision Academy, a lot of players and coaches have a cricketing problem they need solving. Everyone has something; a technical flaw in the cover drive, not quick enough bowling, getting gassed with low fitness levels and a hundred other things.

We also know that there is a frustrating gap for most of us.

The coaches and experts with the answers to your problems are expensive or inaccessible, or both.

At least they were.

Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan joins David on the phone to discuss how to coach a side with limited resources to astounding success; a lesson for all club coaches there.

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