The Cricket Mentoring Podcast takes you inside the real life stories of professionals or aspiring Cricket Mentoring Community members and coaches who are on the journey to becoming their best both on and off the field. Thanks to our global online community platform, we connect and help hundreds of athletes just like you every single day to grow in confidence, get the results they desire and live a happier life.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Greg Shipperd speaks on winning the BBL and coaching Steve Smith
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Today’s guest is one of the most successful coaches in the world and as I coach myself I was thrilled to pick the brains of one of the best. Greg Shipperd had an excellent career as a player scoring almost 7,000 first-class runs at an average over 42 with a highest-score of 200* but I think it’s fair to say, he’s made even more of an impact on the game as a coach.
Shipperd started his coaching in Tasmania where he mentored young guns Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson before he shifted to coach Victoria in one of their most successful eras. In all he coached the Vics to 4 Sheffield Shield titles, one National One-Day Cup and four T20 titles.
He was also the inaugural coach of the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League for 4 seasons and most recently just become a big bash winning coach as his Sydney Sixers side just won BBL09.
This is a really insightful conversation with someone I really admire and hope to learn more from as my coaching career progresses. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Cameron Bancroft talks about the mindset you need to be an elite cricketer
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Cameron Bancroft is famous for the right and wrong reasons. He made a name for himself as a determined opening batsman from Western Australia and was at the start of a promising Test career when his life changed forever. All cricket fans know about the ball-tampering events that occurred at Newlands in South Africa in which Bancroft was in the centre of the action. In the months afterwards his reputation and with a 9-month ban from professional cricket, his cricket both hit rock bottom. However, that time allowed him to focus on other things in his life and give him a better perspective of cricket and also what his values are. He has since returned to playing with some success and worked his way back into the Australian Test side for the Ashes. At just 27 years of age, he has a long time left in the game but due to his actions at Newlands, he hopes it can be a lesson for others and he can be a better leader in the future due to what happened.
In this episode we discussed:
- How as a 10-year-old Justin Langer gave him something special
- Cameron's obsession with getting better
- How words from teammate Coulter-Nile helped turn his career around
- How he learned to love leaving the ball in a recent second XI match
- How he has worked hard to forgive himself and be true to himself
- How he sees success and failure in the same light
- Plus a whole lot more
Cameron is a deep thinker about the game and life which comes across in this episode. This is a fascinating chat which could have carried on for many hours. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it.
Make sure you follow Bancroft on Instagram: @cbancroft4
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
The World of Cricket - Declared with Scolls, Waldo & Bhavi Episode 2
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast. I’m Tom Scollay or Scolls as I get called and this podcast has been designed for cricketers and cricket lovers who want to learn and improve themselves. In this podcast we interview past, current and future cricket stars to find out more about their journey and what makes them successful while also sharing some audio from ourselves at Cricket Mentoring. Our goal is to help you become your best, on and off the field so I hope you enjoy this podcast and get something valuable out of it.
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
The World of Cricket - Declared with Scolls & Reedy Episode 1
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast. I’m Tom Scollay or Scolls as I get called and this podcast has been designed for cricketers and cricket lovers who want to learn and improve themselves. In this podcast we interview past, current and future cricket stars to find out more about their journey and what makes them successful while also sharing some audio from ourselves at Cricket Mentoring. Our goal is to help you become your best, on and off the field so I hope you enjoy this podcast and get something valuable out of it.
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Big Bash Star Jon Wells on bouncing back from setback after setback
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
After returning back to Perth from a very impressive Bigh Biash campaign, we sat down with Adelaide Strikers batsman Jonathan Wells to discuss how he got to where he is now, and what's next for him.
In this episode we discuss:
- How he prepared for the BBL while being out of the professional system
- How he had to work as a labourer while training to keep his cricket dream alive
- How he came back from losing his professional contract on 4 separate occasions
- How he moved from Tasmania to Perth on the promise he’d get opportunities if he did well
- What the keys are to turning starts into big scores
- How he got a call from the Australian chairman of selectors
- Why Ricky Ponting is a 'cricket nuffy' and what he was like behind closed doors
- What makes Rashid Khan, Tim Paine and other great players special
- Plus a whole lot more
This is a great insight into someone who's had an up and down career and at 31 is now at the peak of his game.
Make sure to follow him on Instagram @jwells_9
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Shahbaz Choudhry on founding Pace Journal
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Today’s episode was recorded back in August this year while I was in the UK and is with a really inspiring guy. Shahbaz Choudry is the founder of Pace Journal – a community for fast bowlers around the world. I first came across the Instagram account at the start of this year and was extremely impressed with what I saw. Having spent a huge amount of time creating content for the Cricket Mentoring Instagram account over the past few years, I know how much time and effort goes into it and when I saw Pace Journal I knew that whoever was behind it was extremely passionate about fast-bowling and helping people understand the secrets of fast-bowling.
Their Instagram account is followed by a huge number of cricketers all over the world and Shahbaz has built an amazing community by interviewing professional cricketers and coaches to share tips and ideas with anyone who wants to learn about fast-bowling.
When I was speaking to Shahbaz and listening to his story and why he founded ‘Pace Journal’ there were so many similarities to my own story and why I founded Cricket Mentoring. His bio on his personal Instagram says ‘on a mission to help fast bowlers all over the world’ and through his amazing content he is certainly doing that.
I really enjoyed listening to his story and learning more about the man behind this brilliant brand and I have no doubt you will get a lot of value from his story as well.
Shahbaz Instagram handles: Pace Journal @pacejournal & @mrpacejournal
Link to Fast Bowlers anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB3ZKMMvPCA
I hope you enjoy this episode!
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
G’day legends. Welcome to this special episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast.
One of the reasons I say it’s special is because of our guest, Melanie Jones who I’ll go more into in just a second.
The second reason this episode is special is because we are recording it in India. The Karnataka Institute of Cricket in Bangalore is a strange place for two Aussies to record a podcast but there’s no better setting to discuss the journey of one of Australian crickets true stars.
Mel and I are in Bangalore for different reasons - I’m running a Cricket Mentoring Tour for young cricketers from Australia and the UK to experience India and train and play in sub-continent conditions, while Mel is here to commentate on an IPL match in a couple of nights but I didn’t want to miss to opportunity to hear the story of this legend…
Melanie or Mel Jones is a former Australian cricketer who, in recent years has turned herself into one of the best cricket commentators going around as she travels the world commentating on the major tournaments including the Big Bash, IPL and will soon be in the UK commentating on the World Cup.
Mel was an elite player. She played 5 Test matches and 61 One Day Internationals and is a member of the prestigious club of cricketers who have scored a century on Test debut – with 131 against England in the 1998 Ashes series.
Having played all her representative cricket when women’s cricket wasn’t professional, Mel has been a huge advocate for the women’s game and is incredibly happy to see the best cricketers in Australia and around the world become professionals in recent years.
Since retiring, Mel has done various things but in recent years has built her reputation in commentary boxes around the world. She not only brings a great deal of experience from playing at the highest level to the commentary box, but through her hard work and love of the game she also brings a real depth of knowledge about each and every player.
It was awesome to sit down with Mel and hear how a girl from the country has forged a very successful life in cricket both on and off the field.
In this episode we discussed:
- How she began playing cricket at her grandparents place with her older male cousins and how the circumstances in those games, shaped the player she was in international cricket
- How Peter Handscomb & Sam Harper’s fathers played a pivotal role in her cricket career
- How she was never a ‘pro’ and had to manage working bits and pieces job with playing international and domestic cricket
- How she was ‘stuffing her face with a prawn cocktail’ at the back of the room when her name was first read out as being a member of the Australian squad
- How she took a big leap to leave her steady career to pursue a career as a freelance cricket commentator and how it’s paying off in spades
- Plus a whole lot more.
When in India anything can happen, and on cue, the power went out half way through our interview… but as all true professionals do, Mel carried on as if nothing had happened.
No doubt you will pick up our mutual love for this beautiful country throughout the conversation.
Mel is cricketing royalty and it was a pleasure to spend a morning with her at KIOC. Her energy and passion for the game is obvious which I’m sure you’ll hear it in her voice so lets get into this epsiode…
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. This episode is with someone who has a very interesting insight on the game of cricket.
Gideon Haigh is without a doubt one of the most intelligent humans that I’ve ever spoken to and I was fascinated listening to his insight and views on the game. As one of the chief cricket writers for The Australian newspaper, Gideon watches international and domestic matches closely and combined with his background in things outside of cricket is regarded as one of the best cricket pundits in the country.
He is also frequently talking about the game on TV and is currently giving his expert views on channel 7 during the Test series between Australia and India.
At 52 years old he is also still playing for his beloved South Yarra cricket club in the Victorian Grade Competition and therefore truly understands the game and struggles that come with it as a player.
As someone who has read and followed Gideon’s insights for a while I was very excited to chat to him and hear his views on the game.
In this episode we discussed:
- How he got into playing cricket and how he’s reinvented himself throughout his career
- Why he travels over an hour twice a week to play at his cricket club
- Why club cricket is important to the development of players
- How some young players in the Australian system are burning out due to their workload
- How technology has changed the game over the past 10 years
- The qualities needed to perform at the highest level
- What traits the best leaders he’s seen posses
- What his advice is for any youngster wanting to pursue a career as a cricket journalist
Plus a whole lot more.
This was truly a fascinating chat with someone who looks at the game differently to most others. I’m sure you’ll be enthralled, just as I was by Gideon’s articulate answers and depth of knowledge of Australian cricket.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Josh Philippe on becoming a professional cricketer
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast with WA batsman, Josh Phillipe.
Josh broke onto the scene in stunning fashion a little over a year ago when he scored 88 in the first session of a tour match against the England Test team that featured the likes of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad. Since then he has made his First-class & List A debuts for Western Australia, Scored a Sheffield Shield Century and made his Big Bash debut for the Perth Scorchers and last week it was announced that he is joining the Sydney Sixers for this year's Big Bash.
Josh also scored a better than a run a ball 57 for the Prime Ministers XI against a South Africa side that featured Dale Steyn & Kagiso Rabada in a man of the match performance in October this year.
At just 21 years of age, Josh is one of the brightest prospects in Australian cricket and has recently come on board as a Cricket Mentoring ambassador which we’re really excited to be partnered with Josh to help him on his journey.
In this episode we discussed:
- How he got into cricket after both his mum and dad represented WA
- How he was selected as a wicket-keeping more than a batter in his junior and when his batting took over from his keeping
- How having a season in England helped him not only become the batter he is today but also find his love for the game again
- How he batted number 9 in a WA trial match and was spewing when Mitch Marsh and Marcus Stoinis got a second hit ahead of him
- How he wishes England had bowled their overs a bit quicker in the tour match so he could have scored a 100
- How he spent the winter in Brisbane at the National Performance Centre working with former Aussie opener Chris Rogers
- How being told a week before the first Big Bash game that he was playing hindered his performance
Plus a whole lot more.
We have no doubt Josh Phillippe will become a household name around the world in the future and are excited to bring you his journey thus far in today’s episode.
So lets get into this episode…
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in cricket with Mark Boyns
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Tuesday Nov 27, 2018
Mark started Opening Up in 2014 after his cricket club was hit with tragedy with the passing of his good mate, Alex, who took his own life.
Since then, Mark has been on a campaign to raise awareness for mental health issues and suicide prevention and travels around the world teaching people how every single person can improve their ‘mental fitness’, which is something that aligns with our message as coaches and mentors to our athletes.
As the name suggests, Mark and his now team of speakers, travel around the UK and more recently Australia and New Zealand encouraging and supporting cricketers to Open Up and talk to someone if they are struggling with their mental health.
Opening Up has won the support of many of England’s best cricketers who love the message it shares.
In this episode we discussed:
- How the best teams and people in sport communicate well and why it’s important to do that on a number of levels
- How mental health exists on a continuum with good mental health on one end and bad mental health on the other
- What people can do to improve their mental conditioning to improve their performance
- How to notice a decline of your own mental health or someone else around you
- How to be a good listener to someone who has confided in you
- How Mark suffered his own mental health issues and how he’s worked to overcome them
- What gratitude is and how you can practice it and how it rewires your brain to look for the positive in things…
Plus a whole lot more.
This is a different chat to many of the others we’ve published previously but there are so many great things that you can learn from it and implement into your life and help with others around you.
Mark is a very clever guy who is changing peoples lives around the world so I’m thrilled to have sat down with him and heard more about his story. So lets get into this episode…