You can be involved with this game for 15
minutes or 35 years and you still learn, in
leadership each day we experience new learning.
Those who are convinced that you are doing the
right way may find suddenly that “Your Way” is
challenged and that you have to change to suit a
great leader/player.
Leadership vs Cricket

Like cricket leadership has so many facets that it takes a
while to grasp them all. Football is about the group
domination of space; cricket is about an individual’s
encounter with time like leadership.
Not only rain, but wind, dew, humidity, cloud cover and
even tides can effects the game of cricket, for two main
reasons: they affect the pitch itself; and they influence the
movement of the ball as it is bowled, either through the air
or off the pitch. Cast, race, colour and even
circumstances can effects the leadership.
The Challenge of Leadership/ Cricket

Cricket is a game of pressure. The higher the level it is
played at, the greater that pressure becomes. A batter
has a partner out in the middle, but when it matters he is
entirely alone, facing eleven players all focused on his
downfall. Knowing that he cannot afford to make a single
mistake, the batter fights a battle that requires
skill, concentration, insight and stamina. A leader is just
like a batter who is facing the bouncers of media and the
eyes of people are watching him. Waiting to bat/ address:
dealing with nerves
The mind of Game

Guard: where you stand
Stance: how you stand
Grip: how you hold your bat/ position
Visual and neurological skills: watching
, judging, decision-making and move into correct
position
Psychological skills: dealing with elation and
stress
Vision and Batting /Directing

The classical battle is between run accumulation by batting
side and run restriction / wicket accumulation by the fielding
side; and vice versa.
Top-order batsman grind out scores that put their side at an
advantage, middle-order batsmen can save matches, strike
bowlers win them, wicket-keeper chivvy their team and effect
dismissals; but it is the captain who is the most important
member of any team. He / She leads his/her troops on the
field, who weighs up the conditions and the opposition, who
chooses the tactics and makes the difficult decisions, who
takes the big risks ; and, when things go badly, it is his / her
Strategy and Captaincy