The legside stumping is one of cricket's finest sights. I know as a former wicketkeeper I’m biased, but it’s a skill that turns games. It’s achievable by all keepers if these sound rules are followed:

Imagine opening the batting for Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. The opposition is Deccan Chargers and standing at the end of his run is no less that Dale Steyn; one of the world’s most destructive pacemen.

It’s fair to say your heart would be racing. That’s a situation experienced by 20 year old Punjab opener Mandeep Singh. Yet despite the pressure, the pace and fear he is flourishing. Many critics have him on the fast-track to becoming India’s next big thing.

From Harbhajan Singh to Dale Steyn, IPL 2012 has been littered with examples of cricketers pushing the Spirit of Cricket to its limits. The offenders will say it’s just passion over-spilling, but do you need a bad boy to succeed at your level?

The example of Harbhajan Singh is a good one to examine. The Mumbai Indian’s skipper argued for several minutes with the umpire, eventually forcing him to review his decision.

This week’s winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Varun. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

"I want to improve my fielding standards but problem is that a league has just started in our city and is going to continue for a month. As a result , we are not able to do any fielding drills (the ground remains occupied for the whole day). We have to settle for just the net practice.Any tips and drills which i can do on my own to take my fielding standards to another level?"

Listen to the panel’s answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here. 

Cricket is a game that takes a long time to learn and even longer to master. Coaches, parents and plenty of others are on hand to help with advice for your matches. You wonder if you are the next Tendulkar or just another kid.

The show picks the brains of Mark Garaway and Phil Oliver about their experience of helping players make the jump into professional cricket. You might be surprised by the answers you hear.

The mailbag is as full as usual as David Hinchliffe, Garas and Burners answer your questions and give away a prize of online coaching. Plus we have the Soapbox, Yes/No and Tailender features that ends with a sledging for David. Download it now!

80% of balls that are missed by a keeper go under the hands!

This is a finding from from the study I did in 2008 monitoring 52 high performance keepers from Under 11 County Age Group keepers to MS Dhoni and Mathew Prior in Test Cricket.

A lot of people say that to be a professional cricketer you need that special indefinable “x-factor”. It’s a magical trait that you either have, or not. If you don’t have it you will never get it.

Yes, of course you need something special. But there is no way this is an indefinable thing. It’s just something that is difficult to measure.

This week’s winner of the Cricket Show podcast question competition is Y.Timol. He wins a free coaching course from PitchVision Academy.

"I recently started coaching a talented 16 year old cricketer. He bowls with excellent consistency regularly hitting his targets (target bowling) and bowls with good pace too. However, in his bound, the student does not use his left leg to propel his body over the bowling crease but instead skips off his right leg - over the bowling crease. Would this be an example of a bowler who bowls of his wrong foot? Would it be advisable to change his action to a more conventional bowling style? Would bowling in this manner cause stress to his body resulting in injury? Please not that apart from this issue, the other basic components of his bowling process is sound."

Listen to the panel’s answer to his question here.

To enter your own question for the chance to win your choice of online coaching course send your questions in here. 

It doesn’t matter what level you play, if you are new to PitchVision Academy it’s an intimidating place. There are over 10 books worth of articles, in excess of 8 DVDs of video and more than 60 CDs of audio; all dedicated to cricket coaching and playing.

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