1. 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

2. 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 individuals 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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