Revealing his philosophy of coaching, former New Zealand fast bowler and MI Emirates head coach Shane Bond said he always tries to bring out the best from his players and seeks honest feedback about his working style .
MI Emirates will take on Gulf Giants in the next ILT20 on Wednesday and they will look to take positives from their last game where they registered an impressive 157-run win over Desert Vipers on Sunday.
Appreciating the boys’ effort, the MI Emirates head coach said that they need to play with the same amount of consistency in the remaining three matches to stay in the title race.
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“It was a great performance against the Desert Vipers, and especially since the start of the tournament I have been mentioning that the team is capable of winning the tournament. We just need to turn up the heat and win the big moments,” Bond said in a media release. , there is a need to take some good decisions and execute them.
“We played against the top team, did our best, and we are playing the second team in the next competition list, and then if we win that game, we can finish in the top-2,” he said. “
Elaborating on his philosophy of coaching, the 47-year-old Kiwi said that he always tries to bring out the best from his players.
“My job has always been to get the best out of the players, to be consistent and get better in each game. Those things never change, and have remained the same since day one.
As players, the most difficult thing for them is to get honest feedback. It can be tough for a coach, so the only way to get better as a coach is to go up to the players during any competition and start a conversation about what I can do to get better.”
Praising MI Emirates captain Kieron Pollard, who has been in scintillating form with the bat throughout the tournament, Bond said the best thing about having someone like Pollard as the leader of the team is that he is a coach. also understand the role of Trinidadians are on a transition phase.
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“Playing and coaching are very different. Having a playing career behind you gives you respect from young players as the kind of player you are, but my job as a coach is to make my player better,” the coach said.
“It’s not about me now, but how do you get the best out of your player. You have Dwayne (Bravo) and (Kieron) Pollard, who are in transition and they understand their roles clearly. Polly has played a vital role in the team’s success.”
The 47-year-old is also happy to see that the talent pool in associate countries is expanding, thanks to T20 leagues like this one, and as a result the associate countries have been able to pull off big upsets. World cup.
“This tournament is great because associate and local players are getting a chance to take part in it. Being part of the squad, so you’re building the depth of those smaller nations,” said Bond.
He said, ‘We have four very good players who are doing well in franchise cricket. Muhammad Wasim is a very good player, Zahoor Khan, who has been a mainstay of the UAE national team, and he is bowling well for us. We are fortunate to have Robin Singh, who works with the UAE team and has a relationship with him that makes it easy for us.
It’s great for him to get an opportunity to open the batting with Kieron Pollard or Nicholas Pooran or open the bowling with Trent Boult.”
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