Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Tips. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here

There are two things that can make things really difficult for batsmen when they bat against spin.

This is the third in the series of articles from Darren Talbot of Darren Talbot Cricket Coaching and Head of Coach Mentoring at Surrey County Cricket Club. Click here for part one, click here for part 2.

You have identified that a young player is ready to play senior cricket. What else do you have to consider?

In the Champions Trophy, India out-fielded South Africa to victory.

It wasn't the only reason for the win, but it was enough for the sages to comment on the difference. What was going on?

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

The winning question was:

"My son is 9 years old and is obsessed with cricket, he watches cricket all the time and interested in becoming a cricketer.I would like you get some expert advice. What are the basic requirements to become a good cricketer? Is there any method of examining the capability? He is in 5th Class and already overloaded with academics. His day starts at 6.30 and back to home by 2.30 and plays cricket in the evening. Won't it affect his studies and health? "

Listen to the panels 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.

Jade Dernbach comes under the microscope on the Cricket Show. Burners, Mark Garaway and David Hinchliffe learn lessons from Jade's unique issues.

This week's questions cover red-green colour blindness. Are sunglasses the answer? And dealing with parental concerns when your 9 year old is passionate about cricket.

Welcome to the PV/VIDEO Digest, your highlights summary of the weeks best videos from PitchVision Interactive

You can share these videos by email or onto facebook, and post your comments right here: From serious analysis to Friday fun. Here are the top 5 videos uploaded from PitchVision systems around the world this week.

This afternoon, I had a conversation with ex-England captain, Michael Vaughan about the impact on batting tactics and shot execution in limited over cricket.

We discussed how - tactically - the game has gone full circle. The new ODI regulations have influenced the renaissance of an age old limited overs adage.

Keeping wickets is, once again, the holy grail of batting.

This series is part of the Cricket Fitness Workouts series. For the full list, click here.

In season training is a tricky proposition and it can get complicated what with games at funny times and rain intervention.

A lot of trainers get clever with the in season system, and that's perfectly fine if you know what you are doing. But what if you just want a simple "fire and forget" way of getting your gym work done during the summer.

Welcome to the Simple Summer Workout.

Menno Gazendam is author of Spin Bowling Tips. Get your free 8 week spin bowling course here

There are times when you need bad field placing to get the job done.

This is a guest article from former professional bowler, and current Strength, Conditioning and Fast Bowling Coach Steffan Jones.

There is no doubt in my mind that most fast bowlers ignore the best training method that exists for improving pace.

Today we can break that trend.

I remember in 1999 I was was at the start of my career and was searching for that X-factor that would help me add pace onto my bowling. I was currently being clocked at 78mph. In county cricket that is neither here nor there.

I needed more.