The Cricket Mentoring Podcast
Episodes
Why some players "make it" and some don't
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We recieved a message from a player at the recent ICC U19 world cup being held in Africa, around their mindset and their takeaways from the Mindset Ma...
How a Big Bash team prepares for a final + What makes Steve Smith so special
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Scolls was recently invited to work alongside the Sydney Sixers as they prepared for the upcoming their upcoming finals matches against the Perth Scor...
The state of Spin Bowling in Australia | Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 6
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a spinner and want to take your game to the next level, the Spin Bowling Online Community is for you! Click here to join now and get direct ...
Mindset for Spin Bowling - When to attack and when to defend | The Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 5
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mindset for Spin Bowling - When to attack and when to defend | The Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 5 Take your bowling to the next level with mentoring from H...
The difference between Sidespin & Overspin | The Spin Bowling Podcast Episode 4
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Take your bowling to the next level with mentoring from Howie inside the Spin Bowling Online Community: https://cricketmentoring.com/spin-bowling-comm...
Leg Spin Technical Fundamentals | The Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 3
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focuses on the Spin Bowling Podcast we focus on the Technical Fundamentals of Leg Spin and how it's different to finger spin. In this epi...
Technical Fundamentals of the World’s Best Finger Spinners | The Spin Bowling Podcast Episode 2
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ Technical Fundamentals of the World’s Best Finger Spinners | Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 2 Welcome to Episode 2 of our Spin Bowling Podcast Seri...
Characteristics of the World’s Best Spin Bowlers | Spin Bowling Podcast Ep 1
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're super excited to launch the Spin Bowling Podcast Series with one of the world's best spin bowling coaches Craig Howard. In this first episode of...
The Cricket Kid - Social Media Starboy
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Cricket Mentoring Podcast, Scolls has a chat with social media sensation Jackson "The Cricket Kid" Bentley and his Dad
Cameron Merchant - Managing Mental Health and Cricket
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Cricket Mentoring Podcast, Scolls is lucky enough to sit down with former professional cricketer and mental health activist Cam...
You Can Achieve Your Cricket Dreams. Here’s How:
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to take your cricket to the next level? In this video, Scolls shares his personal experience of making his professional debut at Lords a...
Ross Taylor - Become Your Best Through Your Love of the Game
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Cricket Mentoring Podcast, Scolls has lucky enough to sit down with Kiwi great, Ross Taylor.
How Cricket District Built a Global Cricket Community | Toby Marriot & Jack Meacher
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Cricket Mentoring Podcast, we chatted with the lads from Cricket District, one of the world's most popular cricket content crea...
The Plan to Combat the Indian Bowlers | Nathan McSweeney
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, we chatted with new Australian Test opener Nathan McSweeney. Nathan talked about facing India's bowling attack, his technique...
Balancing Motherhood with a Cricket Career | Laura Bailey
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Cricket Mentoring athlete and Kent all-rounder Laura Bailey. Laura talks us through her journey from cricket beginner to...
What it takes to become a Test cricketer | James Bracey
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Bracey has played at the very highest level. The wicketkeeper-batter has played 2 Test Matches for England, along with 93 First-Class matches, 4...
How to Score 100s...The Mindset & Game Plans of scoring 3 100s in a Row | Joel Curtis
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joel Curtis has scored 3 100s in a row for Perth Cricket Club in Western Australian Premier Cricket. We caught up with the Cricket Mentoring Athlete &...
Marie Kelly on Using Gratitude to Overcome Bad Form
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marie Kelly has been a professional cricketer for a number of years and recently represented the Northern Supercharges in the Women's Hundred Competit...
Corey Rocchiccioli: 'PROCESS Over OUTCOME' - The Most Insightful Chat We've EVER Had! (Part 2)
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of this incredibly insightful conversation with Western Australia off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, we covered the Mental, Emotional, Physical...
Corey Rocchiccioli: From 4th Grade To "Off The Charts" & The Art Of Off-Spin (Part 1)
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Rocchiccioli is pushing to be Australia's next Test spinner having been the leading spin-bowler in Sheffield Shield cricket the past two seasons...
Liam Blackford: "You Could Lose Your Arm" - Staying Positive Through Major Adversity
16 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Liam Blackford has always had a bright future in the game. He first represented Victoria and Under 12s and his junior career was filled with selection...
Mental Skills In Sport: How To Stop Overthinking & Perform Under Pressure
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"It is about really being in the moment, being in the now. Because once you're there, the whole world sort of can change." In this episode, we are joi...
Adam Voges: The Art Of Coaching, The IPL & Building A Sustainable Winning Culture
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Voges had an exceptional career as a player and in a short time as a coach, has already achieved some remarkable things. His Western Australian t...
Josh Philippe: Moving states & What it's like to bat with Steve Smith
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Philippe is an absolute legend, on and off the field. He first came on our podcast back in December 2018 and has been a CM Ambassador, athlete an...
”It All Starts in the Mind” - Why England Dominated India
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Senior mentor Scolls chats to Andrew Walton about where he believes England won and India lost last night's T20 World Cup Semi Final, as we believe th...
The Mindset & Plans to Score Hundreds | The CM Show Ep 9
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Play cricket in the UK this summer: https://www.cricketmentoring.com/uk-2023 Joel Curtis comes into the CM Show studio after his breakout English seas...
Is Khawaja the Best Batter in the World Right Now? | The CM Show Ep 8
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Scolls and Reedy are back to discuss Teague Wyllie's first-class debut and what it means to have been a part of Teague's journey. They also...
Teague Wyllie - Lessons from the World Cup | The CM Show Ep 7
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the lads are joined by CM athlete Teague Wyllie, who discusses his time at the Under 19 World Cup, lessons he's learnt and how he sees his ...
Jon Wells - The Grade Cricket GOAT | The CM Show Ep 6
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Reedy & Scolls are joined by BBL star and grade cricket veteren Jon Wells. The lads discuss: The international cricket going on at the mome...
Josh Philippe - How to Bat in T20 Cricket and Why the Sydney Sixers are so Successful | The CM Show Ep 5
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, Scolls and Reedy sit down with Josh Philippe after a whirlwind summer of cricket. The lads discuss Flip's BBL season, his lear...
How to Start a Career in the Sports Industry - Reuben Williams and Ryan Walker from SportsGrad
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scolls sits down with Reuben Williams and Ryan Walker from SportsGrad, who provide online coaching and guidance to help people attain their dream jobs...
Developing Your Game Plan & the Langer Saga | The CM Show Ep 4
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scolls and Reedy are back for another episode of the CM Show! In this episode they discuss: The Cricket Australia/Langer saga, and past-players wantin...
Mastering the Sweep Shot & Reshaping Your Identity | The CM Show Ep 3
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss: The beauty of test cricket, after a thrilling 4th day of the Womens Ashes Test The exciting future of West Indies cricket...
Sam Fanning - How to score hundreds | The CM Show Ep 2
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we have Western Australian rookie Sam Fanning join us to discuss his break-out season for Perth Cricket Club. 'Fanners' is leading th...
The Ashes, Kohli Back in Form & More | The CM Show Ep 1
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a new series of The Cricket Mentoring Show, where Reedy finally gets a gig on the podcast. In this episode, we share what we've noticed, wh...
Lessons from the T20 World Cup Final
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last night Australia won the T20 World Cup for the first time with WA boy & friend of CM, Mitch Marsh the Man of the Match. In this episode, Scolls & ...
Discussing Virat Kohlis recent technique and how great players still make mistakes
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is with Scolls on a recent live stream discussing Indian super star cricketer Virat Kohli and his recent golden duck. Scolls talks about ...
Boost your confidence against the short ball | Monday Mentoring Ep 12
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Question: When I'm training to play short balls (with someone chucking them down from the other end), I generally play them quite well. But when I fac...
How to play a straight drive | Monday Mentoring Ep11
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. Question: Can...
17 year old Teague Wyllie on his transition into senior cricket
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is with one of our favourites at Cricket Mentoring, a fan favourite, one of our incredibly exciting young athletes, and a good mate of mi...
How to build your game plan around previous success | Monday Mentoring Ep 10
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding yourself and your game is one of the most crucial elements to your success as an athlete. But HOW do you understand yourself and your...
Transferring your skills from the nets into a match | Monday Mentoring Ep 09
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you.
Kiwi star Daryl Mitchell: ”Do the work so then you‘re confident”
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends. Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring Podcast. The idea of this podcast is to share the unique stories of cricketers, coac...
Why making mistakes are crucial to your success | Monday Mentoring Ep 08
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you.
Is your backlift the problem? | Monday Mentoring Ep 07
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you.
What is stopping you going on to get the bigger scores | Monday Mentoring Ep 06
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. This week: Qu...
Mindset for a cricket match | Monday Mentoring Ep 05
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Monday Mentoring Ep05 - Game day mindset We got this question from one of the members of The Cricket Mentoring Community during a LIVE Q & A with ...
Should you have a trigger movement when batting? | Monday Mentoring Ep 04
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. This week: Qu...
How to play the short ball (bouncer) | Monday Mentoring Ep 03
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. This week: Qu...
How to face inswing bowling as a batter | Monday Mentoring Ep 02
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. This week: Qu...
How to change your mindset between different match formats | Monday Mentoring Ep 01
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hey Legends! Welcome to Monday Mentoring! Every Monday we will be sharing a question from our Cricket Mentoring Community with you. This week: Qu...
Shaun Marsh discussing the path to becoming a professional cricketer and family life
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends. Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring Podcast. It’s been a while since we published an episode so it’s great to be bac...
Peak performance in sport | Mindset | Question & Answer with Tom Scollay
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom Scollay presented at a Keynote event as a break out speaker discussing peak performance in sport. This is a snippet from the e...
Bhavi Devchand - From the toughest time in her life, to being teammates with the worlds best
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is a professional cricketer, a mentor of ours and the head of female cricket at Cricket Mentoring and someone who has become a friend ...
The 6 Pillars of Success - Tom Scollay
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I now know what makes Steve Smith, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson so special. They understand themselves and know what they need to do in order to pr...
Josh Philippe - Behind the Grill Q & A
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
G'day legend. Welcome back the Cricket Mentoring Podcast. This episode is the audio from an extremely interesting zoom call we had with the first 30 p...
Charlie Wakim on not wanting to be defined by 'talent'
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends. Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring Podcast. This episode was recorded at the end of April 2020 when we were at the heig...
Jake Weatherald (Part B): The mindset needed to succeed at the elite level
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part B in our conversation with South Australian and Adelaide Strikers opening batsman Jake Weatherald. If you haven’t listened to Part A ye...
Jake Weatherald (Part A): The struggle into professional cricket
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring Podcast. If you’re listening to this during the coronavirus then I hope this podcast finds you well...
Naomi Dattani on creating a path for female cricketers
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends. Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast. Unless you’re a keen follower of women’s cricket in England, you probab...
Nicole Bolton talks about mental health struggles and her time playing for Australia
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Bolton has without doubt been Western Australia’s finest female cricketer in the past decade but as you’ll hear in this episode it’s been...
Sam Harper discusses how he went from playing in the backyard to playing in the BBL
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest has developed into one of the most exciting T20 batters in the country with his performances for the Melbourne Renegades in the past t...
Michael Klinger on the transition from playing professional cricket to becoming a professional coach
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest was one of the best batters in Australian domestic cricket and county cricket over the past 10 years. Michael scored almost 25,000 run...
Kate Cross speaks on the life of a professional cricketer and managing her mental health
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Cross is an international cricketer currently in Australia as part of the England squad for the world cup. You’ll hear throughout this episode ...
Greg Shipperd speaks on winning the BBL and coaching Steve Smith
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is one of the most successful coaches in the world and as I coach myself I was thrilled to pick the brains of one of the best. Greg Sh...
Cameron Bancroft talks about the mindset you need to be an elite cricketer
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Bancroft is famous for the right and wrong reasons. He made a name for himself as a determined opening batsman from Western Australia and was ...
The World of Cricket - Declared with Scolls, Waldo & Bhavi Episode 2
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast. I’m Tom Scollay or Scolls as I get called and this podcast has been designed for cricketers and cricket lo...
The World of Cricket - Declared with Scolls & Reedy Episode 1
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast. I’m Tom Scollay or Scolls as I get called and this podcast has been designed for cricketers and cricket lo...
Big Bash Star Jon Wells on bouncing back from setback after setback
08 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After returning back to Perth from a very impressive Bigh Biash campaign, we sat down with Adelaide Strikers batsman Jonathan Wells to discuss how he ...
Shahbaz Choudhry on founding Pace Journal
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode was recorded back in August this year while I was in the UK and is with a really inspiring guy. Shahbaz Choudry is the founder of Pa...
Mel Jones on managing working with playing at the highest level and progressing into commentary
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends. Welcome to this special episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. One of the reasons I say it’s special is because of our guest, Me...
Gideon Haigh talks about how he became a cricket writer and his thoughts on the current game
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. This episode is with someone who has a very interesting insight on the game of cricket. Gid...
Josh Philippe on becoming a professional cricketer
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast with WA batsman, Josh Phillipe. Josh broke onto the scene in stunning fashion a little over a...
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in cricket with Mark Boyns
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark started Opening Up in 2014 after his cricket club was hit with tragedy with the passing of his good mate, Alex, who took his own life. Since then...
NSW Rookie Ryan Hackney on taking his game to the next level
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. Most of you would never have heard of this episodes guest but I have no doubt you will see a...
England sports psychologist Mike Rotheram on training under pressure
17 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. After a 3 month break I’m pumped to be back and hopefully bigger and better than ever befo...
Steven Finn on focusing on the positives & using nerves to your advantage
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re a cricket lover then you would definitely know of Steven Finn. Finn burst onto the international stage as 20 year old in 2010 and quickly ...
Ben Brown on managing keeping & batting as a pro
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of The Cricket Mentoring Podcast. Ben Brown or Browny as he goes by, has played first-class cricket for 11 years and is regard...
International coach Charlie Burke on coaching at an elite level
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Burke had a dream of traveling the world as a professional cricketer. Unfortunately, he wasn’t good enough to make it as a player, so instea...
Former England star Robin Smith on his journey to Test cricket
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode with arguably one of England’s finest ever batsman, Robin Smith. Robin, or Judgie as he goes by, had a fantastic career that...
Will Pucovski on breaking records and chasing Test hundreds
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode with arguably the best young cricketer in Australia. This is the third of the series of interviews I did during my time in Mel...
Chris Tremain on how belief and luck to got him to the top
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
G’day legends! Welcome to this episode with one of Australian’s best fast bowlers. During my time in Melbourne, I sat down with New South Wels...
Aiden Blizzard on Opening the Batting with Sachin Tendulkar
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview I sat down with a very interesting and exciting cricketer who has recently announced his retirement from professional cricket – Ai...
The Surge of Women’s Cricket with India’s Future Stars Vanitha VR & Likhitha VG
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Women's cricket is on the rise around the world. When I was in Bangalore, India a couple of weeks ago, myself and Andrew Walton sat down and spoke to ...
Ashton Turner on Self Belief and Playing with Freedom
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ashton Turner has played T20 International Cricket for Australia and over the last few years has become one of the best batters in Australia across bo...
Hilton Cartwright on Keeping up with Mitch Marsh
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hilton Cartwright has played Test Cricket & One Day Internationals for Australia and has a unique story of how he got there. Born in Zimbabwe and livi...
Former South-African Cricketer Hylton Ackermann on Smashing Fear
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hylton or HD Ackermann is at a different stage of his life than many of our other guests. Ackermann played Test cricket for South Africa in the late...
Sam Whiteman on fighting back from disappointment
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a great interview with Sam Whiteman as it’s another interesting story and as a wicket-keeper Whitey gives you another perspective on the gam...
Sports Psychologist Martin Hagger on the mindset of Elite Athletes
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Hagger is a Professor, psychologist, sports psychologist, lecturer, speaker, author, researcher and athlete himself who travels the world resea...
Nathan Coulter-Nile on dealing with injuries & setbacks
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Cricket Mentoring podcast is with Australian fast-bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile. I’m really excited about this interview with Natha...
Adam Voges on Leadership, Mindset & building a successful culture
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Voges will go down as statistically one of the best Test batsmen of all time but for a huge part of his career, it didn’t look like he would ev...
Dawid Malan on his preparation for the ASHES
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone dreams of being successful and achieving their goals, but not everyone actually does achieve them. How do successful people overcome the hurd...