Getting better isn’t an accident. These are the specific things in his game we’re working on — what’s wrong, and what we’re doing about it. In plain terms, and updated as each one moves.
He’s strong square of the wicket, but on straight-bat shots the bottom hand takes over. The drives don’t come off cleanly.
Cover drive and on-drive in the nets, head still over the ball, playing it late. The top hand leads.
Too many dot balls — eighteen of forty-four in one innings. Good scores, but the rate kept falling behind the game.
Look for the single first, run hard, find the gaps. The strike rate has climbed from the 70s into the 120s–140s.
The ball angling in from a left-armer still troubles him, especially with the new ball.
New-ball sessions, leaving the ball outside off, learning to play the angle instead of reaching across it.
Too many innings left in the 40s, 50s and 90s — 96 and 93 both stranded short of the line.
Concentration, managing the tempo, staying in. The conversions are coming now — back-to-back hundreds, 103 and 107.
Zero sixes. He can’t clear the rope yet — every boundary so far has gone along the ground.
Not by slogging. Strength and natural growth first; the power comes later, on top of the timing he already has.
Below average for height and weight for his age — though he’s started to grow this year.
Mobility, core, posterior chain, recovery and sleep. Not gym bulk — let the body develop, then build on it.