Dav Whatmore @ The Heritage School

July 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Students of the host school and National High School, which won the TTIS Crickzz Tournament in April, turned up in numbers to learn all they could from Dav Whatmore, the former World Cup winning coach of Sri Lanka and the current coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, when he came calling on July 14.

The day started with the student cricketers interacting with Whatmore, who had represented Australia in seven Tests and an ODI before honing the skills of the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya and Aravinda D’Silva.

“We had net practice for over an hour. Whatmore was very encouraging and ready with advice and suggestions. He corrected my batting technique,” said Abhradeep Ghosh, who was the acting captain and opening batsman of National High School in its final match against St Lawrence High School in the TTIS tournament.

“Whatmore told us anecdotes from his cricket career. He asked us to persevere with the sport despite the pressure of studies,” added Abhradeep.

Amit Prasad, another member of the National High School squad, said: “Whatmore advised me not to bend my shoulder while batting as that would make it difficult from me to tackle in-swing balls.” The coach also asked the teenager to watch clips of cricket greats to improve his technique.

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