Ian Pont
Ian Pont (right)
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| Full name | Ian Leslie Pont | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 August 1961 Brentwood, Essex, England |
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| Nickname | Ponty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Pace Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
KR Pont (brother) K Pont (brother) |
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 17 July 1982 Nottinghamshire v Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 30 August 1988 Essex v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 6 September 1981 Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 27 June 1990 Lincolnshire v Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 28 May 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ian Leslie Pont (born 28 August 1961 in Brentwood, Essex, England) is an English former cricketer and current International Coach, specialising in T20 as a Head Coach and developing the speed of fast bowlers across all formats. Known for a powerful throw and a brief foray into the world of baseball, Pont mainly played for Essex during his career, as did his brother Keith Pont. Ian Pont won the Nat West (1985), Sunday/Pro 40 League (1985) and County Championship (1986) titles with Essex.
Ian Pont is a world-class bowling coach. He has simplified the technical aspects of pace bowling coaching by creating the 4 Tent Pegs Drill now accepted by many respected coaches as a blueprint for engineering a safe, robust bowling action whilst increasing speed and accuracy. He is an author of three books.
His first book "The Fast Bowler's Bible" is used by coaches and players at all levels all over the world. His second book "Coaching Youth Cricket" is recommended reading by the ECB. His third publication "Ultimate Pace Secrets" reveals how pace in the bowling action is generated.
Pont, former ECB National Skill Sets Coach, worked with Kent, Warwickshire and Worcestershire during the 2000s. Here he spent time working with Shoaib Akhtar who credited him in his book "Controversially Yours" - before being appointed Bowling Coach of his native Essex (2006-2008) where he worked & helped develop a young Dale Steyn. Pont then assisted Northants (2008-2010) with their bowlers' development.
In 2006/7 he was made Assistant Head Coach/National Bowling Coach of the Netherlands National team and a selector at the 2007 World Cup.
He was appointed Bangladesh National Bowling Coach from 2010-2011 when the team won 11 of its 14 ODI's up to the end of the 2011 World Cup.
In 2011 and 2012 he coached Ranji Team, Haryana in India, helping to develop both Harshal Patel and Mohit Sharma.
2012 saw Pont appointed Head Coach of the Dhaka Gladiators, for the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and he led the team to tournament victory at the first attempt. He remained the Head Coach of Dhaka Gladiators in the 2nd edition of BPL held in 2013, which the team went on to win again, giving the franchise back-to-back titles.
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