Ian Leslie Pont was born on 28 August 1961 and 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.
11 Facts About Ian Pont
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Ian Pont has simplified the technical aspects of pace bowling coaching by creating the 4 Tent Pegs Drill and ABSAT coaching now accepted by many respected coaches, as a blueprint for engineering a safe, robust bowling action whilst increasing speed and accuracy.
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Whilst some feel Ian Pont is far ahead of his time he has been an inspiration to others to coach speed in fast bowlers and develop on his pioneering work.
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Ian Pont had tryouts as a pitcher with six Major League Baseball teams including New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies in 1986 and 1987.
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British Olympic Javelin Coach, Margaret Whitbread, mother of Olympic Gold medallist Fatima Whitbread, saw Ian Pont throw and commented, "he has the most natural throwing arm this side of the Iron Curtain".
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Ian Pont was one of the instigators of coloured clothing in English domestic cricket in 1993 after his company Hogger Sports made the replica clothing for the ICC 1992 World Cup.
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Ian Pont presented BBC Essex radio programme "Ian Pont's Sporting Sunday" during 1990s.
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Ian Pont was appointed Bangladesh National Bowling Coach from 2010 to 2011, when the team won 11 of its 14 ODIs up to the end of the 2011 World Cup.
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Ian Pont 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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Ian Pont is a three time ICC World Cup coach having been at the 2003 South Africa WC, 2007 West Indies WC and 2011 India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh WC.
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In July 2019, Ian Pont was appointed as the head coach of the Belfast Titans for the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.