Player, Captain and Coach: An Interview with Brad Wadlan

Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to long time club professional and coach Brad Wadlan. We talk about his early cricketing experiences and his time playing for Cardiff Met. Brad talks about his time in Australia and how that impacted his life as well as his cricket. We talk about his experience with the Unicorns cricket club and his time playing for the Mid West Rhinos in Zimbabwe. Brad talks about he has always been a 'leader' and how that influenced his development as a coach. He mentions how all his experiences have made him grow as a player and as a coach and how he feels his approach to coaching has brought success to the clubs he has coached at. Brad came to Swansea Cricket Club in 2019 and has achieved incredible success with them. He talks about these achievements and the individuals who have helped Swansea with that success. Brad shares his thoughts on the state of club cricket in south wales and offers some of his suggestions on how to raise the level of performance across the Premier League and beyond. Finally, we talk about him taking on a course to become a Level 4 cricket coach and he finishes with a few names he feels we might hear more of in the future.