Getting to Grips

‘High Net Value. It reallyshould be an asset to anyone looking to improve their knowledge of the art ofbatting.’ - George Dobell, Editor, The Cricketer Magazine, June 2025

‘Toby Radford’s Getting to Grips isa wonderful batting aid for all standards of batters:from juniors or club players to top-level players who needto check their batting fundamentals. Toby’s passion forbatting technique is well-known throughout the game andhere he combines his technical knowledge witheasy-to-follow illustrations of how the best playersstrive to perfect the basics. Stick it in your kit bag,the perfect coaching aid!’ Dave Fulton, Sky Sports Presenter and former Kent Captain

‘Toby has played an important role in mydevelopment as a cricketer. He offers excellent technical advice and instilledin me a strong work ethic.’ -Dawid Malan, England and YorkshireCCC

‘Toby is very strong at analysing faultsand quick to come up with solutions for putting them right. We have anexcellent working relationship and he has helped my game enormously.’ -JasonHolder, West Indies

‘I very much enjoy working with Toby and hehas helped me improve my game massively. In this sport of fine margins, hisattention to detail really stands out. He has given me a good understanding ofmy game and how to bat at my best. With so much knowledge and experience fromworking with top batters around the world, it’s not hard to see why he’s one ofthe best batting coaches around.’ -DanielBell-Drummond, KentCCC

‘I worked with Toby when I joined Middlesexand he really helped me progress to the next level. He helped mould the basicsof my technical game.’ -Eoin Morgan,England WorldCup Winning Captain

‘Toby is alegend. He is a very knowledgeable and informative coach and has helped me alot technically.’-Kraigg Brathwaite, West IndiesTest Match Captain

Toby Radford is widely regarded as one of the best batting coaches in the game. Toby was head coach when Middlesex was crowned English T20 Champions in 2008, and batting coach when the West Indies won the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2012.

Following a successful spell as an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) national coach, Toby launched the Middlesex Cricket Academy, which produced England Test stars Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, and Dawid Malan. In 2010 Toby set up the West Indies High Performance Centre in Barbados, from where seven of his impressive students graduated to the senior Test team, led by the towering Jason Holder, who went on to become world number one all-rounder.

Following ten enjoyable years of coaching in the Caribbean and working with greats of the game, such as Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, and Marlon Samuels, Toby was recently head of performance for Bangladesh Cricket (BCB) and a batting consultant for Pakistan Cricket (PCB).

Passionate about developing the coaches of the future, Toby has written and delivered several batting modules for the ECB’s advanced coaching program and also mentors several coaches for the game’s governing body.

Toby is currently batting coach for Kent County Cricket Club.