{"id":14009,"date":"2016-05-16T10:50:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=14009"},"modified":"2016-05-16T10:50:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T09:50:43","slug":"in-the-spotlight-with-kabir-ali-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/16\/in-the-spotlight-with-kabir-ali-2\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Spotlight With Kabir Ali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Describe yourself in three words.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shy, honest and hard working.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would your teammates describe you in the dressing room?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My teammates would describe me as an introvert and\u00a0quiet. I\u2019m the person they come to in a hard situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which do you prefer? T-20, ODI or test cricket? And why? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>T-20 because it\u2019s more exciting. It\u2019s a smaller form of cricket but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not hard. It\u2019s actually harder than spending a day in the field. The tempo is very fast and it\u2019s very exciting because you\u2019re always in the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If there was one thing you could change about cricket, what would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d make it a little more about bowling because at the moment it\u2019s all about the batting. It\u2019s suited around the batsman; I\u2019d try and find a way where it\u2019s a little bit more on the bowler\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your current favourite player?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joe Root. Just the way he goes about his cricket, he plays all forms of cricket and he\u2019s pretty good at them. It\u2019s also not like he can only play at home conditions, he plays overseas very well too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What motivates you to carry on working in the coaching profession?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a part of the game for numerous years and now that I\u2019m retired, I feel like I should be giving back to the community and back to the game too. I have 18 years experience in first-class cricket and it just seems right to give my knowledge to the youth. If I could inspire the next generation then that would make me very happy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next for Kabir Ali?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m enjoying coaching at the moment and doing voluntary work across the UK to give back to the game. At the same time, I\u2019ve started my own family-based business where we sell affordable cricket equipment which is another way to give back to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describe yourself in three words. Shy, honest and hard working. How would your teammates describe you in the dressing room? My teammates would describe me as an introvert and\u00a0quiet. I\u2019m the person they come to in a hard situation. Which do you prefer? T-20, ODI or test cricket? And why? T-20 because it\u2019s more exciting. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,27,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-sport","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}