E19 | James Pamment
Episode Summary | James Pamment
James “Jimmy” Pamment is a sporting unicorn. He has won the IPL - the world's richest cricket competition - with the Mumbai Indians as a coach. He played first class cricket in New Zealand and coached Northern Districts and the Black Caps.
In football he played and coached in the national league football in New Zealand, and even trained with a professional rugby league side in Yorkshire
His opening story is one of the all time greats and it put Between Two Beers onto the global media stage!
Show notes | James Pamment
2.02 Jimmy on adjusting to isolation in Papamoa
2.49 How Seamus and Steve know Jimmy
4.26 That time Jimmy faced Wasim Akram
7.53 “Are you a footballer or are you a criminal?” Jimmy reflects on his playing cricket and football career in his younger years in Yorkshire
10.27 Playing for Leeds United in a youth cup game against some kid called Gascoigne
13.39 The rugby league myth
14.41 Strengths and limitations as a cricketer and footballer
18.27 Why do footballers not make great cricketers, but us football as a warm up activity in cricket?
21.24 Jimmy jets over to New Zealand for the first time courtesy of Ewen Chatfield
25.01 The move to Auckland club cricket and semi-professional representative cricket
30.02 Switching to football with Ricki Herbert at Papatoetoe in 1994
33.32 Jimmy makes the move down to the Bay of Plenty and reflects on his time with Mount Maunganui and the transition to Tauranga City
44.57 Linking up with Declan Edge
49.23 Building the working relationship at Waikato FC and reflections on the first two seasons
57.14 Jimmy on the frustration of Team Bay of Plenty missing out on the national league
58.42 The end of an era at Waikato FC and a shift to New Zealand Football
1.00.59 Reflecting on the impact of the passing of his father and another Pamment takes over the no1 jersey at Tauranga City
1.05.28 We switch hit and talk cricket coaching with Northern Districts, New Zealand Cricket and eventually leading the Northern Knights
1.08.48 Coaching a who’s who of NZ cricket at the Northern Knights
1.10.53 Jimmy on Kane Williamson: How do you coach one of the world’s greatest batsmen?
1.13.13 Captain is king: No pre-match speeches in cricket
1.14.28 We dive back in on Kane Williamson: Is he as composed as he comes across? How does he prepare? Has Jimmy ever seen him lose the plot? – Seamus tries a gag but technology ruins the punchline
1.18.48 How invested are our top cricketers when they come back into the domestic cricket environment?
1.20.56 The life of an international cricket coach, the move from the Northern Knights to the IPL and Jimmy’s role with the Mumbai Indians
1.28.40 What do the celebrations look like after you win the IPL?
1.30.38 The popularity of cricket in India: does Jimmy get recognised in India?
1.33.56 Does it get any better than this? Is this the dream job for Jimmy Pamment?
1.35.34 A sleeping giant: cricket in the United States
1.38.55 The moral dilemma of working in cricket in Mumbai and reflections of living in working in India
1.41.25 Quick singles: Jimmy shuts down a party at the Bluewater Hotel in Napier; “super nice but a psycho under it, I never wanted to cross him”; couldn’t keep his goal kicks on the pitch; red mist
1.45.05 Covid-19 and the IPL
1.47.06 Final thoughts: Long term coaching ambitions? Yorkshire or a return to football?
