Steve Backley. He 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. He presented BBC Essex radio programme "Ian Pont's Sporting Sunday" during 1990s. Coaching career Pont, former ECB National Skill Sets Coach, worked with Kent, Warwickshire and Worcestershire during the 2000s. Here he spent time working with Shoaib Akhtar who credited him in his book "Controversially Yours" – before being appointed Bowling Coach of his native Essex (2006-2008) where he worked and helped develop a young Dale Steyn. Pont then assisted Northants (2008-2010) with their bowlers' development. In 2006/7, he was made Assistant Head Coach/National Bowling Coach of the Netherlands National team and a selector at the 2007 World Cup. He 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. In 2011 and 2012, he coached Ranji Team, Haryana in India, helping to develop both Harshal Patel and Mohit Sharma. 2012 saw Pont appointed Head Coach of the Dhaka Gladiators, for the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and he led the team to tournament victory at the first attempt. He 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. He is a three time ICC World Cup coach having been at the 2003 South Africa WC (with England), 2007 West Indies WC (with Netherlands) and 2011 India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh WC (with hosts Bangladesh). Pont heads up The Ultimate Pace Foundation, which is building the world's largest online fast bowling presence through UPFcricket.com. His own company, Mavericks Cricket Institute, is based in England and develops talented cricketers. In 2016, he was appointed Assistant Coach/Bowling Coach of the Quetta Gladiators in the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) based in Dubai and Sharjah, UAE. Quetta Gladiators finished runners up losing the Final to Islamabad United In October 2016, he was asked by Rajasthan Cricket Association to design and implement coaching camps in Jaipur where he oversaw the training and development of their fast bowlers. In July 2019, Pont was appointed as the head coach of the Belfast Titans for the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket