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Battle of the Test captains
- Thread starter Xuhaib
- Start date
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Warwick Armstrong, perhaps?
Xuhaib
International Coach
I am adding Wasim Akram as well the captaincy record is pretty decent for the great man.
Updated 30 list
1-Jardine
2-Bradman
3-Clive
4-Imran
5-Coney
6-Worrel
7-Benaud
8-Brearley
9-Ganguly
10-Hussain
11-S.Waugh
12-Ranatunga
13-Azharuddin
14-Fleming
15-Cronje
16-Sobers
17-Viv
18-Mak Taylor
19-Border
20-Vaughan
21-Ponting
22-Kardar
23-I.Chappel
24-L.Hutton
25-R.Illingworth
26-A.Bacher
27-Wadekar
28-S.Pollock
29-W.Armstrong
30-W.Akram
Just 2 names needed
Updated 30 list
1-Jardine
2-Bradman
3-Clive
4-Imran
5-Coney
6-Worrel
7-Benaud
8-Brearley
9-Ganguly
10-Hussain
11-S.Waugh
12-Ranatunga
13-Azharuddin
14-Fleming
15-Cronje
16-Sobers
17-Viv
18-Mak Taylor
19-Border
20-Vaughan
21-Ponting
22-Kardar
23-I.Chappel
24-L.Hutton
25-R.Illingworth
26-A.Bacher
27-Wadekar
28-S.Pollock
29-W.Armstrong
30-W.Akram
Just 2 names needed
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pietersenrocks
U19 Vice-Captain
Clive Lloyd
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Ponting is one of the best captains in history of cricket - whats with all the ponting hating? The judge of a captain his how much he wins, and whether another captain might have won when he's lost.
Um, Ponting's hardly lost anything, ergo he is one of the best ever.
Um, Ponting's hardly lost anything, ergo he is one of the best ever.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
So, that means sometimes its not, right? This is one of those timesJono said:
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Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Problem with a lot of the pre-war guys is that they were not the best available. They were mainly decent cricketers with a good upbringing and jolly good chaps. They were often not even the best amateur players avaialble.Xuhaib said:
The captaincy, like fielding, has progressed a great deal post war and therefore its fair to have a list dominated by post war names.
A few will deserve to be included, eg Jardine, but captaincy pre-war was far more underdeveloped than the batting and bowling.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
I'll go Woodfull. Chapman has a fine record as a captain, but I know Jardine didn't rate him at all having played under him in 28/29 & his is an opinion I value when it come to captaincy. He also seems to be one of those upper class Englishmen who Goughy spoke of; Oxbridge, crashingly good chap, FC record not really worthy of a call up.Xuhaib said:A qualifying match for the 32nd place
Percy Chapman
Matches P Home Away Neut W T D L
17 8 9 0 9 0 6 2
vs
Bill Woodfull
Matches P Home Away Neut W T D L
25 15 10 0 14 0 4 7
Voting closes in 12 hours.
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Border better than all 3 mentioned.FaaipDeOiad said: