Cricketweb decides the best captain ever, another contest. Nominations thread

[mr_mister]

One final one of these. I'm thinking 32 participants. 2 nominations to qualify. 5 nominations per user


oh, and it will be completey randomised. no seeding



Also I don't know if we should make it tests and limited overs or just tests. give your thoughts people

 

[morgieb]

I'll start off with 5 obvious ones

Frank Worrell
Imran Khan
Mark Taylor
Clive Lloyd
Douglas Jardine

 

[harsh.ag]

Ajit Wadekar
Graeme Smith
Brian Close
Mike Brearley
Misbah ul-Haq

 

[Daemon]

Allan Border

2nd Misbah
2nd Smith
2nd Lloyd
2nd Khan

 

[honestbharani]

2nd everyone named


Nominate:

Sourav Ganguly
Arjuna Ranatunga
Mahela Jayawardene

 

[mr_mister]

2nd Arjuna Ranatunga

nominate


Hansie Cronje
Steve Waugh
Peter May
Warwick Armstrong

 

[honestbharani]

2nd Hansie

 

[AndrewB]

2nd Mike Brearley

Richie Benaud
Ray Illingworth
Michael Vaughan
Ian Chappell

 

[harsh.ag]

Amazing that Viv hasn't been nominated yet.

 

[honestbharani]

BTW, mr2, think you need to run seperate ones for the different formats of the game. They pose different challenges to captains.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Richie Richardson
MS Dhoni
Graeme Smith
Clive Lloyd
B-MAC

 

[fredfertang]

Pataudi Jnr
Ajit Wadekar
Abdul Kardar
Bev Congdon
His Bradmanship

 

[OverratedSanity]

Second Jardine, Taylor and Mahela

Nominate Stephen Fleming, Allan Border, Michael Clarke.

 

[StephenZA]

Hansie should be disqualified as he failed as a leader... as much as he was a good captain on the field.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah, someone needs to veto Cronje.

 

[honestbharani]

Its always been a hard one for me. And I tend to look at it one way or the other depending on what mood I am in. So I am ok to go with the consensus here.

 

[Red]

CBF reading who's in/not in, so I'll just nominate my faves...

Ian Chappell
Mark Taylor
Don Bradman
Imran Khan
Clive Lloyd
Allan Border

Xtra vote for Michael Clarke, who I think was an absolute tactical genius, but an absolute **** leader of men.

For mine captaincy is a combination of on field tactical nous, plus being able to lead a team of different personalities effectively. All my initial noms reflect that, some stronger in one or the other, but both at least very proficient in both.

 

[Red]

Second Stephen Fleming

 

[Burgey]

Can't believe Frank Worrell ​hasn't been nominated yet, so I'll do it now.

Edit: saw Morgie had nominated him, so I'll second him and nominate Bill Woodfull

 

[mr_mister]

regarding Hansie, feel free to voice your displeasure by voting against him to send him packing in round 1

He was still a great captain for the first 95% of his career and deserves a place here imo



also, people really need to learn to forgive and forget. the man is dead after all