Who was Australia's greatest ever captain?

[jimmy101]

For some reason I assumed Tugga would have been a Liberal.

 

[stephen]

8 people voting for the joke answer.

 

[jimmy101]

Where's my elephant?

 

[jimmy101]

I'd say they're voting for Benaud. What I've learned from this thread so far is that one Benaud is better than 4 Borders.

 

[CricAddict]

Clarke's name shouldn't be mentioned here. On-field tactics are only a part of being a good captain and he was **** at the rest of it.

Has to be Border or Waugh I guess. (out of the last 20-30 years)

The greatest captain Australia never had was Shane Warne. That would have been interesting at least.

Could that be Gilchrist too? Yes, he captained for a few matches as stop-gap but looked good in that. I think he won most of the matches he captained, be it ODIs or tests.

 

[JBMAC]

Ritchie Benaud...all you guys who follow stats check out % of wins in relation to matches

 

[TheJediBrah]

Could that be Gilchrist too? Yes, he captained for a few matches as stop-gap but looked good in that. I think he won most of the matches he captained, be it ODIs or tests.

Gilchrist would have been a fine captain. Possibly unlucky not to get the nod ahead of Ponting when Waugh finished, as he was VC for a bit of that time IIRC. Ponting was always next in line though, already the ODI captain. I think it was just decided that keeping + batting + captain was an unnecessary burden.

 

[trundler]

Maybe we need a resources to wins ratio.

 

[harsh.ag]

As has been said by many mortals far and wide, Geoff Boycott's grandmother could have captained that Aussie side to victory after victory.

 

[Burgey]

Ritchie Benaud...all you guys who follow stats check out % of wins in relation to matches

A good Parramatta lad.

 

[GotSpin]

Clarke was fairly good tactically but that's not really the whole job is it

Ponting cops a lack of flak for his tactical blunders and rightfully so. But you just know the rest of the team would have run through a brick wall for him.

If given the choice between the two right now, batting skills aside, it's Ponting every day for me.

 

[Spikey]

I believe running through walls is not a required part of a cricket and indeed would probably have a very negative impact on the players in the team

this argument is pointless of course due to the extreme amount of subjectivity involved

 

[jimmy101]

I actually concur with the running through walls/negative impact hypothesis.

 

[Spikey]

you know who else had followers who would have ran through a wall for their leader

jim jones

 

[trundler]

you know who else had followers who would have ran through a wall for their leader

jim jones

And also Jesus. Checkmate.

 

[jimmy101]

Jesus never had as much sway as Jones. One of Jesus' followers betrayed him ffs.

 

[GotSpin]

**** off ****s

 

[jimmy101]

Charlie Manson, on the other hand, would have been a commanding leader on the cricket field.

 

[cnerd123]

Would a good cult leader make a good cricket captain? Interesting question.

 

[h_hurricane]

By your measure, it’s Bill Lawry. Presumably India awaits its first decent skipper, having never done the mirror image and won in Australia.

Australia is not the final frontier for India. If at all India manages to defeat Aus this year( I think it is unlikely), SA will be the final frontier.