Who was Australia's greatest ever captain?

[stephen]

https://www.cricket.com.au/video/ri...test-mens-captain-hahn-beer-banter/2018-11-13

Only Finch gets it right.

 

[Second Spitter]

LMAO at Ricky Ponting. Lost 3 Ashes series.

I'm surprised that more players didn't pick Bargearse

 

[harsh.ag]

Bradman

 

[Spikey]

well Ponting bowled first at Edgbaston, so he's out. Steve Waugh is responsible for the dumb mental disintegration bull****, so he's out. I believe there's questions over whether Mark Taylor truly stood up for the players when the first MOU was established in 1998, so he's out. Alan Border is clearly at fault for the lionization of all captains since him, plus your boss being a grumpy **** who flies off the handle isn't cool, so he's out. Kim Hughes cried, which is a positive thing really, but he was a ****, so he's out. Greg Chappell did underarm, so he's out. I can't really think of anything Graeme Yallop did, so he wins. Or Ian Craig.

 

[Coronis]

Between Benaud and Border, with Bradman probably 3rd. BBB

 

[Starfighter]

I think we voted Benaud in the not too distant past.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

When I listen to Ponting commentate now I think he has a lot of top insights into the game. However, as a captain I think he made defensive decisions and it used to piss me off terribly.
The answer is of course Border based on my watching time, but Waugh was decent too.

 

[cnerd123]

Rahul Dravid

 

[jimmy101]

Billy Murdoch

 

[Burgey]

Dravid would have made an exceptional 3rd grade skipper if he had been Australian

 

[andruid]

Mark Viduka.

 

[Burgey]

TNT would say Captain de Groot.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tubby

 

[trundler]

Who would you say was the greatest tactician?

 

[Black_Warrior]

Shane Warne

 

[trundler]

Shane Warne

Nah, Miller wins best captain to never captain Australia.

 

[a massive zebra]

Richie Benaud obviously.

Joe Darling, Warwick Armstrong, Don Bradman, Ian Chappell, Alan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh give Australia probably the best captaincy depth of any Test team in cricket history.

 

[trundler]

Richie Benaud obviously.

Joe Darling, Warwick Armstrong, Don Bradman, Ian Chappell, Alan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh give Australia probably the best captaincy depth of any Test team in cricket history.

Perhaps Noble also deserves a mention.

 

[cnerd123]

Richie Benaud obviously.

Joe Darling, Warwick Armstrong, Don Bradman, Ian Chappell, Alan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh give Australia probably the best captaincy depth of any Test team in cricket history.

tbf Australia and England win basically every single 'best depth of any team in cricket history' debate just because their history is just so much longer.

Would be interesting to list out all Test captains from all Test nations and try to evaluate which country produces the best captains on average. Maybe even weight it by number of games captained.

 

[fredfertang]

Border has to be the one who carries the blame for that totally shambolic Australian team of 86/87 turning into the one that came here in '89