Best Captain

[capt_Luffy]

Best Test Captain amongst the BABs

 

[subshakerz]

Smith. Winner mindset.

 

[Johan]

Don't see any real competition here for Hutton, at all.

 

[Johan]

Smith. Winner mindset.

Smith is disqualified for leading his country to pure disgrace with the sandpaper gate.

 

[subshakerz]

Don't see any real competition here for Hutton, at all.

Was Hutton that good?

 

[subshakerz]

Smith is disqualified for leading his country to pure disgrace with the sandpaper gate.

Exactly. Winner mindset. He risked it all.

 

[Johan]

Was Hutton that good?

I think he was the best English captain post war.

I also think guys like Sachin, Lara, Gavaskar were terrible captains. Hammond had his issues and wasn't built for captaincy, Sobers we all know about his biggest tactical blunder. Smith, as I said. It's Hutton vs Viv for me and I think Hutton was a cleanly better captain.

 

[smash84]

Sachin is probably the worst captain I have evee seen. Might also be for the fact that he was just such a great batsman, useful part timer, safe fielder, that it was hard to imagine how he could be so **** at captaincy.

 

[subshakerz]

Sachin is probably the worst captain I have evee seen. Might also be for the fact that he was just such a great batsman, useful part timer, safe fielder, that it was hard to imagine how he could be so **** at captaincy.

Yousuf was worse.

 

[Ju7]

I think he was the best English captain post war.

I also think guys like Sachin, Lara, Gavaskar were terrible captains. Hammond had his issues and wasn't built for captaincy, Sobers we all know about his biggest tactical blunder. Smith, as I said. It's Hutton vs Viv for me and I think Hutton was a cleanly better captain.

I think the best players are often not good captains.
Lara
Sachin
Sobers
You can add Botham to that

 

[Thala_0710]

If Smith wasn't a big cheat I'd go him, but he is. So Hutton it is

 

[Johan]

didn't Smith lost 0-3 in Sri Lanka

 

[Thala_0710]

didn't Smith lost 0-3 in Sri Lanka

Hutton effectively losing 1-0 at home to Pakistan (which resulted in a series draw) is arguably worse

 

[trundler]

Viv and Hutton had the best results. Of the two, Hutton obviously had lesser resources and had a more pivotal role in turning his team around but he was also criticised for being negative.

 

[Johan]

Hutton effectively losing 1-0 at home to Pakistan (which resulted in a series draw) is arguably worse

How is 1-1 worse than 0-3

 

[Thala_0710]

How is 1-1 worse than 0-3

Considering the relative strength of each team in those conditions

 

[Ju7]

Considering the relative strength of each team in those conditions

Which years were those series?

 

[Johan]

Considering the relative strength of each team in those conditions

1-1 is better than 0-3 in any context, one is losing a game to an ATG performance, other is getting flogged away.

 

[Johan]

@DrWolverine There isn't any rationale to voting Viv here.

 

[subshakerz]

didn't Smith lost 0-3 in Sri Lanka

Yeah. Lost home and away to SA too.