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If Warne was captain after Waugh...
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
It's something that was clearly a prospect at one time because Warne was the VC, wasn't he?
Hard to know what would have happened had he got the gig, really. One suspects he always had more affinity for field positions than Ponting but that he'd probably have been unable to keep his off-field larrakinishness under sufficient control. Equally think he'd have conducted himself with more on-field decorum than the incumbent, whose on-field conduct has, several times now, been well below that which one would expact of the Aussie captain. Warne as a bowler was always more of a charmer than a bullier of officialdom.
Hard to know what would have happened had he got the gig, really. One suspects he always had more affinity for field positions than Ponting but that he'd probably have been unable to keep his off-field larrakinishness under sufficient control. Equally think he'd have conducted himself with more on-field decorum than the incumbent, whose on-field conduct has, several times now, been well below that which one would expact of the Aussie captain. Warne as a bowler was always more of a charmer than a bullier of officialdom.
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flibbertyjibber
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With that batting line up?
batting doesnt win matches, bowling does.
robelinda
International Vice-Captain
Warne stuffed up too many times when the captaincy was on the line, or was injured like in 1999. No way was Warne getting the gig then having had almost the entire summer of 1998/99 off, did well in the one dayers but then could barely land them in the WI and was dropped, hardly in line for the captaincy after that, then missed the whole 2000/01 summer. It had to go to someone who was going to stay on the park. Even if he got the job in 2001/02 for the odi's there was still the drug ban coming up.....just too many factors working against him, most of which were his own fault. No doubt wouldve made a decent captain.
TumTum
Banned
This.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Dunno if he'd have lasted that long, presumably he'd have been captain in both formats, reckon that his career would have been shorter if he'd continued with ODIs.
Burgey
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Waugh was still test skipper when that happened though.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Warne would have been ODI skipper though in the World Cup, which is what I was referring to. Would have been a huge story. Australia may have still won anyway, but Ponting got them to rally very well in that World Cup all things being considered. Would have been difficult to do it as Vice Captain.
andyc
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Reckon he would've alienated a number of players, tbh. Players always seem to be saying that Ponting is someone they can get behind and a good leader of men; I reckon that with his more confrontational style, Shane would've been a bit more divisive in the dressng room.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I honestly haven't watched enough games he's captained to really have an opinion but I've always got the impression that his reputation has been properly enhanced by not captaining at the top level, and based off very little.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Fair point, Chris Tremlett is one player who Warne, for whatever reason, didn't get the best out of under his captaincy.
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Hmm, have any Aussies come out and said they disliked playing with him (or something similar)?