four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm just glad we didn't go for KP.
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Alastair Cook is England's ODI Captain
- Thread starter Howe_zat
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Jacknife
International Captain
Wouldn't have had much of a problem with him being T20 Captain.
some thoughts on this - admittedly picked up from comments sections elsewhere - that i think are quite interesting.
if cook were to be a dab hand at the captaincy gig and the team to win consistently, but his own odi performances were to be below par, would he still remain in the team?
even more pertinently, were he to adapt his batting enough to become a good odi batsman, but his test form were to suffer, what then? sack him from the test team or shelve him from the odi team with the hope that he could get back to doing what he does best? his value to the test team, in my eyes, trumps his value as an iffy odi player...
if cook were to be a dab hand at the captaincy gig and the team to win consistently, but his own odi performances were to be below par, would he still remain in the team?
even more pertinently, were he to adapt his batting enough to become a good odi batsman, but his test form were to suffer, what then? sack him from the test team or shelve him from the odi team with the hope that he could get back to doing what he does best? his value to the test team, in my eyes, trumps his value as an iffy odi player...
Jacknife
International Captain
No, I personally don't think so, no Tests anyway, he's only 1 1/2 younger than Cook, so I can't see him, even behind behind Cook in the pecking order.
Teja.
Global Moderator
That's a terrible, terrible argument, You're basing your judgement on a player on the two occasions you saw him play? Basically, If you don't consistently see a form of cricket, Don't make judgments on player abilities in that form.
The above is actually even more relevant to T20 cricket because it's definitely the hardest of the three forms to make judgments on purely with the use of stats.
Teja.
Global Moderator
Yeah, Indeed. I was fearing they'd make him the ODI captain when atm, He deserves to be dropped based on his performance or is atleast deserves to be very close to being dropped. It felt like something England would do.
Him hinting he wants a shot at the ODI captaincy shows how much of a **** he is, really. I'm actually reasonably happy with Cook being made captain because even though it isn't the best decision, because honestly, I don't see much of a difference between him and Swann captaining while it'd be horror if KP captains.
Wouldn't have particularly minded if he got a go at being the T20 captain though. On a cricketing psuedo punditry level, that is. On a personal level, I would've hated him being bestowed with any kind of honour obv.
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Teja.
Global Moderator
Yeah, exactly why I said I wouldn't mind if he got a go at being T20 captain while making him ODI captain would be the worst decision ever.KP has been performing well in T20 though. Also it's probably the kind of format where his style of captaincy would work (i.e. the game doesn't last long enough for him to piss off his teammates
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Listening to Vaughan earlier on the radio, he was saying that it was good back-up having Cook and Broad. And I guess that makes sense, if one plays and performs really well, and the other is injured/out of form then the ODI and T20 captaincies could be reunited.
Howe_zat
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I really don't mind Broad as the T20 captain.
My feelings on T20 is generally summed up by calling it hit-n-giggle cricket, with the disclaimer that I do like a good giggle.
So I'd like T20 around just to be as entertaining as it can be. With that in mind, Broad is a pants decision. His interviews are utterly terrible. His speech at the press conference today?
Not only that but... hang on a second.
My feelings on T20 is generally summed up by calling it hit-n-giggle cricket, with the disclaimer that I do like a good giggle.
So I'd like T20 around just to be as entertaining as it can be. With that in mind, Broad is a pants decision. His interviews are utterly terrible. His speech at the press conference today?
Ugh. I had to take around six goes to read it because I kept mentally shutting down halfway through. It must be a feature that when utterly nothing you've said means anything, people find it hard to tell the words apart.
Not only that but... hang on a second.
What
Oh god no
Kill me, kill me now
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From the point of giving entertaining interviews and being generally crazy bastards, I reckon the respective T20 captains should be:
India - Sehwag (Sreesanth would be better, but he wouldn't make the team)
Australia - All dull chaps. Maybe Bollinger
England - Swann
Pakistan - Ajmal (Afridi's not too bad either)
South Africa - see Australia. Probably someone like Tahir or Tsotsobe (Andre Nel would have been ideal)
West Indies - Gayle
Sri Lanka - Malinga
New Zealand - Kyle Mills
India - Sehwag (Sreesanth would be better, but he wouldn't make the team)
Australia - All dull chaps. Maybe Bollinger
England - Swann
Pakistan - Ajmal (Afridi's not too bad either)
South Africa - see Australia. Probably someone like Tahir or Tsotsobe (Andre Nel would have been ideal)
West Indies - Gayle
Sri Lanka - Malinga
New Zealand - Kyle Mills
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Surely there's some coded message in there. I refuse to believe that someone could transmit so little information in so many words.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Reminds me of this: YouTube - Like A Boss (ft. Seth Rogen) - Uncensored Version
Language warning btw.
Language warning btw.
Jacknife
International Captain
Listening to Nasser tonight, he was saying, that he'd have preferred Broad as ODi captain, basically for the same reason, most have said, that he wasn't a regular and he'd have gone, for one of the players, who are sure of their place.
He also went on to say that, Cook is the kind of player, that when people are telling him, he's not good enough etc, he generally has the right attitude and always rises to the challenge. Mentioned also that he thinks, Cooks game has improved over the past year,in one day cricket, much like Strauss' had.
He also went on to say that, Cook is the kind of player, that when people are telling him, he's not good enough etc, he generally has the right attitude and always rises to the challenge. Mentioned also that he thinks, Cooks game has improved over the past year,in one day cricket, much like Strauss' had.
