Worst Captain ever

[Pant Kameez]

Babar Azam seems to be speedrunning to capture the throne of the worst captain in cricket history.

Who are the challengers ahead of him? Ajit Agarkar? Sachin Tendulkar? Chris Gayle? Heath Streak? Andrew Flintoff?

P.S. - I'm only talking about pure captaincy ability so match fixing doesn't count.

 

[Socerer 01]

Vizzy

 

[ataraxia]

Vizzy

Nah Babar's worse imo

 

[Starfighter]

Of recent ones, Chanderpaul would be up there.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah Chanders is the worst I've seen.

 

[Pant Kameez]

Yeah Chanders is the worst I've seen.

Of recent ones, Chanderpaul would be up there.

How much long till Babar overtake him?

 

[kyear2]

Gayle wasn't great.

Sobers, not so much for the declaration, but for the way he handled his own bowling load.

 

[Line and Length]

Botham was ordinary .... until Brearley took over.

 

[Prince EWS]

Gayle wasn't great.

Agree but he was definitely better than Chanderpaul anyway IMO.

 

[kyear2]

Agree but he was definitely better than Chanderpaul anyway IMO.

I also dump on Chanders for basically everything else

 

[Son Of Coco]

Cook

Both the one on the 1700s and the more recent example in the 2000s.

 

[Line and Length]

The 1700s Cook took one for the team in Hawaii.

 

[Adders]

Cook

Both the one on the 1700s and the more recent example in the 2000s.

I certainly don't rate Cook (A) as a particularly good captain but he really wasn't terrible.....feel his bad rep just stems from that Warne stint in the comm box tbh.

Not too many captain's have an away win in India on their resumes.

Root was far worse.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Babar is dreadful. Having midoff in the circle on the last ball when they need 4 to tie was brainless.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I certainly don't rate Cook (A) as a particularly good captain but he really wasn't terrible.....feel his bad rep just stems from that Warne stint in the comm box tbh.

Not too many captain's have an away win in India on their resumes.

Root was far worse.

Cook had some very bad moments vs India in some other series. IIRC the 2014 Lord's test, he set some of the worst fields I've ever seen when he had Plunkett bowling bouncers from round the wicket on a day 1 greentop.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Tim Southee

 

[Chin Music]

Cook had some very bad moments vs India in some other series. IIRC the 2014 Lord's test, he set some of the worst fields I've ever seen when he had Plunkett bowling bouncers from round the wicket on a day 1 greentop.

Oh there were plenty of howlers in Australia against the tail the winter before and then against Sri Lanka the series before you mention, so he is deservedly up there. However, I would suggest some of those tactics v India, especially the bouncers may have been down to spreadsheet Peter.

I think Root definitely deserves more hate for the way he single-handedely destroyed Jofra with his staggeringly inept use of him in New Zealand.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Babar is dreadful. Having midoff in the circle on the last ball when they need 4 to tie was brainless.

Why was the bowler going along with it though? Bowling full and straight with no long off? Suspicious to say the least

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I certainly don't rate Cook (A) as a particularly good captain but he really wasn't terrible.....feel his bad rep just stems from that Warne stint in the comm box tbh.

Not too many captain's have an away win in India on their resumes.

Root was far worse.

I don't think I'd say Root was far worse, reckon they were similar. Both in the "not very good captains but not wildly terrible" tier.

Neither very inspiring on the field, Root maybe making more mistakes there. But Root was probably the better man manager at supporting his players off the field.

Edit: Root I guess looks worse by comparison because he was succeeded by Stokes who was instantly much better, whereas Cook was succeeded by Root.

 

[Xix2565]

I think Root definitely deserves more hate for the way he single-handedely destroyed Jofra with his staggeringly inept use of him in New Zealand.

Is this really that true?