Battle of the Test captains

[pasag]

Hussain

Much as it may come across as Aussie whinging, Hussain managed to captain England without resorting to dirty tactics, so he gets my vote.

Agreed.

Nasser Hussain

 

[marc71178]

Jardine.

 

[silentstriker]

Nah, I rate Beleg higher than that (this is not a comment on SS, just the theory). And the particular dropping-a-turd-in-the-punchbowl way in which he posted it to me implies he might want to be asked...

Jardine

 

[Johnners]

Jardine

 

[Fusion]

Jardine.

 

[Jono]

LOL SL. You're a legend.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jardine, clearly. Probably the most traduced player in cricket's history. Austere, autocratic &, above all, astute. Interesting that he is still the bete noire of Oz after over 70 years where Clive Lloyd is given a free ride.

 

[Anil]

jardine

 

[aussie]

Hussain turned England into a good enough test side, that Michael Vaughan is benefiting from after the despair of English cricket from the mid 80's & the 90's.

 

[luffy]

Jardine

 

[Perm]

Douglas Jardine, the inventor of bodyline wins that battle 18-4

Also, just a side note. I realise that this is the Battle of the Test Captains so from now on I will be excluding a captains ODI record.

Round 1, Battle 9

Steve Waugh

Test: 57 Matches, 41 Wins, 9 Losses. Winning Percentage: 71%

vs

Sourav Ganguly

Test: 49 Matches, 21 Wins, 13 Losses. Winning Percentage: 42%

Voting will last 24 hours.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Haha, this is a classic. I'll say Ganguly, for the last series between them.

Cracking pic of Steve too.

 

[Mister Wright]

Ganguly did a lot for Indian cricket and was a fine captain IMO. However, how could you look past Waugh?

Steve Waugh

 

[C_C]

Ganguly.
Waugh was good but Ganguly was better IMO.

 

[Fratboy]

Ganguly

Waugh has a better record overall.
Ganguly vs Waugh head to head, in the two Border-Gavaskar series they both captained in:

Ganguly: 3 wins
Waugh: 2 wins
Draws: 2.

Sure, Waugh missed Lee in '01 and McGrath in '03, but if you're so reliant on key players, theres a case for questioning your captaincy skills. Ganguly missed Kumble in '01 too. Ganguly had the inferior team of the two in both series.

 

[oz_fan]

Both great captains but I'll go with Waugh

 

[andyc]

Waugh, no question.

 

[Dasa]

Ganguly.

 

[Goughy]

Waugh

 

[grecian]

Waugh