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This is the most fiercely competed top 8 that I have seen in CW polls.
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cricketweb chooses the best cricket captain ever: the contest thread
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subshakerz
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mr_mister
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Results:
Group 1:
Frank Worrell (15 votes)
Imran Khan (12 votes)
Allan Border (10 votes)
Don Bradman (5 votes)
Group 2:
Douglas Jardine (12 votes)
Richie Benaud (12 votes)
Mike Brearley (10 votes)
Clive Lloyd (8 votes)
What a round. We only kept 1 out of the 3 aussies, Richie Benaud of all people who I honestly didn't know was rated so highly as a captain
Brearley the man with the degree in people, the specialist captain, is gone. As is Clive Lloyd who I would have expected to win based on reputation before the series started. If not him, then maybe Border. Anyway, here we are!
The final:
Vote for your top 2!
Frank Worrell
Imran Khan
Douglas Jardine
Richie Benaud
Group 1:
Frank Worrell (15 votes)
Imran Khan (12 votes)
Allan Border (10 votes)
Don Bradman (5 votes)
Group 2:
Douglas Jardine (12 votes)
Richie Benaud (12 votes)
Mike Brearley (10 votes)
Clive Lloyd (8 votes)
What a round. We only kept 1 out of the 3 aussies, Richie Benaud of all people who I honestly didn't know was rated so highly as a captain
Brearley the man with the degree in people, the specialist captain, is gone. As is Clive Lloyd who I would have expected to win based on reputation before the series started. If not him, then maybe Border. Anyway, here we are!
The final:
Vote for your top 2!
Frank Worrell
Imran Khan
Douglas Jardine
Richie Benaud
subshakerz
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Imran and Benaud
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Worrell and Jardine
a massive zebra
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Worrell and Benaud.
mr_mister
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it's also funny seeing Bradman legitimately lose out in something related to quality(not quantity) in cricket.
The only person I literally had to leave out of one of these because he was objectively the best at batting, its funny how it's pretty close but no cigar here. Gives a human element to his cricket skill
The only person I literally had to leave out of one of these because he was objectively the best at batting, its funny how it's pretty close but no cigar here. Gives a human element to his cricket skill
wpdavid
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Benaud and Imran
Lillian Thomson
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Imran
Jardine
Jardine
fredfertang
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The Iron Duke
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Worrell
Jardine
Jardine
In Tom Graveney's book "The 10 Greatest Test Teams" (which considers 10 of the best teams in the 40 years after the war), 5 of the teams were captained by players listed above (obviously not Jardine and it was a bit too early for Border and Imran's teams). Graveney ranks their captaincy as follows:
1. Richie Benaud
2. Mike Brearley
(3. Ian Chappell)
4. Don Bradman
5. Clive Lloyd
6. Frank Worrell
