Who is the best Test captain of the century?

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Best skipper?

Hussain
1
7%
Vaughan
1
7%
Waugh
1
7%
Ponting
1
7%
Clarke
1
7%
Lara
0
No votes
Fleming
1
7%
McCullum
0
No votes
Jayawardene
0
No votes
Sangakkara
0
No votes
Dhoni
2
14%
Ganguly
2
14%
Inzi
0
No votes
Misbah
0
No votes
Smith
4
29%
 
Total votes : 14

Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:46 am

At the overall job, on and off the field.

Running operations on the pitch, including intensity and innovation.
Keeping a unified team off the field.
Inspirational qualities.
Results in relation to quality in the side.

Can't get Kumble, Dravid, Sammy, Shiv, Vettori, Strauss, Cook, Waqar, or... Freddie, KP or Afridi in due to lack of room.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby SaintPowelly » Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:00 pm

Smith for me, can't really explain why
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:25 pm

Boycott and Stewart very complimentary of Vaughan's captaincy, both in terms of onfield decisions and man management. MPV is my choice. He and Ganguly both pulled off incredible feats in beating the brilliant Australian team of the noughties. Which were triumphs of nerve as well as ability. It's a real education to listen to Vaughan commentate, his reading of the game is superb.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby mikesiva » Sun Aug 11, 2013 3:41 pm

Where's Sammy?
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Nobody has a stance quite like the mighty Shivnarine....

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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby from_the_stands » Sun Aug 11, 2013 4:55 pm

In terms of number of wins, it's Punter, but if I were choosing a team of the decade, I'd probably hand the armband to Steve Waugh. He was uncompromising, knew exactly what he was about, and if you had to choose someone to bat for your life, you'd choose this bloke any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby backfootpunch » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:03 pm

why is kevin pietersen not on this list?
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:04 pm

Maybe after he gets the captaincy back.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Durhamfootman » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:44 pm

Smith.
longevity
taken them to no.1
has to deal with all the quota's and stuff that nobody else has to worry about
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Alviro Patterson » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:46 pm

Who are all these clowns :dunno :hmmm
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby shankycricket » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:28 am

Depends on what you're looking for.

Misbah the best man-manager.
Mccullum and Vaughan are probably the most shrewd tacticians I've seen.

On balance, I'll probably go for Smith or Ganguly.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:37 am

I'm looking at the whole package.

For example, Clarke looks good on the field, but he is heading what has been a very divided team. Whereas Cook looks like a bit of a plodder on the field, but seems to have mended the dressing room. So they have excellent strengths, but important weaknesses. Whereas Ganguly and Vaughan did both parts, and had the status within the group of a leader. For me, Smith is a good choice, and should have extra points for doing the job for so long. But he is no Vaughan out in the middle. He does maybe have a bit of a Machiavellian streak, and has seen off a few England captains.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby SaintPowelly » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:40 am

As Shanky pointed out, McCullum is a very good tactician and seems to be getting the best out of an average side.

Although he did get the job in strange circumstances, and hasn't been in the job long enough to be considered, if you ask again in 12-18 months, who knows ?
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:48 am

Yes McCullum is an attractive choice, which is why I put him in even though he's only new. Ten years ago Fleming was considered by lots of journos to be the best skipper, so maybe he'll pick up a vote. Smith is taking it at the moment.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby SaintPowelly » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:53 am

saying that, if I had the best batsman in the world ( Amla ), the best bowler in the world ( Steyn ), possibly the best all-rounder ever ( Kallis ), not too mention the likes of AB,Morkel and Philander, I'd probably be a great captain too.
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Re: Who is the best Test captain of the century?

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:55 am

I agree, which fits in with him being predictable on the pitch. But he has to keep these players happy and motivated, and wanting to play for him.
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