sussexpob wrote:...Nowadays you still need a man in charge who takes the balls by the horns and is capable of being a leader on the pitch, no matter what is said of it. Clarke does that, he tinkers with his fields and makes bold decisions, he doesnt let the game drift...
A captain always appears more astute in a winning team than a losing one.
Even in the days when captains took full responsibility for strategy and tactics by far the most important factor was the quality of the team around them.
Vaughan regularly used to tinker with the field, usually to little beneficial effect, but it may have given the impression to some that here was a captain doing what a captain should do on the field but really it was only mimicking a captain with full control. The same may be said about Clarke.
If Cook remains in the team for his batting, he may as well continue as captain. The job on the field, such as it is these days, could not be done better by anyone else.