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England's Greatest Test Captain

Postby Gingerfinch » Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:47 am

Stolen from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37896533

Who is England's greatest test captain, or in this case, top five?

Jardine, and Brearley stand out from an era before I started watching. From then on, Vaughan, Nasser, Strauss and Cook have done well, though Strauss and Vaughan both had some world class players to call upon.
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Re: England's Greatest Test Captain

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:07 am

Michael Vaughan, in my lifetime. It's hard to pick someone you didn't see, so that's from Brearley onwards.
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Re: England's Greatest Test Captain

Postby hopeforthebest » Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:33 pm

Ray Illingworth. 31 tests W 12, L 5 , D13.
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Re: England's Greatest Test Captain

Postby westoelad » Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:51 pm

It's probably unfair to compare between pre and post TV eras as the post TV captains come under so much more scrutiny. Illingworth and Brearley were the best I've seen and I think Vaughan got a lot of credit for a team which had been moulded by Hussain.
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