by meninblue » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:35 am
I think there is not much difference in captaincy skills of players who have played enough to reach international level. However, each captain will have different approaches depending on how they are bought up in their career and what resources they have in present. That is also done with lot of inputs during team meetings, preparatory camps etc. Unless you have disgraceful captains like Azhar, Hansie and Slaman, captains do have enough experience and will the basic decisions correctly, like the typical fielding positions. That too is dependent on inputs of the video analyst/support staff. Everyone does it now, as well as they explore different fielding positions for some batters. All the captains i have seen have taken more correct decisions than not. The oppositions are also professionals , so if they make the team look bad it does not means the losing team has a bad captain.
Motivation is what every captain plays a huge role in. The best motivator will get the best results from his resources. For that too they have a motivator / psychologist as some international teams do . So overall IMO the captaincy workload has been reduced and a captains record will now depend on the resources he has, more often than not.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1