Does the captain have to be a good player though ?? Brearley wasn't that special & Botham says he was the best captain he served under.
The obvious figure here is Eoin Morgan. Not the best red ball player but a brilliant captain’s mind. He would take a lot of convincing (and money) though.
35 and his form is waning. A few injury niggles too
I'm not even sure white ball captaincy skills are that transferable to Test matches anyway, as the games have diverged so much.
Does the captain have to be a good player though ?? Brearley wasn't that special & Botham says he was the best captain he served under.
The obvious figure here is Eoin Morgan. Not the best red ball player but a brilliant captain’s mind. He would take a lot of convincing (and money) though.
35 and his form is waning. A few injury niggles too
I'm not even sure white ball captaincy skills are that transferable to Test matches anyway, as the games have diverged so much.
Morgan also hasn't played a red ball game in three years - because his allegiances lie in white ball with promoting The Hundred at the top of the list of those priorities.
Congratulations to Key, I think it is a good appointment, very well respected in the world of cricket, and has some great relationships around the world for his work with Sky.
Looks like they may go down the path of 2 coaches for White & Red ball cricket.. With that being said, could they appoint Morgan as a player coach?
Another ton for Buttler in the IPL. Surely it's time to call time on the Ed Smith gamble, and let Buttler concentrate on becoming the best T20 player in the world, and England white ball captain.
Way too early for Brook. Parkinson is a number 11 bat but I'd pick him, sure
Haines Root (lol deal with it m8) Bairstow (lol deal with it m8) Stokes Lawrence Crawley (where he can attack from the off) Foakes Barker Robinson Anderson Parkinson
Found this interview with Key from back in February interesting. He was still working for Sky at the time & Silverwood had just been sacked. I wonder if Ponting is under consideration, as that's the 1st name he mentions
Moeen would've been a fantastic completely left of field choice. But i can see how that just wasnt an option. Stokes has impressed me every time he's captained and seems to have the backing of the team around him. Root let games slip away from him, hopefully stokes will not let that happen. I think it might be time for him to play as a specialist batsman.. he's already one of our best anyway.
Hopefully he's aggressive in his selection and picks parkinson and others who's show promise on the county circuit. We need a hussain style captaincy where young promising players are given priority around experienced players - thorpe, butcher and gough were the experienced core of a side that gave debuts to vaughan, trescothick, jones, harmison, flintoff, bell etc and we become a hard to beat side. Think we need the same long term thinking and hardiness.
I agree with Boycott that they should have given it to Broad on a short term basis, to allow other candidates to come through. He's perfectly fit to play every game, especially as the Test schedule isn't that arduous this year anyway, and unlike Stokes, can rest during the white ball matches
Stokes if anyone is the one with fitness issues recently
Found this interview with Key from back in February interesting. He was still working for Sky at the time & Silverwood had just been sacked. I wonder if Ponting is under consideration, as that's the 1st name he mentions
Ponying has effectively ruled himself out of all international jobs unless it’s Australia. He doesn’t want to be spending more time travelling than at home, apparently.
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I'm not even sure white ball captaincy skills are that transferable to Test matches anyway, as the games have diverged so much.
Edit - Now officially named DOC
Looks like they may go down the path of 2 coaches for White & Red ball cricket.. With that being said, could they appoint Morgan as a player coach?
I guess he was the only viable option really
Lees
Tom Haines
Root
Harry Brook
Stokes
Bairstow
Foakes
Parkinson
Wood
Broad/Overton
Anderson
Would be my choice.. Give the 2 young batsman a chance, while they are in decent form
Haines
Root (lol deal with it m8)
Bairstow (lol deal with it m8)
Stokes
Lawrence
Crawley (where he can attack from the off)
Foakes
Barker
Robinson
Anderson
Parkinson
Spot the one nobody's mentioned at all
Haines
Root
Stokes
Lawrence
Bairstow
Billings
Wood
Parkinson
Broad
Anderson
Hopefully he's aggressive in his selection and picks parkinson and others who's show promise on the county circuit. We need a hussain style captaincy where young promising players are given priority around experienced players - thorpe, butcher and gough were the experienced core of a side that gave debuts to vaughan, trescothick, jones, harmison, flintoff, bell etc and we become a hard to beat side. Think we need the same long term thinking and hardiness.
Stokes if anyone is the one with fitness issues recently
Jamie Smith is in great form as well, indeed the averages are insanely high for the end of April (other than at Kent of course)