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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    Callumcafc said:
    golfaddick said:
    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. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,794
    killerandflash said:
    Callumcafc said:
    golfaddick said:
    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.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    If anything Billings might be a decent option as England white ball captain. Proven success with Kent and good with the media side.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,794
    edited April 2022
    Rob Key expected to be named England Men's Director of Cricket. 

    Edit - Now officially named DOC
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    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?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    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.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,857
    ...and another ton for Buttler 116 off of 65
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    Outrageously great spell from Malik in the IPL. Might not even win the game, but incredible bowling
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    England have confirmed they are advertising for separate coaches for tests & limited over cricket
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    Malik completely betrayed by his teammates. Makes for an incredible scorecard though
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  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Ben Stokes set to be appointed test captain. 

    I guess he was the only viable option really 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,794
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    England have confirmed they are advertising for separate coaches for tests & limited over cricket
    Looks like Gary Kirsten is set to get the job as coach to the Test team.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,794
    Stokes named Captain of Test team
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    What's your team for the first test of summer?
    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
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    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

    Spot the one nobody's mentioned at all

  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    Oh, if Moeen unretires he's straight in for either Crawley or Lawrence, haha
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
    Well, they did it. Going to be interesting to watch how Stokes balances all of this responsibility. Is it time to focus on being a specialist batsman?
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Crawley 
    Haines
    Root
    Stokes
    Lawrence
    Bairstow
    Billings
    Wood
    Parkinson
    Broad
    Anderson
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    edited April 2022
    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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_32h3Le1k
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    edited April 2022
    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.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    I know I said 'way too early for Brook' but fuck me he's in form
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    My own call of Keith Barker looking more and more sound each day. He may be 35 (who isn't) but...a bowling allrounder? In imperious form? 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    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
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,854
    Leuth said:
    I know I said 'way too early for Brook' but fuck me he's in form
    Harry Cherrington Brook would give English cricket a new name!

    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)

  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,770
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_32h3Le1k
    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.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Graham Thorpe seriously ill in hospital. Get well soon Thorpey! What a player he was.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    kentaddick said:
    Graham Thorpe seriously ill in hospital. Get well soon Thorpey! What a player he was.
    Sorry to hear that, lovely batter to watch.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    kentaddick said:
    Graham Thorpe seriously ill in hospital. Get well soon Thorpey! What a player he was.
    Sorry to hear that, lovely batter to watch.
    I think I read he is only 52……tragic.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Back to back centuries for Cook... bring him back!

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