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Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:09 pm
by rcon
Ponting to step down.

Surely it cannot be Clarke to take over????? I know they don't have a lot of options, but you can't have a new captain who is borderline on selection.... oh, wait... that would be everyone 'cept Watson :(

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:12 pm
by bennymacca
not sure he is borderline selection anymore - has been in pretty good form since the england one day series, but he did have a poor ashes. i dont think he has ever been our worst performed batsman.

i actually enjoyed his captaincy in the eng aus one day series, he showed a bit of spark that a jaded ponting seems to have lost

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:15 pm
by Daizee
Watson deserves it more then anyone .. ;)

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:20 pm
by Garth Kay
Bring back Warnie!

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:23 pm
by rcon
Garth Kay wrote:Bring back Warnie!
*like*

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:25 pm
by trishan
Captaincy might distract Watson from doing what he does best. It's why Kallis was never captain of RSA or why a few others underperformed in their areas of strength after being captain.

Clarke looks likely. He's been pretty poor lately so the captaincy can't really distract him from much :D

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:32 pm
by muzzington
I think it could only help him.

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:54 pm
by bennymacca
pretty tough gig to open the batting, bowl a few overs AND captain.

i think clarke will be captain and he will do a decent job, but it will be largely by default because i dont really see any other options.

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:25 pm
by 666HARPS666
I'm just waiting for Taits dad to SOOK up again

Re: Australian Captain

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:38 pm
by bennymacca
what would you rather see - tait not play the game at all, at any level?

i have to congratulate tait on deciding to only play 20-20s. im sure he would like to play all forms of the game, but obviously with his action that just stuffs his body incredibly.

if i were him, i couldn't handle the constant injuries and surgery either. why would you put yourself through that if you dont have to