Jump to content

Fast bowling captains


nballa

Recommended Posts

Posted

I think they are not as rare as Wicket Keepers as captains. Infact there have been many like Wasim, Kapil,Imran,Walsh,Younis, Willis,Heath Streak, just to name a few.

Posted
I think they are not as rare as Wicket Keepers as captains. Infact there have been many like Wasim' date=' Kapil,Imran,Walsh,Younis, Willis,Heath Streak, just to name a few.[/quote'] Flintoff, Mortaza, Johnston etc too. Wicketkeeper captains are rarer. Can think of only MSD, Gilly, Taibu, Flower, Moin Khan, Latif.
Posted
Flintoff, Mortaza, Johnston etc too. Wicketkeeper captains are rarer. Can think of only MSD, Gilly, Taibu, Flower, Moin Khan, Latif.
Alec Stewart was also the captain of england for some time. And you missed out on whingakara :--D
Posted
Alec Stewart was also the captain of england for some time. And you missed out on whingakara :--D
Oh yeah totally missed whinga :giggle:
Posted

There have been some fast bowling captains in recent times, but of course not many. Akram, Younis, Imran, Kapil, Pollock, Streak etc.. Some of the reason for not many fast bowlers being captain which I think are 1. A lot of injury means fast bowlers miss a large numbner of games and this uncertainilty about their availability leads to their non-consideration for captaincy. 2. Most of the fast bowlers happen to be terrible fielders and so they typically field at fine leg or third man. And then they don't get much chance to get involved in on-field discussions on team strategy. Eventually don't get developed as good tacticians. 3. By very demand of the job, fast bowlers have to be hot-blooded and short on temper (Sree santh ??) , some qualities which really don't make good case for being captain.

Posted

They have six different balls to worry about to go along with the field placings, bowler changes, etc :dontknow: Btw, bowler-cappos tend to under bowl themselves :agree:

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...