One can see from the list that England had the maximum number of foreign captains.This is ample proof for the lack of interest of british public in cricket.Football reigns supreme in England,the cradle of cricket.Only a handful of third world countries like India are mad about cricket,a passive game.Us Indians can't compete in highly competitive games where many countries participate.Hence we confine ourselves to cricket.Statistics show that India generates 70% of the earnings of world cricket.This is ridiculous.And the situation seems to remain the same in future too.
RE:Flower
by krishnan suresh suresh on Aug 05, 2008 03:48 PM Permalink
Andy Fowler is native of South Africa who captained Zimbabwe. This is given clearly in the table above
RE:RE:Flower
by anoop uppot on Aug 05, 2008 10:58 AM Permalink
I am sorry, it was my mistake and not rediff. I thought the list contained names of English captains born in different countries. Apologies
RE:RE:You left out a notable name
by Anoop sivasankaran on Aug 08, 2008 02:02 AM Permalink
Anjali, As a patriotic Indian, I'd rather have a mad Indian like you dead rather than a sensible Pakistani. Menon-marude peru nattikkathe mindathirikkadi penne.
RE:You left out a notable name
by Anoop sivasankaran on Aug 08, 2008 02:00 AM Permalink
Well if reports are to be believed, the kingpin of match fixing actually played for India when he was captain of Pakistan.
RE:You left out a notable name
by New Wind on Aug 05, 2008 08:16 PM Permalink
Anjali, you are sick. Don't mix polotics/religion with sports. try to have healthy outlook for once.
RE:Indian Glory
by Amit Arora on Aug 05, 2008 02:29 AM Permalink
You are refering to Douglas Jardine - born in India who has the highest win percentage. Do not forget he won most matches due to his shameful strategy of 'bodyline'. After the controversial tour of Australia, England toured India and he was almost beaten up by the angry crowd in Calcutta - despite being born in India.
RE:Indian Glory
by Seth Bhagwandas on Aug 05, 2008 09:59 AM Permalink
I dont think it was shameful :) . Winning is everything . And ausies are "doodh ka dhula ". It was austrlia who use that straergy very effectively later :) .It was ponting who did more shameful act during last tour oif india to Austrlia,
RE:Indian Glory
by New Wind on Aug 05, 2008 08:19 PM Permalink
Seth, If winning would have been everything then we should have continued with barbaric wars and not civilized into sports. winning is not everything. Spirit of sports is far far higher than that.
RE:RE:Indian Glory
by Anoop sivasankaran on Aug 08, 2008 02:04 AM Permalink
Theoretically, Jardine was not born in India, He was born in British India which came under the British Crown, hence formed a part of United Kingdom. So...
