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by deepa on Sep 19, 2007 01:21 AM Permalink
Why cant a 12th man be appointed captain of Indian Team. He has no job to do. Let him play the huge role. I am sure we will succeed.
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by abhishek pandey on Sep 19, 2007 02:56 AM Permalink
Lee Germon (NZ) was a good captain, though the results do not show that (Only 1 win & 5 losses in 12 tests).
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by Sarath Chandra on Sep 19, 2007 01:27 AM Permalink
If we can compare results of all wicket keeper captains against non-wicket keeper captains, we would get a fair idea about your question.
I don't know if there is a way to find that out in cricinfo. I basically think, we are more impatient with bowler-captains and wicket-keeper captains, than batsman-captains. I think this is because, we cannot "carry" a non-performing bowler or non-performing wicket-keeper in a side, but we can carry a non-performing batsman for a considerable amount of time (examples of Ganguly, Mark Taylor, Mike Brearley easily come to mind).
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by Truth Finder on Sep 19, 2007 01:38 AM Permalink
Ian Healy, Kirmani, Wasim Bari they were captain but they were not result oriented or good motivaters. In my cricket career, If wicket keeper become dominate he force bowlers to bowl as he want and as he think behind the stumps. Where as bowlers become captain, they think they can bowl well so they ignore other key bowlers that create all mess.
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by Sarath Chandra on Sep 19, 2007 01:43 AM Permalink
Finally, it is only results that should matter as motivations, body language, result-oriented etc are subjective and not objective measures. On that count, wicket-keepers seem to have done reasonably well whenever given a chance, in the 2000s. I don't have exact numbers, but these links can give you a general idea.
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by jsigns on Sep 19, 2007 01:34 AM Permalink
We have examples of captaincy by wktkeepers. May not be huge success but we have record of Healy, Stuart doing quite a good job.
