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[yvk3103]

Virendra Shewag lead the same side in one of the test matches in NZ and lost miserably. MS came back in the next test and you saw how the Indians mowed the kiwis. Thankfully for the kiwis the rain Gods came to their rescue (they were just 2 wickets 2 being defeated).

MS for me and as widely agreed in the top cricketing circles is a born leader. There is a huge difference is a born leader and a appointed leader.

You rarely see him loosing his cool even in the most horrid of positions that the team may be in.

Let me know one keeper who has not had a bad run.

[aaron]

also its all good and well having a better team but when the skipper isnt great you loose, 2005 ashes on paper the aussies were better but pointing had a awful series and cost them

[dekaz]

i remember the last time i saw sangakara i wasnt impressed at his keeping ability but what a batsman!

for me its too hard to choose, no team chooses an out and out gloveman these days. most selected are selected on the ability to knock out a few runs as well.

i think the best keeper in the international game though is McCullum.

[Johnny]

also its all good and well having a better team but when the skipper isnt great you loose, 2005 ashes on paper the aussies were better but pointing had a awful series and cost them

Not entirely sure about this... so Ponting's bad captaincy is the reason Hayden, Langer, Martyn and Gilchrist couldn't buy a run, why Simon Jones bowled out of his skin, and Freddie put in possibly the best all-round performance of any international cricketer in the last 20 years?

I think the planning that Fletcher and Vaughan put in, together with the execution of a bowling attack in it's best ever form, plus all 11 eleven players collective peaking were the main reasons for 2005's victory

[ianbuchanan]

don't forget mcgrath slipping on a cricket ball and putting himself out for 2 tests!