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[Buzz]

Botham captained against the Windies in series prior to 1981 and lost 1-0 at home and 2-0 away Buzz. I think Brierley did get a bit lucky in his timings and the oppo he played ie. Aus in Aus during Packer

However, the Brierley myth is based on the high regard the pro's had for him. "You're the guy with a degree in people" comment etc

I was referring to the WC final when we got thrashed

"Brearley also captained England to the final of the 1979 Cricket World Cup, scoring 53 in the semi-final against New Zealand [8] and 64 in the final against the West Indies.[9] However, his defensive opening partnership of 129 with Geoff Boycott in the final used up 38 of 60 allotted overs; although it was recognised that a potent pace attack of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Colin Croft and Joel Garner needed to be countered, the speed of the partnership greatly added to the pressure on the rest of the order. Garner bowled a spell of 5 wickets for 4 runs to induce a drastic collapse and hand the West Indies the match and the World Cup by 92 runs."

[uknsaunders]

That's a bit selective Buzz!

My view was based on his test career, which is what most people will judge him on.

[Buzz]

yes, and very very harsh...

[roco]

Cook has been doing ok for Essex even got a t20 ton but is strange to appoint a captain not in the side

Broad will go one of two ways as he is a vsf volatile person which he has proven

Vaughn was a class act as captain and one of the best ever for me

Brearley was more a people person as he tended to get the best out of his players

[SempreSami]

I look forward to Broad's reaction to losing the toss, that is as long as his stomach holds up to the strenuous task of flipping the coin.

[Apple]

Why the hell isnt strauss still in the team? Anyone remember his 150?! In my opinion its absolute rubbish, we struggled with two captains in hussain/vaughan era, how will 3 be any better? Cook will have so much pressure on him, firstly to cement his place in the side, and secondly to do that, and captain the side at the same time.

[cheese]

I agree with cook being O.D.I captain and think he should be T20i captain because he can play t20 well and broad isn't mature enough as a cricketer to be captain!!

[Johng]

agree Rich Broad is not captian material

I like him and love his aggression

[mattw]

I like him and love his aggression

Agreed, I don't know what his captaincy is going to be like though.

[Number4]

Come on guys lets face it Cook is the best player you guys have at the moment... He deserves the Captaincy