New Posts For Thread: Joe root at the end of the matchhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-matchCan anyone lip read,would like to know what he said to Ben stokes when they were one to oneGood piece by Mike Atherton in The Times on this today:Forget the England captaincy: Ben Stokes is already the perfect leadermike atherton, chief cricket correspondentLast year the England team analyst, Nathan Leamon, wrote a fine novel called The Tehttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557844237#557844237Good piece by Mike Atherton in The Times on this today:Forget the England captaincy: Ben Stokes is already the perfect leadermike atherton, chief cricket correspondentLast year the England team analyst, Nathan Leamon, wrote a fine novel called The TeTue, 27 Aug 2019 03:56:28 -0500If Stokes became captain it would go exactly as Botham and Flintoff's captaincies did. Shouldn't even be considered. Let him do what he's doing which is go out and play and let somebody else take over when Root is replaced.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557842197#557842197If Stokes became captain it would go exactly as Botham and Flintoff's captaincies did. Shouldn't even be considered. Let him do what he's doing which is go out and play and let somebody else take over when Root is replaced.Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:59:11 -0500If Stokes became captain it would go exactly as Botham and Flintoff's captaincies did. Shouldn't even be considered. Let him do what he's doing which is go out and play and let somebody else take over when Root is replaced.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557842195#557842195If Stokes became captain it would go exactly as Botham and Flintoff's captaincies did. Shouldn't even be considered. Let him do what he's doing which is go out and play and let somebody else take over when Root is replaced.Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:59:07 -0500Good response!The issue I had in mind was whether the burden of captaincy would impact their performance in their specialist role.For example, a top batsman who starts getting ducks instead of centuries once he's made captain is arguably quite a serihttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557841467#557841467Good response!The issue I had in mind was whether the burden of captaincy would impact their performance in their specialist role.For example, a top batsman who starts getting ducks instead of centuries once he's made captain is arguably quite a seriMon, 26 Aug 2019 15:23:00 -0500Good question.The reality with most good questions however, as much as people would like to believe otherwise, is it depends.There are three key factors that require to be addressed up front:1 - Is the candidate for captaincy a shoe in for selectionhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557841201#557841201Good question.The reality with most good questions however, as much as people would like to believe otherwise, is it depends.There are three key factors that require to be addressed up front:1 - Is the candidate for captaincy a shoe in for selectionMon, 26 Aug 2019 14:42:49 -0500All other things being equal should the responsibility of captain be landed upon the shoulders of a top batsman, a top bowler, a top wicket-keeper, or a good all-rounder? Discuss....https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557840701#557840701All other things being equal should the responsibility of captain be landed upon the shoulders of a top batsman, a top bowler, a top wicket-keeper, or a good all-rounder? Discuss....Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:40:23 -0500Woakes' place in the side isn't solid enough to be captain. Good chance he won't play at Old Trafford if Anderson is back fit.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557840041#557840041Woakes' place in the side isn't solid enough to be captain. Good chance he won't play at Old Trafford if Anderson is back fit.Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:10:51 -0500a bit like Noddy Holder for WIhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557836395#557836395a bit like Noddy Holder for WISun, 25 Aug 2019 19:36:42 -0500Root should be dropped as captain and be given to Stokes in my opinion Although as someone else pointed out would giving Stokes the captaincy help? he's already being relied upon to take wickets and match winning 100s with the bat ffs I'd argue someohttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557836325#557836325Root should be dropped as captain and be given to Stokes in my opinion Although as someone else pointed out would giving Stokes the captaincy help? he's already being relied upon to take wickets and match winning 100s with the bat ffs I'd argue someoSun, 25 Aug 2019 19:08:04 -0500probably said ...you've just saved my captaincy for a bit longer but it will be yours soon enoughhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31571285/joe-root-at-the-end-of-the-match?post_id=557835051#557835051probably said ...you've just saved my captaincy for a bit longer but it will be yours soon enoughSun, 25 Aug 2019 14:17:54 -0500