Comments on: Ben Stokes to vie with Eoin Morgan for use of Ben Stokes

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:36:49 +0000

It is rather remarkable that cricket as a sport is not awash with steroids.

By: Deep Cower

Deep Cower — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:34:46 +0000

In reply to Bert. Elite clarity.

By: Bert

Bert — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:35:07 +0000

Some players thrive on workload. Others collapse under it. Especially in test cricket, captaincy can often have a detrimental effect on batting, although there are enough exceptions to make that far from a certainty.

Stokes will most likely be one or other of these. As such, the decision to make him captain can only be properly viewed in that light, depending on what happens in the interim, and of course, on other things as well.

You’re welcome.

By: Uday

Uday — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:23:43 +0000

Maybe just go the whole hog and make him captain of the white ball sides too, ala Kohli. It’ll kill him in a few years but he might just love it enough to drive both teams forward for those few years.

By: Uday

Uday — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:20:01 +0000

In reply to Richard. The way I see it, key has several options for coach but only one option for captain. Maybe it makes more sense to find a coach who can complement the captain. IMO Kirsten would be a great choice. He’s a facilitator and I think would work well with a captain with some personality (like Stokes and unlike Root)

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:30:28 +0000

In reply to King Cricket.

Agreed it’s how cricket tends to be done but we’ve seen in other areas that the cricket establishment sometimes needs to change.

I don’t see any benefit in appointing a captain at this time unless Stokes is part of the recruitment process of the new coach. If he is then I very much stand corrected and it’s a cracking piece of management!

By: daneel

daneel — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:41:24 +0000

In reply to King Cricket. I couldn't give a monkey's about that, to be fair

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:14:06 +0000

In reply to daneel. Probably the worst one for the ODI side.

By: daneel

daneel — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:53:56 +0000

Seems like the inevitable choice but also just about the worst one.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:47:40 +0000

In reply to Richard. Not sure it quite works like that in cricket. There are different kinds of partnership, but we've just seen in Australia how its sometimes the captain who names (or perhaps more accurately in that case rejects) a coach.