Next Australian captain?

[Twizzle]

good question

 

[JJ]

Hard job for a quick, too physically demanding I imagine...

spinners would be ok, of course if Warne hadn't been such a merkin he might well have got the job.

Lyon could well be a vice-captain? Smith looks very obvious, keeper is the other one - going way back, one does wonder why Kim Hughes got the gig ahead of Rod Marsh

 

[BunniesMan]

Unless you have 6 complete geniuss in your top 6, bowlers should never captain. You need a neutral person deciding who bowls when.

On top of every other problem, bowling captains will be bagged for bowling themselves too much and for not bowling themselves enough.

It just is potentially very messy.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Every captain I've ever played under was a bowler.

And considering how f**king brittle the top 6 is these days, why not get a tough as teak bowler to lead?!?

 

[Twizzle]

Hard job for a quick, too physically demanding I imagine...

not for me

 

[JJ]

not for me

yes, well we know you're remarkable!

Not sure about BM's comment about the top 6 being geniused, does that apply in your case?

He seems to be implying bowlers are stupid...

 

[Twizzle]

yes, well we know you're remarkable!
..

couldn't agree more

truth be told I am an all rounder bat at 1 or 3, depending on how f**ked I am from bowling

 

[TheParraboy]

Notch for captain

 

[Bigfella]

Bowlers are second class citizens, not worthy or capable of the job.

It's not impossible that the next captain isn't in the side yet but you'd have to say smith is the obvious choice.

Nathan Lyon could be a smoky if you were forced at gunpoint to choose a bowler.

 

[Twizzle]

I've heard him talk about the game, no chance of Lyon being captain material imo

 

[typicalfan]

I don't think bowler or batsman. Best for the job is best for the job. Smith is probably the pick although Davey Warner if he cleans up his act could be a candidate. He handles the spotlight well, if anything he relishes it.

 

[Haffa]

Smith is the obvious choice. But anyone from NSW should be considered.

 

[hineyrulz]

Thread should be changed to which world skipper are we going to destroy next???

 

[JJ]

Prior to Ponting was Chappell the last non NSW test captain?

 

[Twizzle]

Border was a banana bender

 

[El Diablo]

Border was a banana bender

not really though

 

[ek999]

From NSW. Played for Qld a few years after he made his FC debut for NSW too

 

[hineyrulz]

AB played for NSW for 4 years before QLD poached him.

 

[JJ]

Border was a banana bender

I had considered him a NSW'man too

 

[El Diablo]

AB played for NSW for 4 years before QLD poached him.

was playing for NSW when first picked in the Aus side

same goes for Jeff Thomson