Collingwood isn"t the right captain for 20/20 or anything - thoughts?
agree. Though to be fair Colly is captain by default rather than selection. Unfortunately our best captains are not good enough T20 players and KP has burned his bridges for the time being.
Can"t agree about Captain"s in 20/20, with the short game the captaincy doesn"t really come into it. With a 6 over power play the benefit is with the Batsmen, as the infield can be beaten and runs scored easily. It becomes a bowlers game when early wickets are taken and the pressure increases to score quick runs.
You can"t really set a field to defend runs in 20/20 or make bowling changes to turn a game around. It"s basically a lottery and the team that gets the momentum will win, this was South Africa yesterday. If England had got the momentum then Graeme Smith"s captaincy wouldn"t have made any difference.
Interesting points - it"s not just a coin flip for me - S Africa defended a very small target against NZ.
Astute bowlers adapt
Batsmen can adapt too ... why apart from Pietersen do the English batsmen get so obsessed with playing square of the wicket?
Don"t get me wrong Pietersen is England"s best player ... but he unsettles the weak around him - when he fails they fail.
He should be the captain - but blew his feet off in a Roy Keane style huff - and someone needs to sort it out - it"s just so tedious to watch.
Mega paid under performers.
England looked good against the despicable West Indies in the Tests - but now look more like a jellyfish.
They rolled over Pakistan (who played terribly).
It reminds me of how England used to be at football ... bumble along ... beat weak foes and crumble against the stronger teams ...
Capello now looks to have it well sorted ...
... who is going to sort it for English cricket?
Louis
Don"t think anyone has said it"s a coin flip, depends on which team is dominating the game, very difficult to change the course of the game when it"s going away from you.
The batsmen will try to play the ball to the areas where there is space, gaining two rather than one, a lot of this space is square of the wicket, hence the shots in this direction.
I have a personal opinion on KP, great player to have in the team, but is not a Captain. Let him get on with his job and stroll around like a show pony, he"s got the talent and can get away with it. If fit, Flintoff would have been the 20/20 Captain.
Most cricketers are not Mega paid, this is a 20/20 competition, view it in some perspective for what it is, a short form of the game which is entertaining, draws the crowds in and is fun.
Good to see the despicable Windies outplay India tonight
