Tag: Test captain
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock has been named South Africa's Test captain for the 2020/2021 season, Cricket South Africa announced on Friday. ....
Opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite has replaced all-rounder Jason Holder as captain of the West Indies Test team. Brathwaite, 28, recently led West Indies in their 2-0 series win in Bangladesh in the absence of Holder. ....
Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag feels that Virat Kohli should not leave the captaincy of the Test and ODIs after the 33-year-old's tenure as skipper of the national T20I side came to an end on Monday. ....
Australian cricketer Tim Paine's wife, Bonnie, has said that it broke her heart to see her husband stepping down as Test skipper ahead of the Ashes series in the wake of the sexting scandal that the wicketkeeper-batter finds himself in the midst of. ....
Tim Paine will take an indefinite leave of absence from all cricket “for the foreseeable future”, throwing into serious doubt the former Australian Test captain’s availability for the Ashes and his future in the international game.....
Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has endorsed pace bowler Pat Cummins' appointment as captain of the Test side and said that batting stalwart Steve Smith being made his deputy could be a game-changer for the hosts ahead of the Ashes, given his experience. ....
Indian cricket has finally taken the inevitable decision to have different captains for the red-ball and white-ball cricket in Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. However, the success of India's split captaincy will very much depend on the camaraderie between the two heavyweights, with coach Rahul Dravid working as a catalyst. ....
Former New Zealand player Brendon McCullum has said that while the cricketing fraternity speaks highly about Joe Root as a "very good leader", he hasn't seen that quality in the England Test captain. ....
Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins was non-committal when asked whether chief coach Justin Langer should "continue on" after his contract expires following the away series against Pakistan in March-April next year, saying he would rather "savour" the Ashes victory than get into the discussion. ....
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has categorically said that he never "had an ambition to be a captain", adding that Joe Root "should not be forced into" relinquishing his captaincy in the wake of the Ashes debacle. ....