West Indies Cricket Fans

lemme say this right now.

cricket captains are only as good or great as their bowlers.

show me a great captain and i'll show you a team with great bowlers.

show me a good captain and i'll show you a team with good bowlers.

show me a poor captain and i'll show you a team with poor bowlers.


re: australia

ricky ponting was a great captain when his team had great bowlers like mcgrath and warne.

today ricky ponting is just an ordinary captain because his team has ordinary bowlers.


re: west indies

the west indies has not produced a world class bowler since amby and walshy retired.

as such all wi captains the past 12 years have been ordinary or downright mediocre.


once again, captains are only as good as the bowlers in their team.


great captains have great bowlers

poor captains have poor bowlers.

So Lloyd a great captain because he had great bowlers? If so, then it didn't 't really matter who was the captain during that time they would have the same success right?

BallOil wrote:So Lloyd a great captain because he had great bowlers? If so, then it didn't 't really matter who was the captain during that time they would have the same success right?

in 1975/76 lloyd's team received a shellacking by the aussies. the wi lost that series 5-1.

there was nothing special about lloyd's captaincy.

lloyd became a great captain because of the great 4 prong wi attack.

roberts, holding, garner, croft

marshall, amby, walsh, etc followed.


a blind man could have captained the west indies when they had great bowlers like roberts, holding, croft and garner and won.

Interesting, just so we are clear ...so is captaincy an art or strength of the bowling dept?

How about having a good attack but don't when to use certain bowlers?

Prince...

Who was the better captain, Lloyd or Worrell and why?