Yes, Nasser and Warne speak well but Atherton's interviewing skills are something else. So thoughtful with his questions. He might be better than professional media people.
What is noticeable is the humour involved and how sportingly they take it, in case of indians, I believe most indian commentators are hardly capable of taking humour and sarcasm, prime example is sunil gavaskar, he feels insulted very easily, has a huge ego
Shane warne nailed it.....for us that early 2000s team led by ganguly is the most revered one......we don't remember the stats but we do remember how they played as team, how they defeated mighty Oz ,started winning overseas. ..dravid laxman sachin kumble bhajji
These 3 are the best commentators in the world of cricket at the moment , love how they break it down with their passion and knowledge of the game . Absolutely love it 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great comments from Warne here. With Athers you remember him surviving that spell from Allan Donald, or that dogged hundred against South Africa that saved the game for England. With Nass you remember the team he helped build that took us from the dark days of the 90s, to the foundation that gave England the platform to win the Ashes in 2005. Win/Loss is part and parcel of the game, but it's what that player did that you remember the most.
@@sillysausage4549 well, the squad he inherited didn't helped his cause . Also, the 90's was pretty bleak for us in general be it football or cricket . All sorts of things were going around at the time for eg. Players were contacted to their counties rather than ECB
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 he couldn't help the bad players he was given. He wasn't great himself... But his captaincy, was as dour and unimaginative as his batting. He also failed to get the best out of some very talented cricketers. I'm sure you can think of at least a couple.
@@sillysausage4549 athers was a opener in the most difficult era to open, in the most difficult part in the world to open. Became captain in the 90's, which was particularly bleak period for English cricket, botham,Gooch,Gower retired. Along with no central contract made things extremely difficult for england cricket team . Athers was one of the few better players of England side of the 90's who has redeemed themselves
Nasser speaks very eloquently and passionately, enjoy his views on the game generally Warnie also able to express himself clearly; not every champion of the game is able to verbalize their views on the game so well.
Nasser never got his due as captain He was the Asian conqueror... Eng in 90s could not win a series overseas, more so in sub continent Eng won in pak, sri and almost did India back in 2001. And this Voice of Athers is so smooth and very thoughtful questions. Warne, always played like a thinker.... As bowler, as a thinker he was unfortunate not to have captained oz..
Not really-nobody could honestly say Waugh was a better captain than Taylor tactically, or as a man manager. Waugh also had the advantage of a 90 mph bowler in Lee for nearly all of his captaincy that Taylor didn't & the peak of Ponting while he was still learning under Taylor, along with the peak of Gillespie & a keeper who averaged 50 odd at 7. I think Waugh gets a raw deal-especially from Warne & Chappelli-he was better & more attacking than they give him credit for & he was better than Ponting, but not in Taylor's league.
Meh, it's the current drinking game. Take a drink every time Warne directly or indirectly disses Waugh. Realistically though would you expect a narcissist like Warne to respect the captain who rightfully (at the time) dropped him for one test.
@James - I guess Warnie is right in doing so because I have heard both Mc Grath and Shane say that they were captains of their own bowling. Since they contributed most games, it shows how the S.Waugh and Ricky had easier jobs than Taylor who was forming this team
1:25 Too bad Steve Waugh could never digest a true legend of the game. Shane Warne was brilliant and could have shaped even more Aussie greats in is time as captain
@Sky Sports Cricket, IMHO, you have the best cricket coverage that I’ve seen. - Great discussions like this one. - Great group of excellent commentators, English and international, whose comments command respect.
I completely agree with Warne. If you talk about India then MS Dhoni & Virat Kohli have better stats as captain but if you ask anyone who has followed Indian cricket in the last 3 decades, he will tell you that Sourav Ganguly was the captain who had the biggest impact on Indian cricket.
I started watching cricket in 2001. That's why unaware of that impact ganguly brought. I feel dhoni brought a professional touch to the team which approached the game emotionally before 2007. Dhoni also turned the team into a fielding unit. And kohli played a big role in developing a fast bowling army. He was also successful in transmitting his fitness culture to the whole team.
@@koko_koshy When Ganguly got the captaincy, India were ranked 8th in Test cricket only ahead of Zimbabwe. The fans had lost faith after the match fixing episode. He had to build the team from scratch. Under him we reached the 2nd spot in Tests only behind Australia (which in my opinion was the best team ever to have played Test cricket). Dhoni inherited a very strong team. Having said that Dhoni was an outstanding ODI captain (probably the best ever India has had) but he was not a good Test captain. I completely agree with you on the fact that Virat has had a major role in the improvement in fitness levels of our players especially our fast bowlers. But we are still not winning Test series overseas on a consistent basis which we should with such a lethal pace battery. Also let us accept the fact that quality of the opposition is not the same. Teams like Sri Lanka and the West Indies have gone down over the years and India has had some easy victories against them. Having said that I wish Virat all the best for the upcoming Test series in Australia. With Smith and Warner back, add Labuschagne into the mix as well, this time it is not going to be easy. I pray that none of the players get injured during the IPL and we will witness a great contest against the Aussies. I can't wait for December. Anyways we all want 2020 to end as soon as possible.
@@ArkoRay what you want see in test matches, your team wins sessions and give competition with bats or ball to the opposition. And we are winning sessions in overseas conditions whether its in SA or in England. Indian team were known as a heavily batting dependent in the past but now, you can see our players are giving tough competition to the opponents, but in the past its all about our batting. So, i think its the brand of cricket you played is important. Winning or losing is part and parcel of the game but what type of attitude and passion your team have is important and we have seen this passion in all three captains. Its shouldn't be like this you are just going to participate just for the sake of tour decided by your board, giving tough competition to the opposition on their home soil should matters the most. No hard feeling for you bro but i think you just miss this point. Comparison between Ganguly, Dhoni or Virat is not right. All of them have given what was needed at that period of time.
Unpopular Opinion, however I really don’t see Kohli as a fundamentally great captain. Yes, his off-field influence has to be significant, he’s transformed the mentality of Indian cricket, producing better pace bowlers than they are spinners for the first time maybe ever, however on the field, especially away from home, I do think he leaves a lot to be desired. Let’s his emotions run over him, very individualistic and it can’t always necessarily come off
@@himanshusingh-uw6vn I will have to disagree with you on this one. To win Test matches you need to take 20 wickets consistently. With the kind of fast bowling India has now, we should be winning more and not just competing. Earlier, in the 2000s, we used to compete with Australia, England and South Africa in their backyard and maybe draw a series but didn't win that much because we didn't have fast bowlers back then who could pick 20 wickets. But today you can't give that excuse. This is the best fast bowling unit India has ever had. If we can't win now then we will never win. I will give you a comparison. From 2001-2010, India lost just 1 Test in England. From 2011-2020 we have lost 11 Tests in England (7 under Dhoni and 4 under Kohli). Indian players earn 5 times the money that players from other countries earn. They have all the facilities available. After having so much resources at your disposal if you are still happy with your team going overseas just to give tough competition and not expect them to win then I feel sorry.
Stephen Fleming was the best captain. He was tactically strong and had full support from team.If you have strong individual contributors like McGrath,Warne, olden times Holding,Marshall, Garner,Roberts ,Sir Viv Richards captaining is different skill.
I agree with Shane because him and Mcgrath 'captained' their side every time they were bowling. Which is why both of them never rate Ricky or S.Waugh as better captains than say a M.Taylor or Allan. Because Allan and Taylor were still building a team
Brain Charles Lara was one of the greatest player and a very good captain. His win/loss may look horrible but no one can deny he did a damn good job for his team.
Warne's got it at the end ... Say you were England captain walking down the road ... people wont recognize you for your Win/Loss ratio but the way you and your team played and left a mark on the game ...In that sense, being a Pakistani ... Imran as captain and his cornered tigers of 1992 as a team will always hold a special place in our hearts.
I would say that a captain can’t solely be judged on results alone. You are only as good as the players in your team. Stephen Fleming for example was a better captain that for example Ponting, but his record wasn’t as good because he didn’t have the best team. Ultimately it’s a results game and if a captain isn’t winning he will get the boot, but his record will not necessarily reflect how good of a captain he was/is
The best Captain ever to play the game, was and always will be IMO is the Great Imran Khan. Because he lead a young inexperienced team with a fragile domestic cricket structure. He motivated bunch of individuals to play for the team and winning the World Cup 92’
It’s a shame Shane Warne never got the Australian captaincy job for a long period. I am convinced he would have been a great captain, one of the best of all time.
@@user-he2ou2ex2f Well root could have just left him out as discipline but the whole backroom staff got around stokes and helped him through that bad period last year
@@regs_j No player is bigger than the team mate, i know for sure hes our best player 100% hes proven that. But when he had that brawl and stuff, it was starting to look like another KP and that we didnt need. You can tell they (ECB) learnt how to deal with players starting to go off the rails, they reigned him back in and now look what we have. A leader in the dressing room, a role model for young cricketers and the one of the best players in the world.
In all honesty, Joe Root frequently lets test matches drift during key moments, has sacrificed his undoubtedly brilliant batting as captain, thus meaning that the other weaker batsmen (besides Stokes and Pope) are liable to collapses. He relies way too much on his bowlers. People go on about the win in South Africa but England lost in the Caribbean and he has yet to win an ashes series home and away. A lot of the series he has captained, England did not deserve to win, most notably the series against India in 2018 where India were the better side but somehow lost 3-1.
I think this is where he lacks behind Williamson and kohli. They are great captains and step up. Williamson especially. Joe root is still an amazing batsman in ODIs with average of above 50 and a strike rate of close to 90. He was one of the best test batsmen in like 2016-2017 but not anymore. I do not believe he is captainship material however an exceptional batsman. I think Ben Stokes would be a better captain in the long run. Joe root should, in my humble opinion, work hard on his batting and allow himself to score as many runs as he can.
I hear from all the young Indian players who had played for Rajasthan Royals under Warney's leadership. Everyone says the same thing, that Warney put his arm around their shoulders and took the best out of them.
I watched Warnie captain Hampshire in a county championship match against Yorkshire. He was brilliant. I found myself thinking "Why has he put a fielder there?" when Mascerenas was bowling. Two balls later said fielder took a catch. And late in the day as young Billy Taylor walked slowly back to bowl another over, Warne's voice from slip "Come on Billy Taylor, don't be satisfied!"
I’d have to disagree a bit with what their saying here, I think a captain should be judged on their attitude, persona and the culture they bring to the team, a great example is Kane Williamson of New Zealand, his positive attitude and admirable spirit made him and the New Zealand cricket team adorned by the world, even though they lost the WC. Results matter but so does the culture a captain brings to a team
If you consider that most captains come to the position by, first being good enough to earn a players berth in the team, then second, having qualities enough to be considered for the role after a period of staying in the team; then perhaps to identify the X factor you could look at captains who we think are successful in their role, but perhaps are not contributing otherwise to the performance as a player. If Brearly is in the top 5 English captains, but was commonly felt to not be a great player first and foremost at test level, then what were the qualities he had that we could look for in individuals who are also more gifted as players?
True fact - Do you folks know WHY this discussion about captaincy took place? It is because I criticized Mike Atherton's captaincy on Twitter and Athers blocked me for it. I am not joking. On my Twitter timeline, around last year...someone had posted a pic of Graeme Hick's infamous knock of 98* (infamous because Athers had declared and denied him a hundred. Hick was really upset by the proceedings). Anyway...for that pic, someone said that Athers had given Hick enough time to get to a hundred...so declaring the innings when he was on 98 was not exactly unfair (after all, one has to think about the team). I replied - "If Athers really wanted to think of the team, why did he wait till Hick reached 98 to go for the declaration? He should have declared much sooner...if it really was about the team. At least Hick would not have been hurt so much." Basically, I thought it was hypocritical of Athers to think that Hick was batting slowly considering Athers was *never* a fast scorer himself in the first place. Remember, England wanted to win that test match in Karachi in 2001? Nasser Hussain has explicitly said in his autobiography that he suggested to Athers to make way for Alec Stewart to open the batting in that innings just so that England could get the runs quickly. Meaning even the England team did not have so much faith in Athers' ability to score runs quickly. So...on what grounds did Athers think that Hick batted too slowly to deny him a hundred?🤷🤷🤷 This is basically what I said about Athers and his captaincy (and I tagged him as well). Mind you, I wasn't rude or abusive or anything...and I certainly did NOT get personal with Athers. I only expressed an honest opinion. And Athers blocked me for it. I subsequently tweeted to Nasser about this...Nasser didn't block me or anything (he seems a much more decent guy). But it seems like this discussion about captaincy is more like a scripted defence of Athers putting itself across as a discussion about captaincy (if you listen to the whole podcast on Spotify, you will find that Nasser pointedly defends Athers as a captain on more than a few occasions during this discussion).
If you are going to compare the win percentage of captain then you must compare their opponents and how the teams have weakened or became stronger like the Australian team now is not the team which it used to be when Ponting was captain
@goozoo49 Note that inspite of loosing in the Ashes, Ponting has the highest win/loss ratio among all other test captains, you just cannot merely judge him based on Ashes. What about all the other series that Australia won under his captaincy?
Problem is people don’t judge Root on his win ratio. Just because he gets a few things wrong doesn’t mean he is a bad captain? Remember Ponting bowling first? And you wouldn’t say he was a bad captain & that decision probably cost Australia the ashes in 2005! For me it looks like Root needs Stokes & Stokes needs Root, when they aren’t together it just looks a little dysfunctional.
It always reaches bck to results .at the end of the day ..but i think sum captains don't have to do much bcoz the of the mental nd skills of there players they have to call pon ....so no we can't really judge a captain on jus results bcoz eg ..west Indies they could of do wid Raul opening nd pujara...
It depends on what the broadcasters want I guess from them or what the audience wants to see. Our commentators can also discuss such stuff if they are asked to do so
The fact which helped Joe Root is that he got brilliant and experienced players. Cook, Anderson, Broad, Stokes, Jonny Bairstow. Cook is also a former England captain and Joe Root always got the support of his former captain. Like in India, Kohli gets from Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.
Joe Root is a fine captain, it’s just, much like Michael Vaughan and Alistair Cook before him, his own individual form has fell since assuming it. His win percentage is the best of any Englishman to captain more than 30 tests
Captains should not be totally judged by the result. It also depends on how you carry your squad giving them full confidence . It also depends on how one communicates with the team to get the best out of individuals.
Judge on results alone? No. Are results the most important thing? Yes. I think that is the point of leadership in any field. Root's results are OK, not phenomenal or anything BUT add in his own poor performances (by his standard) and the lack of consistency in building a batting order and failing to coax the best out of the likes or Archer more often than not.
Nasser the best job in cricket is Australian captain! Almost all Australians support and treat them with highest honour and respect possible. English captains can only dream of receiving the same support!! Since 1877 only 46 Australians have captained their country England have had 81 over the same time period pretty much proves this.
The reason is not good at test Cricket level he has given so Many chances but he didn't prove that he had that level of high skill to play test cricket
@@danialshah2957 yeah we all know he is better player than he is but the truth is since 2011 Morgan playing test matches also, but he didn't capatilise the chances finaly ECB moved on
Hey Sky Sports Cricket, your broadcasting partner in India Sony Six doesn’t show the analysis done by these incredible experts in the break time. Not in West Indies vs England game and not in the current series. Its frustrating.
Nasser Hussain if I have great players in my team i don't need anything to do as captain...Tendulkar, sehwag, lazman, dravid, ganguly, that's just batting list
It's clear Joe Root isn't a good captain. 1. His batting suffered massively. His average which isn't exceptional since taking over would be far lower but for his scores in games on totally 100% roads like against NZ and also getting scores when the series has already been decided. 2. Outplayed massively in each Ashes series. England only drew the series thanks to a miracle innings and Australia being hungover for the first day of the final test. Australia also made really poor selections and toss decisions on occasion. England had all the luck but still couldn't win. 3. He has won 74% of the tosses. That's so huge given in home conditions the toss is massive. Away against top quality opposition this is exposed because bowlers have to work to take wickets, England's bowlers are tailored to take wickets when the pitch does most of the work or the clouds. So Joe has been SUPER lucky so far as captain - yet his record is still really mediocre. If Joe doesn't have luck vs Aus and India next time around he will be exposed. He still seems like a little boy, no leadership qualities at all.
Fanboys of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma need to watch this to understand that captaincy is NOT about wins and losses. It is NOT about how many IPL trophies you won, it is NOT about how many ICC trophies you won, it is certainly NOT about how many runs you have scored in ICC tournaments. Captaincy can be summed up in just one question - "By the end of your captaincy stint, is your team in a much better state than it was when you started as captain?" Nasser Hussain is one of the finest England captains of the modern era precisely on the basis of this criterion. Still some idiot fanboys of MS Dhoni , Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (who started watching cricket from 2019 World Cup) will label him an "average" captain because of the win-loss ratio🤦🤦🤦
The passion with which Hussain expressing the honour of being England cricket captain is really moving.
Yes, Nasser and Warne speak well but Atherton's interviewing skills are something else. So thoughtful with his questions. He might be better than professional media people.
True. Especially when the stock journo question is 'what does bla bla bla mean to you'
@@davrothelegend or "this happened, can you talk about it please"
What is noticeable is the humour involved and how sportingly they take it, in case of indians, I believe most indian commentators are hardly capable of taking humour and sarcasm, prime example is sunil gavaskar, he feels insulted very easily, has a huge ego
@@davrothelegend Atherton is a professional media person and has been for a long time.
@@Pwecko I think you've missed the point mate.
Michael Atherton's voice is so soothing.
He is a treasure. And ironically he is the epitome of why win record does not define your capacity.
True
The more I hear from NAS, the more I admire him.
Warne's comment at the end about the brand of cricket you play is very important is spot on.
With these guys talking, I'm okay with these long rain delays.
I second you on this.
Really..... Debates like this makes perfect combo
That’s what separates them from murali Karthik and Amit agarkar who are bland and plain boring.
@@balnanj shut up. Your colonial mindset is just going over my head. It is disgusting. I don't find any problem in their commentary.
@@rishabhjain9859 eh no, indian commentators or "analysts" are many levels behind the english analysts.
Poignant stuff from Nasser about the pride of captaincy. Great piece.
Absolutely!
Shane warne nailed it.....for us that early 2000s team led by ganguly is the most revered one......we don't remember the stats but we do remember how they played as team, how they defeated mighty Oz ,started winning overseas. ..dravid laxman sachin kumble bhajji
These 3 are the best commentators in the world of cricket at the moment , love how they break it down with their passion and knowledge of the game . Absolutely love it 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great comments from Warne here. With Athers you remember him surviving that spell from Allan Donald, or that dogged hundred against South Africa that saved the game for England. With Nass you remember the team he helped build that took us from the dark days of the 90s, to the foundation that gave England the platform to win the Ashes in 2005. Win/Loss is part and parcel of the game, but it's what that player did that you remember the most.
Actually Atherton was one of the most hopeless captains England ever had. That whole period was terrible.
@@sillysausage4549 well, the squad he inherited didn't helped his cause . Also, the 90's was pretty bleak for us in general be it football or cricket .
All sorts of things were going around at the time for eg. Players were contacted to their counties rather than ECB
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 he couldn't help the bad players he was given. He wasn't great himself... But his captaincy, was as dour and unimaginative as his batting. He also failed to get the best out of some very talented cricketers. I'm sure you can think of at least a couple.
And I would put Michael Vaughan even higher he assembled the team in mid 00's which go on to no 1 ranking in test cricket in 2011.
@@sillysausage4549 athers was a opener in the most difficult era to open, in the most difficult part in the world to open.
Became captain in the 90's, which was particularly bleak period for English cricket, botham,Gooch,Gower retired. Along with no central contract made things extremely difficult for england cricket team .
Athers was one of the few better players of England side of the 90's who has redeemed themselves
Love how Warne lauded Allan Border and Mark Taylor as great captains but didn't mention Steve Waugh. Still some beef between those two!
Nasser speaks very eloquently and passionately, enjoy his views on the game generally
Warnie also able to express himself clearly; not every champion of the game is able to verbalize their views on the game so well.
Right on. The quality of discussion is top notch. Insightful and profound.
Nasser never got his due as captain
He was the Asian conqueror... Eng in 90s could not win a series overseas, more so in sub continent
Eng won in pak, sri and almost did India back in 2001.
And this Voice of Athers is so smooth and very thoughtful questions.
Warne, always played like a thinker.... As bowler, as a thinker he was unfortunate not to have captained oz..
I love Nasser, i wish we had someone like him to be skipper now.
When the team is winning everything looks good
apart when they get one-punched away from home
You are the best captain Genos has played under.
Just give them a microphone and let them go. I wish they'd do more of these.
Warnie throwing shade at S.Waugh with " M.Taylor is the best captain in my time" . S.Waugh has the best W/L ratio of any Australian Captain.
And he did not even mention Ricky...😂
Not really-nobody could honestly say Waugh was a better captain than Taylor tactically, or as a man manager. Waugh also had the advantage of a 90 mph bowler in Lee for nearly all of his captaincy that Taylor didn't & the peak of Ponting while he was still learning under Taylor, along with the peak of Gillespie & a keeper who averaged 50 odd at 7. I think Waugh gets a raw deal-especially from Warne & Chappelli-he was better & more attacking than they give him credit for & he was better than Ponting, but not in Taylor's league.
Steve Waugh created "The Invincible - Part II". Wonderful era of Aussie cricket.
Meh, it's the current drinking game. Take a drink every time Warne directly or indirectly disses Waugh. Realistically though would you expect a narcissist like Warne to respect the captain who rightfully (at the time) dropped him for one test.
@James - I guess Warnie is right in doing so because I have heard both Mc Grath and Shane say that they were captains of their own bowling. Since they contributed most games, it shows how the S.Waugh and Ricky had easier jobs than Taylor who was forming this team
Warne almost dropped an F bomb at 05:39 😂
1:25 Too bad Steve Waugh could never digest a true legend of the game. Shane Warne was brilliant and could have shaped even more Aussie greats in is time as captain
Exactly Shane! Anyone interested in cricket remembers attitude, not giving up, doing your best..
@Sky Sports Cricket,
IMHO, you have the best cricket coverage that I’ve seen.
- Great discussions like this one.
- Great group of excellent commentators, English and international, whose comments command respect.
Thinking Warne was taking a dig at Steve Waugh when he was talking about telling a player why he was left out.
tbh when isnt he having a dig at steve waugh
@Bobs Vegana I love your name 🤣
I completely agree with Warne. If you talk about India then MS Dhoni & Virat Kohli have better stats as captain but if you ask anyone who has followed Indian cricket in the last 3 decades, he will tell you that Sourav Ganguly was the captain who had the biggest impact on Indian cricket.
I started watching cricket in 2001. That's why unaware of that impact ganguly brought. I feel dhoni brought a professional touch to the team which approached the game emotionally before 2007. Dhoni also turned the team into a fielding unit. And kohli played a big role in developing a fast bowling army. He was also successful in transmitting his fitness culture to the whole team.
@@koko_koshy When Ganguly got the captaincy, India were ranked 8th in Test cricket only ahead of Zimbabwe. The fans had lost faith after the match fixing episode. He had to build the team from scratch. Under him we reached the 2nd spot in Tests only behind Australia (which in my opinion was the best team ever to have played Test cricket).
Dhoni inherited a very strong team. Having said that Dhoni was an outstanding ODI captain (probably the best ever India has had) but he was not a good Test captain.
I completely agree with you on the fact that Virat has had a major role in the improvement in fitness levels of our players especially our fast bowlers. But we are still not winning Test series overseas on a consistent basis which we should with such a lethal pace battery. Also let us accept the fact that quality of the opposition is not the same. Teams like Sri Lanka and the West Indies have gone down over the years and India has had some easy victories against them.
Having said that I wish Virat all the best for the upcoming Test series in Australia. With Smith and Warner back, add Labuschagne into the mix as well, this time it is not going to be easy. I pray that none of the players get injured during the IPL and we will witness a great contest against the Aussies. I can't wait for December. Anyways we all want 2020 to end as soon as possible.
@@ArkoRay what you want see in test matches, your team wins sessions and give competition with bats or ball to the opposition. And we are winning sessions in overseas conditions whether its in SA or in England. Indian team were known as a heavily batting dependent in the past but now, you can see our players are giving tough competition to the opponents, but in the past its all about our batting. So, i think its the brand of cricket you played is important. Winning or losing is part and parcel of the game but what type of attitude and passion your team have is important and we have seen this passion in all three captains. Its shouldn't be like this you are just going to participate just for the sake of tour decided by your board, giving tough competition to the opposition on their home soil should matters the most. No hard feeling for you bro but i think you just miss this point. Comparison between Ganguly, Dhoni or Virat is not right. All of them have given what was needed at that period of time.
Unpopular Opinion, however I really don’t see Kohli as a fundamentally great captain. Yes, his off-field influence has to be significant, he’s transformed the mentality of Indian cricket, producing better pace bowlers than they are spinners for the first time maybe ever, however on the field, especially away from home, I do think he leaves a lot to be desired. Let’s his emotions run over him, very individualistic and it can’t always necessarily come off
@@himanshusingh-uw6vn I will have to disagree with you on this one.
To win Test matches you need to take 20 wickets consistently. With the kind of fast bowling India has now, we should be winning more and not just competing.
Earlier, in the 2000s, we used to compete with Australia, England and South Africa in their backyard and maybe draw a series but didn't win that much because we didn't have fast bowlers back then who could pick 20 wickets. But today you can't give that excuse. This is the best fast bowling unit India has ever had. If we can't win now then we will never win.
I will give you a comparison.
From 2001-2010, India lost just 1 Test in England.
From 2011-2020 we have lost 11 Tests in England (7 under Dhoni and 4 under Kohli).
Indian players earn 5 times the money that players from other countries earn. They have all the facilities available. After having so much resources at your disposal if you are still happy with your team going overseas just to give tough competition and not expect them to win then I feel sorry.
Stephen Fleming was the best captain. He was tactically strong and had full support from team.If you have strong individual contributors like McGrath,Warne, olden times Holding,Marshall, Garner,Roberts ,Sir Viv Richards captaining is different skill.
I agree with Shane because him and Mcgrath 'captained' their side every time they were bowling. Which is why both of them never rate Ricky or S.Waugh as better captains than say a M.Taylor or Allan. Because Allan and Taylor were still building a team
Brain Charles Lara was one of the greatest player and a very good captain. His win/loss may look horrible but no one can deny he did a damn good job for his team.
Warne's got it at the end ... Say you were England captain walking down the road ... people wont recognize you for your Win/Loss ratio but the way you and your team played and left a mark on the game ...In that sense, being a Pakistani ... Imran as captain and his cornered tigers of 1992 as a team will always hold a special place in our hearts.
Three sweetest voice on ears
I could listen to Atherton all day long
"How he inspired the individual" Shane Warne. That's what Kamran Akmal said when he played under him in IPL 1.
I would say that a captain can’t solely be judged on results alone. You are only as good as the players in your team.
Stephen Fleming for example was a better captain that for example Ponting, but his record wasn’t as good because he didn’t have the best team.
Ultimately it’s a results game and if a captain isn’t winning he will get the boot, but his record will not necessarily reflect how good of a captain he was/is
*we want pre-match and post-match show also. its not avail here in India*
Only ex- Pakistani players' opinion available.
@@meeraskshariff3591 where??
Shane got it right, we remember the way you played the game and Shane was a superstar!
Gentleman of the cricket talking. Love long the game of cricket 🙏🏻
Warnie: it's all about the way you play the game not the stats🤩🔥
Miss you warne 😢😢😢
The best Captain ever to play the game, was and always will be IMO is the Great Imran Khan. Because he lead a young inexperienced team with a fragile domestic cricket structure. He motivated bunch of individuals to play for the team and winning the World Cup 92’
Rip Shane massively missed
It’s a shame Shane Warne never got the Australian captaincy job for a long period. I am convinced he would have been a great captain, one of the best of all time.
Root’s greatest act as a captain has been on Stokes. He could’ve turned out self-absorbed like Pietersen. Instead he pulls for the team. Invaluable.
That’s more down to the individual character not captaincy.
@@user-he2ou2ex2f Well root could have just left him out as discipline but the whole backroom staff got around stokes and helped him through that bad period last year
@@kb0ne15 Why the hell would you outcast your best player by a long shot?
@@regs_j No player is bigger than the team mate, i know for sure hes our best player 100% hes proven that. But when he had that brawl and stuff, it was starting to look like another KP and that we didnt need. You can tell they (ECB) learnt how to deal with players starting to go off the rails, they reigned him back in and now look what we have. A leader in the dressing room, a role model for young cricketers and the one of the best players in the world.
@@kb0ne15 Who said one player is bigger than the team? Point is England HAD to "reign" him in if they had any ambitions of being no1.
9:50 Perfectly matching for Ben Stokes
In all honesty, Joe Root frequently lets test matches drift during key moments, has sacrificed his undoubtedly brilliant batting as captain, thus meaning that the other weaker batsmen (besides Stokes and Pope) are liable to collapses. He relies way too much on his bowlers. People go on about the win in South Africa but England lost in the Caribbean and he has yet to win an ashes series home and away. A lot of the series he has captained, England did not deserve to win, most notably the series against India in 2018 where India were the better side but somehow lost 3-1.
I think this is where he lacks behind Williamson and kohli. They are great captains and step up. Williamson especially. Joe root is still an amazing batsman in ODIs with average of above 50 and a strike rate of close to 90. He was one of the best test batsmen in like 2016-2017 but not anymore. I do not believe he is captainship material however an exceptional batsman. I think Ben Stokes would be a better captain in the long run. Joe root should, in my humble opinion, work hard on his batting and allow himself to score as many runs as he can.
@@syedalizeejahraza2170 good thing now that runs are raining from his bat
I hear from all the young Indian players who had played for Rajasthan Royals under Warney's leadership.
Everyone says the same thing, that Warney put his arm around their shoulders and took the best out of them.
I watched Warnie captain Hampshire in a county championship match against Yorkshire. He was brilliant. I found myself thinking "Why has he put a fielder there?" when Mascerenas was bowling. Two balls later said fielder took a catch. And late in the day as young Billy Taylor walked slowly back to bowl another over, Warne's voice from slip "Come on Billy Taylor, don't be satisfied!"
What a player Andrew FLINTOFF was
I’d have to disagree a bit with what their saying here, I think a captain should be judged on their attitude, persona and the culture they bring to the team, a great example is Kane Williamson of New Zealand, his positive attitude and admirable spirit made him and the New Zealand cricket team adorned by the world, even though they lost the WC. Results matter but so does the culture a captain brings to a team
Thats the exact same thing warne said at the end.
If you consider that most captains come to the position by, first being good enough to earn a players berth in the team, then second, having qualities enough to be considered for the role after a period of staying in the team; then perhaps to identify the X factor you could look at captains who we think are successful in their role, but perhaps are not contributing otherwise to the performance as a player. If Brearly is in the top 5 English captains, but was commonly felt to not be a great player first and foremost at test level, then what were the qualities he had that we could look for in individuals who are also more gifted as players?
I’d love to hear what Shane would have had to say about how Stokes’ captaincy develops.
True fact - Do you folks know WHY this discussion about captaincy took place?
It is because I criticized Mike Atherton's captaincy on Twitter and Athers blocked me for it. I am not joking.
On my Twitter timeline, around last year...someone had posted a pic of Graeme Hick's infamous knock of 98* (infamous because Athers had declared and denied him a hundred. Hick was really upset by the proceedings).
Anyway...for that pic, someone said that Athers had given Hick enough time to get to a hundred...so declaring the innings when he was on 98 was not exactly unfair (after all, one has to think about the team). I replied - "If Athers really wanted to think of the team, why did he wait till Hick reached 98 to go for the declaration? He should have declared much sooner...if it really was about the team. At least Hick would not have been hurt so much."
Basically, I thought it was hypocritical of Athers to think that Hick was batting slowly considering Athers was *never* a fast scorer himself in the first place.
Remember, England wanted to win that test match in Karachi in 2001? Nasser Hussain has explicitly said in his autobiography that he suggested to Athers to make way for Alec Stewart to open the batting in that innings just so that England could get the runs quickly. Meaning even the England team did not have so much faith in Athers' ability to score runs quickly.
So...on what grounds did Athers think that Hick batted too slowly to deny him a hundred?🤷🤷🤷
This is basically what I said about Athers and his captaincy (and I tagged him as well). Mind you, I wasn't rude or abusive or anything...and I certainly did NOT get personal with Athers. I only expressed an honest opinion. And Athers blocked me for it.
I subsequently tweeted to Nasser about this...Nasser didn't block me or anything (he seems a much more decent guy). But it seems like this discussion about captaincy is more like a scripted defence of Athers putting itself across as a discussion about captaincy (if you listen to the whole podcast on Spotify, you will find that Nasser pointedly defends Athers as a captain on more than a few occasions during this discussion).
Nasser seems to really get the importance of the sport in the context of a crowd and spectators and people.
If you are going to compare the win percentage of captain then you must compare their opponents and how the teams have weakened or became stronger like the Australian team now is not the team which it used to be when Ponting was captain
Spot on
@goozoo49 Note that inspite of loosing in the Ashes, Ponting has the highest win/loss ratio among all other test captains, you just cannot merely judge him based on Ashes. What about all the other series that Australia won under his captaincy?
@Sky Sports Cricket, kindly upload Documentary related to Imran khan too, the one you played yesterday.
they upload them all, dw
@@BucBoydy we haven't been given access here in Pakistan
@@saadmahboob9560 its not up yet but it will b
Brilliant and innovative visual transition from one segment to the other...
I’ve always admired Nasser. His obvious passion and pride in being captain of England was stirring. Aussies must have respected that in itself.
You can listen to these three gentlemen for hours. Well said Shane at the end.
These 3 are my all time fav commentators.
Michael Atherton: One on the best England captains: Naseer Hussain
Naseer Hussain: 😊
Shane Warne and others: 😂
Kindly upload post pre match shows as here in India we don't have access to it..n we love post pre match shows along with actual cricket
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No they shouldn’t. There are ways you can pay for sky sports in India.
Problem is people don’t judge Root on his win ratio. Just because he gets a few things wrong doesn’t mean he is a bad captain? Remember Ponting bowling first? And you wouldn’t say he was a bad captain & that decision probably cost Australia the ashes in 2005! For me it looks like Root needs Stokes & Stokes needs Root, when they aren’t together it just looks a little dysfunctional.
even though this is a cricket discussion, this can easily pass for a philosophical discussion as well...
It always reaches bck to results .at the end of the day ..but i think sum captains don't have to do much bcoz the of the mental nd skills of there players they have to call pon ....so no we can't really judge a captain on jus results bcoz eg ..west Indies they could of do wid Raul opening nd pujara...
When Indian commentetors are gonna have such meaningful discussions ?
They will if they are asked too, currently entertainment is part of commentary
It depends on what the broadcasters want I guess from them or what the audience wants to see. Our commentators can also discuss such stuff if they are asked to do so
Never they r biased bitches
This is sky sports nt star sports
i really like honesty of shane warne that he admitted that his off field things influenced his image
Judge a captain on where they started and how they ended..like eoin started with shambles after 2015 to 2019 was one of the epic captaincy reign
Michael atherton is sitting on seat 42
No mention of S. Waugh from warne?
That was a great discussion. Great cricketing minds. Do I sense post-Covid honesty. Humility perhaps? Love it.
Of course Shane Warne hates Steve Waugh so he will never say a good word about his record as captain - despite the obvious stats.
I noticed that Ricky Ponting didn't get a mention from Warne as one of the great captains he played under. I wonder why.
He might have forgotten, but certainly ponting is right among the best without any doubt.
Talk about captain and MSD retires the next day
The fact which helped Joe Root is that he got brilliant and experienced players. Cook, Anderson, Broad, Stokes, Jonny Bairstow. Cook is also a former England captain and Joe Root always got the support of his former captain. Like in India, Kohli gets from Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.
Problem is, Joe Root isn't being judged on results at all
Joe Root is a fine captain, it’s just, much like Michael Vaughan and Alistair Cook before him, his own individual form has fell since assuming it. His win percentage is the best of any Englishman to captain more than 30 tests
This is a superb video that all aspiring captains should watch regardless of the sport you play.
Captains should not be totally judged by the result. It also depends on how you carry your squad giving them full confidence . It also depends on how one communicates with the team to get the best out of individuals.
Naseer , Ganguly & Sangkara are one of the finest cricket brains!!!
Warne dissing on Waugh at 5:30 🤣🤣
Siddharth Sen Haha yes
Big fan of Shane warne and my best commentator nassir hussain love from India
Warney,you missed Steve Waugh☺️☺️
Lovely every bit of GOLD WOrds for Warnie and NAS. Yes players are remember in terms of how they played the game.
Ok sir.
Judge on results alone? No. Are results the most important thing? Yes. I think that is the point of leadership in any field. Root's results are OK, not phenomenal or anything BUT add in his own poor performances (by his standard) and the lack of consistency in building a batting order and failing to coax the best out of the likes or Archer more often than not.
Good interview, well said by all.
do you want to control or let others play shots, but fun is important in letting others make decisions
Shane Warne sums it up very well at the end.
that's truth. numbers not the legacy. public remember the way u play
You find discussions like these only in England.
Shane warne now also is talking like a great Captain my all time fav cricketer.he understand the game and what a brain he has
Kindly upload tha complete video please. The 39 min discussion they had
Brian Close captained England 7 times: W6; D1; L0 wasn't judged by his success rate.
Nasser the best job in cricket is Australian captain! Almost all Australians support and treat them with highest honour and respect possible. English captains can only dream of receiving the same support!! Since 1877 only 46 Australians have captained their country England have had 81 over the same time period pretty much proves this.
Why does Eoin Morgan not play Test Cricket? I can't seem to understand why, I just feel he'd be amazing.
The reason is not good at test Cricket level he has given so Many chances but he didn't prove that he had that level of high skill to play test cricket
Better test batsman than butler
@@danialshah2957 yeah we all know he is better player than he is but the truth is since 2011 Morgan playing test matches also, but he didn't capatilise the chances finaly ECB moved on
I wish Shane was still here 💔❤
Hey Sky Sports Cricket, your broadcasting partner in India Sony Six doesn’t show the analysis done by these incredible experts in the break time. Not in West Indies vs England game and not in the current series. Its frustrating.
People believe in the winning factor but connoisseurs judge the man - there is a difference. Stats don't reveal the complete story.
Although many would disagree but I think Sourav Ganguly was a better captain than MS Dhoni for the same reason.
Great insight. This is as enjoyable as watching a match.
This isn’t fair to Warne, best cricketer to never walk his side out! And I’m English!
Nasser Hussain if I have great players in my team i don't need anything to do as captain...Tendulkar, sehwag, lazman, dravid, ganguly, that's just batting list
Judge JOE ROOT on his captaincy records in Australia, New Zealand, SA, india
Why not mention Ricky Pointing ,warnie
Steve Waugh?
Ponting wasn't that great a test captain
It's clear Joe Root isn't a good captain.
1. His batting suffered massively. His average which isn't exceptional since taking over would be far lower but for his scores in games on totally 100% roads like against NZ and also getting scores when the series has already been decided.
2. Outplayed massively in each Ashes series. England only drew the series thanks to a miracle innings and Australia being hungover for the first day of the final test. Australia also made really poor selections and toss decisions on occasion. England had all the luck but still couldn't win.
3. He has won 74% of the tosses. That's so huge given in home conditions the toss is massive. Away against top quality opposition this is exposed because bowlers have to work to take wickets, England's bowlers are tailored to take wickets when the pitch does most of the work or the clouds.
So Joe has been SUPER lucky so far as captain - yet his record is still really mediocre. If Joe doesn't have luck vs Aus and India next time around he will be exposed. He still seems like a little boy, no leadership qualities at all.
Nasser is like a fine wine
Fanboys of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma need to watch this to understand that captaincy is NOT about wins and losses. It is NOT about how many IPL trophies you won, it is NOT about how many ICC trophies you won, it is certainly NOT about how many runs you have scored in ICC tournaments.
Captaincy can be summed up in just one question - "By the end of your captaincy stint, is your team in a much better state than it was when you started as captain?"
Nasser Hussain is one of the finest England captains of the modern era precisely on the basis of this criterion. Still some idiot fanboys of MS Dhoni , Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (who started watching cricket from 2019 World Cup) will label him an "average" captain because of the win-loss ratio🤦🤦🤦