Collingwood: one day captain
After Vaughan quit as captain of the one day side, all eyes were on who would be named as captain. Speculation was spot on as it was eventually given to Paul Collingwood. Irony abounds, considering that Collingwood was the most-oft picked player for the chop during England’s recent “down-time”. Fortunately, the crazy men have seen sense and realised that Vaughan can’t play one day cricket and it was time for a change. In fact, Vaughan wasn’t the only one for the chop, as Strauss similarly got the arse.
Whether or not the twin-captain set up will be effective is still up in the air, but there is yet a vagary in the selection of Collingwood. He’ll currently be preparing for the first of England’s Twenty20 encounters with West Indies. It’ll be his first game in charge of England, as a recognised one day expert. With the exception being that Collingwood has only ever played THREE Twenty20’s and astoundingly, all three have been for England. He has exactly zero experience playing domestic one day Twenty20, a format of the game that has been around for some 5 seasons.
This is easily explained by his regular inclusion in the England set up, so has not had the chance to get the experience. But considering that Twenty20 is such a specialised format, vastly different to even 50 over cricket, will he be the man to lead England?
Or maybe we should have a three captain set up, one for each format of the game?
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