Andrew Strauss Captain Dispute

Captain Strauss


The debate about if Strauss should continue as England captain has been raging recently with the series loss against Pakistan.

Our batsmen were terrible, lets not hide that, but we were playing in Dubai, and Abu Dabai, two places where we had never played cricket before, the ground at Dubai was either empty or full of smurf's, and Abu Dubai was in the middle of a desert, the locations to play a game of test cricket were appauling... So lets just try and forget about this test series, and count is as an anomaly.

Moving on, and without trying to sound too much like Jeremy Clarkson on The One Show, anyone who thinks he should be removed as captain should be taken outside and shot, yes, his batting form has been dodgy recently, with an average of just 25 since The Ashes, (and he hasen't really looked like changing that) I can't put my finger on why he keeps getting out, he just looks out of touch against spin. But in the words of Joey Barton (An arrogant English football playing knob who I dislike a great deal) "Form is temporary, class is permanent."

And for once I couldn't agree more with Joey, Strauss may have been on bad run without scoring many runs, but he will turn it around, trust me, he has got so much grit and determination, he looks as if he wants to turn it around, he looks frustrated with his form and I can guarantee if you were to go to England's training HQ Strauss would be working away in the nets trying to improve and get his brilliant touch back, and one day, he will get it back...

But Strauss, batting aside,  is still different from the likes of Bell or Cook, or 62 other million people who make up the population of England, Strauss is the captain, and this has been over looked, he has more than one string to his bow, he led England to victory in two consecutive ashes series for the first time in bloody ages!

He has out-mastered Ricky Ponting (Not hard I suppose) in both these series, and is without doubt one of the best captains in the world, with Graeme Smith being the best...

He is an all-rounder, not a batsman and a bowler, but a batsman and a captain, so even in this bad patch of batting form, his consistant captaincy rolls on....

His captaining skills are vastly superior to that of Cook's and Broad's, in the future these two may be decent candidate's to take over Strauss, but at this moment they are inexprienced, and in my view would not do anywhere the job that Strauss has done.

So even if Strauss was to step down or be removed as captain, there would be no experienced captain to come in and take over.

Broad is still learning and improving his game, and Cook is trying to master his one day captaincy.

These fans are eating away at their prawn sandwiches (as most stereotypical cricket fans do), dishing out utter bullshit, after Strauss has led England to glory against the Aussies to victory twice in as many ashes series. This was such a massive achievement, he got us to the number one test poistion in the world, in my view, the best England captain for a few years. He will turn it around, just you bloody watch.

And finally, to make this blog seem professional and complete, I thought I better include a conclusion, so here goes.

To conclude, doubters, do one. And get behind Strauss.

Cheers