In message <u87htgdo52fp249bfijktmatspbvlfq6nb@4ax.com>, Mike Holmans
<spam@jackalope.uk> writes
>On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 11:00:41 +0000, John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>
>>Obviously Morgan could only be a short-term appointment for a year or
>>two, but alternative candidates who would be reasonably sure of their
>>Test place are very thin in the ground, and hopefully someone would
>>emerge in that 1-2 years. One problem is that England's centrally
>>contracted Test players hardly play any Championship cricket for their
>>counties, and so are unlikely to be appointed county captain and gain
>>some captaincy experience until after England have discarded them.
>>Lacking anything better, I'd prefer an "emergency sticking plaster" to
>>having the bleeding continue.
>
>I understand that argument, but I question whether Morgan would do any
>good. He's a brilliant reader of the white-ball game, but what does he
>know about red-ball tactics? He's got no experience at it, and it's
>not going to help much if the rest of the players don't think what
>he's doing is sensible. If people don't think that number three should
>come out all guns blazing, Morgan saying that's what he wants isn't
>going to inspire confidence.
>
>A red-ball captain doesn't concern himself with whether he should use
>the off-spinner to bowl the crucial 19th over given that there are two
>left-handers batting, even though the short boundary is on the LHB's
>leg side, or think about the exact placement of deep mid-wicket as a
>catching position.
>
>What makes Morgan a great white-ball captain has only a passing
>acquaintance with what's required of a Test captain.

It's a good point, which I confess I hadn't considered.
--
John Hall
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