Caribbean crew need the skipper
Regardless of the injury concerns that surround him, Michael Vaughan has to be England's captain for the World Cup, writes Michael Atherton in The Sunday Telegraph , because he brings a calmness to the team that has been absent all winter.
Andrew Miller
25-Feb-2013
Regardless of the injury concerns that surround him, Michael Vaughan has to be England's captain for the World Cup, writes Michael Atherton in The Sunday Telegraph, because he brings a calmness to the team that has been absent all winter.
The first thing [Vaughan] said publicly was "sorry", a message repeated by Duncan Fletcher in the aftermath of England's lowest point of the tour, the defeat in Adelaide on Australia Day. No matter that the coach had to be cajoled to do the interview in the first place, and be advised to apologise: it was good advice, well taken. It suggested that England had begun to confront their problems and that they were taking a more honest look at themselves - the first stage in any recovery, as any addict will tell you.
In the same paper, Scyld Berry writes that England's late-blooming one-day side should be selected en masse for the World Cup, when the squad is announced on Wednesday.
Whereas only a handful of players were guaranteed a place a fortnight ago, all the players involved in England's winning streak will be selected. Bouncing back after the drubbing they received in the Test series, and the first half of the one-day series, has been a commendable achievement which reflects most creditably on their team-spirit, work ethic and, not least, their coach Duncan Fletcher
Andrew Miller is the former UK editor of ESPNcricinfo and now editor of The Cricketer magazine