Death, taxes and Australian captaincy
There are a few certainties in Australian cricket, writes Tim Lane in Sydney Morning Herald and explains why Shane Warne cannot be elevated to the captaincy, irrespective of what Ian Chappell, Dennis Lillee or an entire generation thinks.
The Surfer
25-Feb-2013
There are a few certainties in Australian cricket, writes Tim Lane in Sydney Morning Herald and explains why Shane Warne cannot be elevated to the captaincy, irrespective of what Ian Chappell, Dennis Lillee or an entire generation thinks.
Ponting himself admitted, in an interview with Malcolm Conn of the Australian, that, "for Dennis [Lillee] to sit back and say I should be sacked and be replaced by Shane Warne, it hurts to a certain degree."