Durhamfootman wrote:alfie wrote: Certainly speaks to their resilience
does it also speak to their captaincy?
It does make me chuckle that, for all of the white noise outrage Aussies banged on about when Smith et al got caught cheating, a couple of years down the line and he's back as captain. All that deep soul searching, all that self-affirmation about changing a toxic culture.... all leading back to square one. I expected some outrage to see Smith back as captain, but have not seen as much as a murmur about it. I guess from that we can gauge how real all that reaction was....
Of course, I have no problem about Smith coming back as captain, and said at the time as much. They paid a heavy price for what they did, and everyone deserves redemption - but it does somewhat make the board look idiotic after preaching so much about changes and blah blah, to then have him back, even temporarily.
Maybe its different in the context of this series. A last minute captain change, Australia 2-0 and being thrashed. Turn to the guy best equipped to hold it together? I wonder if there would be any push back if Smith was touted as the permanent leader? I would guess not...