captaincy
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Overlooked for the Test captaincy, Brook has won 18 of his past 20 T20s as England captain.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
He said as much last week before the Headingley Test - that the biggest challenge in resuming the captaincy was overcoming the perceptions others have of his leadership.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Stand-in skipper Salman Agha laughed he is "more than happy" to hand the captaincy back to Babar Azam for the second Test, which starts at Lord's on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It's in the field where Root's captaincy may be under-rated.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
His eyes, not clouded with drink but clear of purpose, were fixed on the captaincy of this reeling ship.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Ashwin cited instances from the past where Indian cricket legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid played under each other's captaincies without any significant fan backlash.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024
Antetokounmpo improved to 1-2 in his All-Star captaincies, and became the first captain to hoist a new trophy presented to the winners of the All-Star Game.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
LeBron James now has the record for most All-Star captaincies: Two.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
There is, according to Jacklin, one immutable law common to all captaincies.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 26, 2018
As Boller stepped out of offices I stepped into them—in presidencies and secretaryships almost innumerable, into editorships, and even captaincies.
From David Malcolm by Nelson Lloyd
