In safe hands: Faf du Plessis has earned a fine reputation as captain of South Africa’s Test side
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Some captains lead because they read the game better than their team mates which means predicting what is about to happen next and either preventing it or expanding on it. Others sense a mood from the body language of a team mate or member of the opposition and act accordingly.
Others genuinely, and successfully, trust their instincts without ever knowing why they have them, and their technical knowledge and reading of the pitch and outfield conditions to make tac...