Responsibility. On paper it sounds simple enough, but it can weigh heavy. Yet it can also bring freedom.
Take Ben Green for example. While Somerset’s 2022 One-Day Cup campaign didn’t exactly go to plan, the 25-year-old thrived with the captaincy and the attached sense of belonging.
“It was the best thing for my cricket,” Green tells TCP. “When you’re not a regular, it’s easy to think ‘is this going to be my last game? Am I going to be dropped?’ Captaincy gave me that bit of reassurance I would play and enabled me to think differently.
“If I don’t get runs or bowl well today, I might get drop...