Derek Pringle

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Mike Brearley wrote a whole book on the art of it while Richie Benaud distilled it down to a two-line epithet involving skill and luck.
But captaincy in Test cricket still intrigues, especially when it pits two relative novices against one another as in the opening Test between England and Sri Lanka.
Ollie Pope has never captained England before except during Ben Stokes’ comfort breaks, while Dhananjaya de Silva has only recently taken over for Sri Lanka. Watching both trying to guide, inspire and exhort their teams during the first Test has been fascinating, n...