Former Australian captain Steve Waugh who led the side during their most successful stint in international cricket has said that the wicketkeeper batsman Brad Haddin has immense potential to replace Ricky Ponting as captain in the future.
Ponting might be facing the third Ashes defeat as captain which might prove to be a death knell to his otherwise glorious cricketing career.
Waugh however did not make any mention of the vice-captain Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. However, Clarke’s critics have lashed out at him stating that Clarke does not have the temperament to be a successful captain
of the side. The 36-year-old Punter has averaged only 15.50 in the current Ashes series. Clarke on the other hand who is his deputy has averaged a measly 22.5 in the six innings he has played against England.
“That's the burning question right now: who potentially is the next captain? Obviously, Ricky is still there right now. If he wasn't to be there tomorrow, you would assume Michael Clarke would get the role. He's been groomed for it, he's done it in the shorter
form of the game and done pretty well. But for some reason there's question marks over Michael Clarke,” said the former Aussie captain.
Haddin is 33 and has already captained http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823. He was also the captain in two Australian Twenty20 matches. Steve Waugh said that he believed there were at least three or four players in the side who had the potential to become the captain. He said
Haddin has had some relevant experience whereas Tim Paine could also be a possible replacement.
The former captain went on to state that Ponting’s performance in the second innings would be one of the most important innings of his career. He will be under immense pressure and he still had a few good innings left in him. He had to perform in the second
innings in order to save the Test match and the Ashes. If he fails to step up the ante, along with his deputy Michael Clarke then it would not be possible for them to regain the Ashes and would have to suffer heavy loss against the Englishmen.
“He knows that he's still capable of scoring runs and I felt the same way (towards the end of my career) -- everyone's having a crack at you saying you should retire, but I knew in myself that I still had some good innings left. But you feel like time's
running out as well and the second innings here is a crucial innings. I mean, if he doesn't score runs here, in all likelihood we'll probably lose this Test and not get the Ashes back," Waugh said.
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