Just a few months back, the then captain Brian Charles Lara delivered speeches on his team winning the World Cup. Many pundits thought that the team from the Caribbean was one of the dark horses and had a chance of claimining hands on Cricket’s biggest tournament. West Indies were out of the World Cup owing to zero wins in the super eights and as an icing on a cake, Lara retired from International cricket as well. In the recently concluded test series in England, West Indies have been beaten black and blue and have suffered to a 3-0 loss in a 4 match test series. Chanderpaul was the only silver lining but cricket is strictly a team game. Individuals don’t a good chance of winning test matches.
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Paul Collingwood, a brilliant all-rounder from England has put his hand in the air to take over the captaincy from Michael Vaughn. He has made his intentions known to the ECB and the selectors pro-actively. Collingwood scored a blistering 128 to take England onto safe waters and has been a dependable player of late. His form has been much better and illustrious in the test matches than in the one dayers.

Talking about becoming the next England captain - “If I was asked I think it would be very hard to turn down. [But] there will be a few people who will be up for the job.”
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