In my view he was an odd choice for the following reasons:
- He's very young and English cricket doesn't tend to push young players as much as other nations, although i suppose that this can be seen as a positive that England are trying to groom (that word has different connotations nowadays, but I mean it in the innocent sense) a player in their early twenties to become captain of the whole shebang eventually - that is what they are doing with Alastair Cook after all.
- He's been injured for much of the last year.
- He's in dreadful form, particularly with his supposed strong suit, the ball.
- He's petulant and is often seen shouting at his team-mates for a misfield or whatever, which is not what is expected of a captain.
- Paul Collingwood was cast aside as the reigning World Cup holding captain, and I agree that he's playing badly now but it's a little harsh just to ditch him totally.
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