Even amid the current euphoria over the Ashes victory – RAH! – there is a kerfuffle over who should be the next captain of the Australian Test side. It focuses on whether or not Steve Smith should succeed his successor, Tim Paine.
Thirdly, Paine should keep the job as long as he is able! He was brought in specifically to change the culture and clean the whole thing up. He has not only done that, but also guided the Test team to victory in the Ashes in England.And yes, there are those who say Paine’s performance is not strong enough to hold his place in the team, focusing on his lack of big scores. But reader Dennis Lynch has blown away the very idea.
Livingstone, not surprisingly, is more than happy about it, pointing out that while it is a statue of Harris, it is not honouring her alone but the breakthrough by women in finally storming the ramparts of AFL as a male-only bastion.
A pretty good haul, for a fairly short stint of just over two years. In the words of a rugby league mate who follows it closely: “Apart from a few gaffes on social media, he actually got shit done.”“I didn't enjoy watching last week, but what a feeling today ... I love batting, don’t really like watching cricket.”
I think sporting psychologists will in the future refer to the “Paine syndrome, “A captain who leads through other people’s example”. History records it was originally observed in MikeBrearley in the early 1980s, but clincially diagnosed 40 years later
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