Kevin Petersen steps into Vaughan shoes
August 7, 2008
There is no doubt that much sought after ‘captaincy’ is a crown of thorns. England’s most successful Test captain Michael Vaughan who had enjoyed more highs, including the incredible Ashes win that launched him into the near-Brearley class, gave up the ‘hot seat.’
Michael Vaughan had tears in his eyes while giving up the post bringing back the memories of 1984 when Kimberly John Hughes succumbed owing to his own inadequacies and gave up his job. In Hughes’s case perhaps the emotional outbreak was understandable because he led Australia at a most difficult time in its history because the big stars of the Australian cricket, ‘The Packer Players’ had come back into the national team, generating a tremendous pressure on Hughes.
Kevin Pietersen is expected to guide England into new era as the change has come following Vaughan’s decision to take some time off. Considering the media and social commitments of captains in present time, it’s a Herculean task that might even be the undoing of Petiersen, the batsman.
Though KP seems the perfect candidate for England, in an era when T20 is bent to run over all other forms of the game, whether the challenge will either make him or mar him, only time will tell.
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