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  • This unhealthy relationship was what did for his captaincy more than any other. Times, Sunday Times
  • Arsene Wenger today refused to countenance a longer-term captaincy appointment with Fabregas still on the books, Van Persie seems the most likely suitor. Evening Standard - Home
  • Marshall just edges out Richie McCaw who needs a few more years' experience before elevation to captaincy.
  • Left Northampton in 2007 after being overlooked for the club captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • The captaincy of England cannot be directly dependent on marital fidelity. Times, Sunday Times
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  • When you look at the likely England team how many captaincy contenders are there? Times, Sunday Times
  • He was handed the captaincy in unique circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Spanish founded several settlements along the coast, and Honduras formed part of the colonial era Captaincy General of Guatemala.
  • In his first game since inheriting the captaincy from the injured Hatcher, Modano responded with two goals, two assists, five shots, two blocked shots and a plus-1. Stars slowly dig out of season-long slump
  • While the case led to him being stripped of the England captaincy, he remained an integral part of his club side. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was a tough, uncompromising player whose captaincy was all about leading by example. Times, Sunday Times
  • Split captaincy between Test and one-day cricket is an obvious way forward. Times, Sunday Times
  • No longer burdened with the captaincy of a weak team, he is letting his bat do the talking as he has a new lease on life.
  • Removing the captaincy does not prejudice case. Times, Sunday Times
  • Removing the captaincy does not prejudice case. Times, Sunday Times
  • He played rugger for the Police from 1953 and his last year was under my first captaincy of the Police team in 1963.
  • The subsequent demotion of Terry, following reports about his private life, emphasised that the captaincy is a high office to be treated seriously. Returning Rio Ferdinand ready to answer England captaincy question
  • Clarke's back trouble questions whether Cricket Australia really can regard him as a long-term captaincy replacement to Ricky Ponting. The Ashes 2010: Usman Khawaja called up as cover for Michael Clarke
  • The captaincy and role of playmaker was a big ask of a youngster who has been injured. Times, Sunday Times
  • He seems able in his batting and in his captaincy to put much of the past behind him, and to avoid touchy or petulant reactions. Times, Sunday Times
  • Bill Dodd's retirement saw Cyril Proby take over the captaincy and Plumb began the job of squad rebuilding.
  • Those results are a powerful endorsement of his captaincy. The Sun
  • This unhealthy relationship was what did for his captaincy more than any other. Times, Sunday Times
  • The two-metre tall forward started last year with the captaincy but his season was cruelly cut short by a knee reconstruction after badly injuring the joint in a round two boilover against the Crusaders. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • He is indispensable, not just because of his captaincy skills, but also for his ability to play spin and send down medium pace deliveries.
  • While the case led to him being stripped of the England captaincy, he remained an integral part of his club side. Times, Sunday Times
  • For the record, they mustered 252 all out in pursuit of 324 as Saeed Ajmal (four for 67) and Umar Gul (four for 61) sentenced them to their first series whitewash since the Ashes of 2006/07 which curtailed Andrew Flintoff's long-term captaincy ambitions and hastened the end of Duncan Fletcher's coaching tenure. WalesOnline - Home
  • Stripped of the captaincy, snubbed by his former best pal, he has moved into a realm of deeply erratic form. Times, Sunday Times
  • It seemed a fitting epitaph to what had been a fraught captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • England have expected too much from him and the triple strain of captaincy, wicketkeeping and trying to score quick runs has been etched all over his face.
  • This captaincy lark is all new to him, after all.
  • The latter's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere.
  • He talked about his disappointment at losing the one-day captaincy and various other travails. Times, Sunday Times
  • So when you added the one-day captaincy to that, it was a job too far. The Sun
  • Out of years that had first veered and finally taken course under his unquestionable captaincy, Rudolph Pelz, with some of their storm and stress written in deep brackets round his mouth, the red hair just beginning to pale and thin, and a certain roundness of back enhancing his squattiness, had come snugly and simply into harbor. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It
  • The cornerstone of good captaincy is not setting dazzling field placings. Times, Sunday Times
  • Through Edmund's influence Summers is given his longed-for captaincy.
  • Even though Ruth is in the infancy of her captaincy, she already realises that it is both a privilege and an honour to be Captain to such a dedicated and forward thinking group of members.
  • He'll bring his own brand of captaincy to the team. Times, Sunday Times
  • It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
  • It is likely to deprive the side of a key player and thrust a fresh burden on Andrew Flintoff, who is next in line to take over the captaincy.
  • The question of the captaincy is engraved on English brains. Returning Rio Ferdinand ready to answer England captaincy question
  • Perhaps unwittingly he had taken a significant first step on the trail that would lead to the captaincy of club and country. Times, Sunday Times
  • I think it was a mistake by Deans to give him the captaincy when he had limited/practically no experience as a cpt anywhere else. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • Was the captaincy something you had given much thought to before? Times, Sunday Times
  • While the case led to him being stripped of the England captaincy, he remained an integral part of his club side. Times, Sunday Times
  • Good captaincy and good batsmanship/bowling just aren't related. The Ashes 2010-11: Ricky Ponting – great batsman, flawed captain
  • Those results are a powerful endorsement of his captaincy. The Sun
  • We stood alongside each other in the slips and chatted all day about captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • After that he was stripped of the captaincy and left out for six matches.
  • But he who has naught can dispense the world in largess; and I, who had naught, gave Kim captaincy of the palace guards. Chapter 15
  • However, the growth of the competition and the raised profile that accompanies the role means the captaincy is now thought to be worth at least £ 1 million in commercial spin-offs. The Rich Life of a Ryder Cup Captain
  • He had been made into a Lieutenant, and that was something of a miracle for a man who had joined the army as an illiterate Private, and he had been brevetted a Captain, which meant he was paid as such even though his true rank remained Lieutenant, but he could only get the real promotion if he either purchased a vacant Captaincy or, much less likely, was promoted by Lawford. Sharpe's Escape
  • In the early days of his England captaincy, John Terry often found himself wincing when asked to recall his misspent youth. Top stories from Times Online
  • Stripped of the captaincy, snubbed by his former best pal, he has moved into a realm of deeply erratic form. Times, Sunday Times
  • He has played up front, in midfield and been handed the captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was sounded out about taking on the captaincy of Yorkshire as well as Middlesex and the MCC but by then he had settled in Australia.
  • Beneath his pleasant exterior, there is a hard edge to his personality and a ruthless side to his captaincy.
  • Something had to give and it was the one-day captaincy. The Sun
  • R. 's position with, 101, 103, 111, 115; reconfers captaincy of the Guard on R., Raleigh
  • JETER'S IN A CATEGORY WITH Mattingly, the captain who preceded him, though with a nearly eight-year gap because the captaincy is earned rather than handed down. Yogi, Whitey, Reggie ... Who's the 'greatest living Yankee'?
  • The fact that many another highly gifted player has not found captaincy easy tended to be overlooked.
  • Perhaps giving the opposition two-thirds of the likely overs erred on being generous but all credit to Felsted's enterprising captaincy.
  • We stood alongside each other in the slips and chatted all day about captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • The burly left-hander and former England one-day player has just been given the captaincy so to slog the left arm spin of Gary Keedy to long-on was nothing less than irresponsible.
  • The commercial value of the captaincy is a delicate issue for the Ryder Cup since the European Tour sells its own sponsorships around the event to companies that pay substantial sums for category exclusivity, and these rights are strictly policed. The Rich Life of a Ryder Cup Captain
  • His captaincy of the team was ended by mild eye trouble.
  • Too much has been expected of both, of course, and in each case it was the burden of captaincy that tested that point to destruction. Times, Sunday Times
  • Also we have won under Ganguly's captaincy what the cricket pandits term as the GREATEST SERIES EVER against Australia at home in 2001.
  • He was cashiered from the Russian army, in which he held a captaincy. The Return of Tarzan
  • Flintoff, handed the captaincy when Warren Hegg woke up with a ricked neck, said: ‘Cricket is a great leveller.’
  • He is also eager to forestall conjecture about the captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is also eager to forestall conjecture about the captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • Morris's captaincy potential has been tacitly, but very publicly condemned by his own club.
  • Perhaps giving the opposition two-thirds of the likely overs erred on being generous but all credit to Felsted's enterprising captaincy.
  • Sri Lanka lost an awful lot under my captaincy to start with, years of great collective and personal pain.
  • Was the captaincy something you had given much thought to before? Times, Sunday Times
  • Those results are a powerful endorsement of his captaincy. The Sun
  • Actually, there is nothing to suggest that Sourav is finding the cares of captaincy a strain and a drain on his role as a player.
  • Fifty-eight sparkling runs in the first innings were rendered inconsequential by a rash sweep-shot, and his captaincy lacked the imagination he had shown in the summer
  • Whether or not he will retain the captaincy of his country is in the balance. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is likely to retain the England captaincy.
  • To lose one captaincy may be regarded as misfortune. Times, Sunday Times
  • He took over in chaotic circumstances, from a predecessor who proved to be totally unsuited to captaincy. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was among the worst sledgers during the first phase of his career, and till the final legs of the captaincy, allowed his men to indulge in this menace.
  • Despite good results in lesser matches, that World Cup defeat spelt the end of Thorne's captaincy.

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