Post by Wicked Cricket on Aug 9, 2017 9:04:04 GMT
ga,
Brown, well, what can you say, seems to be growing into this, far better than Wright.
Unfortunately, Sussex made the error of appointing their star player, perhaps, fearful that a Division 1
county might tempt him away after the club's relegation in 2015.
How often have we seen this in cricket? England and Flintoff come to mind. Imho, some people are born
to lead and Wright is not one of these. He lives with his parents (admittedly, in an East/West wing scenario
in a large country house in Newick), where all he's had to concentrate on is his cricket career and more recently,
when not playing overseas, his family. Wright's parents take care of most other things including the business
side of his life.
Wright is not a leader but Brown is and seems to be growing into the role. BBC commentator, Adrian Harms,
made an interesting comment on the radio yesterday morning. Before play resumed at New Road, Harms
described Brown as pacing the outfield and suggested the groundsmen would not be needing a roller.
If Wright had been Captain, he might have been joshing with his team mates or kicking a football around with them.
My point is, Brown is able to channel his nervous tension via positive ways like improving his all-round cricket abilities
and making the right decisions on the field. Wright, on the other hand, channelled his tension into poor sleep and
detrimentally affecting his batting.
I gather that Brown was earmarked by Mark Robinson early on as someone with "Captaincy potential". The one pity is
that there are few, if any, other youngsters coming through the Sussex ranks with similar attributes. Is this down to the
club coaching environment or due to the growing PC sanitised world, where there are, it seems, fewer leaders emerging
today?
A big test for Brown will come when Sussex reach a tournament semi-final or final. Cricketer/s whom he has known for 15 years;
grown up with through the club ranks and are good friends; may have to be told by him that they won't be playing in that match.
That won't be easy. Also, creating a boundary or Captaincy gulf between himself and such close friends. From what I could see last
season, Wright found this difficult as he still wished to remain one of them.
Brown, well, what can you say, seems to be growing into this, far better than Wright.
Unfortunately, Sussex made the error of appointing their star player, perhaps, fearful that a Division 1
county might tempt him away after the club's relegation in 2015.
How often have we seen this in cricket? England and Flintoff come to mind. Imho, some people are born
to lead and Wright is not one of these. He lives with his parents (admittedly, in an East/West wing scenario
in a large country house in Newick), where all he's had to concentrate on is his cricket career and more recently,
when not playing overseas, his family. Wright's parents take care of most other things including the business
side of his life.
Wright is not a leader but Brown is and seems to be growing into the role. BBC commentator, Adrian Harms,
made an interesting comment on the radio yesterday morning. Before play resumed at New Road, Harms
described Brown as pacing the outfield and suggested the groundsmen would not be needing a roller.
If Wright had been Captain, he might have been joshing with his team mates or kicking a football around with them.
My point is, Brown is able to channel his nervous tension via positive ways like improving his all-round cricket abilities
and making the right decisions on the field. Wright, on the other hand, channelled his tension into poor sleep and
detrimentally affecting his batting.
I gather that Brown was earmarked by Mark Robinson early on as someone with "Captaincy potential". The one pity is
that there are few, if any, other youngsters coming through the Sussex ranks with similar attributes. Is this down to the
club coaching environment or due to the growing PC sanitised world, where there are, it seems, fewer leaders emerging
today?
A big test for Brown will come when Sussex reach a tournament semi-final or final. Cricketer/s whom he has known for 15 years;
grown up with through the club ranks and are good friends; may have to be told by him that they won't be playing in that match.
That won't be easy. Also, creating a boundary or Captaincy gulf between himself and such close friends. From what I could see last
season, Wright found this difficult as he still wished to remain one of them.
