The Art of Captaincy

Test Match Special

BBC

Sports News, Sports, News, Cricket

4.4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Two Ashes winning England captains, Michael Vaughan and Sir Alastair Cook, join Steve Crossman to discuss the art of captaincy in cricket.

Leading England makes you one of the most recognisable faces in sport, it brings with it all manner of responsibility, scrutiny, joy and despair. But how do you manage different personalities in the dressing room? What marks someone out as a future England captain? What’s it like to be in the spotlight and face scrutiny? How do you cope when it comes to an end?

Plus, Ben Stokes leadership and the likely challenges the current England captain will face in his fifth summer as skipper.

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0:52.9	Leading England especially makes you one of the most recognisable faces in sport.
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1:02.9	So for the next hour, we're going to look at how you manage different personalities in the dressing room.
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