Do you think Michael Clarke is the right choice for Aussie captaincy?

I definitely think, Clarke is not the right choice to lead the mighty team. But they don't have other options..All of the senior players have left the team and Ponting might go after the World cup which leaves them no choice to chose Clarke. No senior players are available for them to give the responsibility of leading the team. Dhoni has no place in this captaincy records..How much did he score in the test series against Aussie ? Even if we take the previous series, he had done nothing.

As of now Aussies is in very bad condition if they want improve with bowling as well as batting means they have to call back such a players who can play like Glichrist, Hayden and who can do bowling like Lee, Mc.Grath. It is very difficult for the Aussies to win the WC if they take the same team to the world cup.

surely not. He is very unlucky with his Captaincy. The series he captained the team(the series which I knoe) ,all were end at a failure

no not at all. he has no captaincy skill. in past he had lost many matches after australia scoring 300+ in first batting(in a series vs newzeland). he is worst as a captain but good batsman.

Till Ponting is playing, I don't think Michael Clarke will be leading Australia. I think they should have given chance to Michael Hussey who is a senior player in the side. They should have considered him before Clarke. But Aussie are looking at the future, so they have gone for Clarke. Among the current young players they don't have any choice other than Clarke. Clarke had lead well in T20 World Cup, they managed to reach Finals. Clarke may prove to be the right choice for captaincy. But how good he is in ODI's and Test as a captain that will be there to see once he gets his opportunity, maybe after Ponting retires. I think Ponting still has atleast 2yrs of international cricket left.

I'm not too into cricket but he is a little young isn't he

I think Michael Clarke is a very young player and he has ability of leading their Aussies teams. But for this he need some times and some good series. Because in present their bad time continues and they lost the series in India. So I think it is not good to judge them only by one or two series. We can’t forget that Aussies are number one team in one day rankings and also they has won 4 times world cup.

The problem with Aussies is in their golden period they had many good players who were capable of being very good captains but never got the chance because there were better players than them for the job, for eg Warne could have been a great captain but Steve Waugh was better so he got chance after Mark taylor, something similar happened with Gilchirst because Ponting got the chance after Steve waugh, but now when their dream run or say golden age is over they are finding it difficult to find successor of Ponting.By end of golden age i dosent mean end of Australian cricket or something like that as Australia is still a top team but end of their domination in world cricket for sure.As we know both Ponting and Steve waugh were among the top players in world cricket before they became captain, but is Clark among the top players in world like Border , Waugh or Ponting to play like a leader to set an example? also the team which Steve waugh or Ponting got had lots of match winners like Mcgrath Warne Hayden Gilchirst Symonds and many more now Aussies dont have such players ,presently they dont have such players and also when he takes captaincy he wont have Ponting and Hussey also probably so will Clarke be able to take the challenge and maintain the winning standards previous Aussies captains has set ? i think only time will tell the answers of these questions but for now Clarke doesnt look ready to be a captain.

Hi!! This is the most intriguing Question about The Captaincy of Australian Cricket. Don't forget that They are playing against India in India. The History of Cricket has shown us numerous times that most of the deadliest teams, players have failed miserably playing in India. This is too early to criticize Michael Clarke for his captaincy. He has the burden of bringing best out of a very young Australian team. The team lacks the attacking power that used to thrill world cricket in the past. The likes of Mcgrath, Gilespie, Kaprowitchz, Shane Warne, Brett Lee have left the legacy without mentoring the new Fast bowlers and Spinners. Even the battling line-up lacks the versatility of killing machines like Mathew Hyden and Ricky ponting, not to mention the wicket keeper batsmen Adam Gilchrist. Even then if they were able to post such a competitive score and put up a strong fight against India in the first One day International, then you have to actually praise Clarke for his captaincy and efforts.