Oh, captain our captain – but who will he be?

Sunday Times

TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

The last time South Africans had to think about who would captain their test team, Claude Henderson’s brother, James, was the leading runscorer in a domestic first-class competition that featured 11 teams, and the idea of cricketers being auctioned for millions to play for fake teams owned by movie stars and business tycoons in a cartoon competition was ridiculous.

It still is, but even the Indian Premier League is more believable than the fact that Graeme...