Ranking 10 smartest captains in cricket history

6. Steve Waugh (AUS)

Remember the time when Australia won sixteen consecutive Test matches in the late 90s? Steve Waugh was the captain of the side throughout those matches. He was the first one to have that aggressive approach as the captain. The same sort of captaincy methods were used by Ponting in a more refined way in the years to come when the latter captained the side. 

Steve Waugh wasn’t a great leader, to begin with, in fact, he had to bear a lot of criticism regarding his methods. But he made it look very effortless in the times to come. He kept improving as a captain with time which was the biggest takeaway from his stint. 

Tugga was very upfront with his approach as a captain but it didn’t mean that he would be aggressive all the time. In his last Test, he showed a great deal of composure to save the test match against India. It must have taken a great effort for a complete turnaround for Australia to win the world cup in 1999 and he had his part to play for the transition of the Aussie team.