Nature or nurture: the art of team captaincy
Across many professional sports the importance of leadership within teams is broadly acknowledged. Indeed, many teams appoint formal leaders such as captains to help provide this leadership within the team. However, while this is the case there is a lot less clarity regarding what role(s) these captains should be undertaking. Part of the challenge here is the different nature of the captaincy position in different sports. In a sport such as cricket the captain is a key member