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Origin of captaincy
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"Captaincy comes with an increased workload on and off the field and at this stage of my career I feel the time is right for this decision."
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022
Captaincy in the Age of Discovery was about managing men and disasters.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021
"Captaincy is 90% luck and 10% skill," the inimitable commentator Richie Benaud liked to say.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2014
Captaincy apart, their respective success on the field has been identified as having a major bearing on the series.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2011
He felt slightly nervous at confronting the first hurdle of his Captaincy.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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