Why did Nasser Hussain resign as captain of the England cricket team?
Matthew Engel believes the news competes in shock value with Harold Wilson’s resignation from No10 in 1976, so opinions on the cause of Hussain’s leaving are understandably mixed. Engel thinks he chose to jump ship because he was still able to go “on his own terms and in his own time”. Mike Selvey argues that Hussain’s aggressive style had become incompatible with one-day captain Michael Vaughan’s “more liberal regime”. David Hopps suggests the die was cast after England’s disastrous display on the first day of the Test last Thursday – while Lawrence Booth in The Spin claims Hussain should have walked before the series even started. Take your pick!
