Clive Lloyd

thumb|Clive Lloyd Clive Hubert Lloyd (born 31 August 1944) is a Guyanese-British former cricketer and captain of the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time, Lloyd captained the West Indies between 1974 and 1985 and oversaw their rise to become among the greatest Test and One Day International teams of the 20th century. Quotes The first thing you must do is create the right mind-set in the players and instill the right values. You then have to emphasize the importance of fitness, physical skills, especially mastery of the basic skills, as well as mental skills like clear thinking, concentration, self-discipline, handling pressure, dealing with different game situations and continuous learning. I wanted my team to be the best batting team, the best bowling team and the best fielding team. And I wanted to be the best captain. I was like the head of everything – the leader. I didn’t look at it as leadership then, but that is what it was. Later on, I was able to instill those family values into my team. I believe that those values and the sense of family contributed greatly to the closeness of the team and to its outstanding success. Clive Lloyd, the best Captain of Cricket ever, December 23 2018 I think the approach we had, showed the way. We played quite a few shots and enjoyed our cricket. I am sure some of the teams picked it up from there. Sri Lanka certainly did with Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana in 1996. It was our thinking that shots must be played and the paying public must be entertained. That is the reason the crowds enjoy watching one-day cricket. At least now they are playing a lot more shots. Now they innovate a lot. You have the Dilscooop, the reverse sweep, slog sweep and a lot more. That's what crowds want, entertainment. All this makes one-day cricket exciting. Whoever thought this format up deserves credit. As the craze grew everybody realised it was a bonanza. It started off as a 40-over game, went to 60 overs and we even played 55 overs a side in county cricket. It (ODIs) has improved the standards of fielding, raised tactical awareness and also brought in innovation. We have to thank Kerry Packer for these things. He was instrumental for that. We owe him a great debt of gratitude. It was a great effort and we were no doubt at our best in that period. When I took over in 194-75 we did not have a lot of money. Winning the World Cups brought in a lot of financial rewards for us. One-day cricket had been very good for us. We are always grateful to the one-day game. It did not matter to us if we batted first or bowled first. If we had to chase we did that quite well. Our bowlers were also all-rounders in the sense that they batted well too. We were equipped for any type of situation. Playing in county cricket made our bowlers aware. We had a settled side for a number of years and that brought togetherness. We made West Indies proud of us. The players saw us through that period, especially people like Deryck Murray, who was my vice-captain, Viv Richards and others. Our game against Pakistan at Edgbaston was the best game ever. We had 60 odd runs to get with 14 overs to go and the last pair at the crease. That win was the making of our team. Deryck Murray and Andy Roberts got us home. The win showed our maturity. It showed that we had arrived and we won everything from that game onwards. I would love to lead a side like this. It will be dream come true. If I cannot lead, then there is no one better than Imran Khan for the job. ODI cricket is greatest innovation for the sport, says Lloyd, July 04 2012 Virat is still a work in progress and it will take us some time to take a final call on his captaincy. But yes, he has shown positive signs. Yes, he is aggressive, but as long as he doesn't cross the line, it's fine by me. Aggression, after all, is not a bad thing. When I was playing, I had seen five different Indian captains: Tiger Pataudi, Ajit Wadekar, Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. They had their own distinctive styles. I found Bedi quite good. In recent times, it has to be Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni. Dhoni was such a fantastic captain. He was quite inspirational, a good tactician and led the team with a lot of authority. I liked his style of captaincy. There's no doubt about the fact that Kohli is an exceptional batsman, He is doing a few great things for his country and if you ask me whether he would have made my side, I would say yes. In fact, Kohli would make a number of great sides across generations. Oh yes, why not? He is a terrific swing bowler and right up there with the best in the business. There's a reason why he has got a such a huge number of wickets and I have always enjoyed watching him. Virat Kohli is ‘a work-in-progress as a captain’ – Clive Lloyd, August 12 2018 External Links Category:Cricket coaches Category:Cricketers from Guyana Category:1944 births Category:Living people