Been a bit disappointed with Mahela's captaincy in this Test. I remember last Aussie summer he was an excellent captain in the ODIs: willing to bring the field in to stop easy singles in the middle overs, and kept the odd attacking fielder in play as well. But this Test in Hobart he's been very passive. Deep point to Ed Cowan is a bit silly - particularly silly when the dude's on ZERO. For Warner I can understand, but not Cowan. Warner also slashed one through 3rd slip last night - no one there even though it was the new ball and he wasn't past 5 yet. Deep point did keep boundaries down in the first innings, but Hussey in particular milked runs brilliantly, and what they gained in economy they gave back through a lack of chances created. Against Wade in particular you don't want a deep point. Wade was out caught in the slips, trying to slash square a couple of times vs SA - you want to give him the carrot of a boundary and make him swing hard, rather than dropping the ball for singles.
And as Stinky says, his batting in this 2nd stint of captaincy has been disappointing too. First time around, I remember him doing quite well with the bat as captain. Oh well, we'll see how Mathews does.
