Top 5 unusual picks as skipper that turned out to be a success

#2 Bob Willis

Bob Willis is highly unlikely to be remembered as a skipper despite leading England in ODIs with reasonable success

All of 6ft 6ins and running in to bowl at an angle with his brown hair swaying in the air, Bob Willis was the pride of the English fast-bowling department for several years. At 26, he required operations on his knees and he bowled with constant pain thereafter. Despite the pain, he trudged along to pick up 325 wickets from 90 Test matches. A lesser know fact however, is that the the fast-bowler also led England in ODIs.

For a period between 1978 and 1984, Willis led England as a stand-in captain in 29 ODIs and won 16 of those. With a respectable win rate of 55%, he certainly is one of those unusual choices for captain who ended with a rather successful record.