He is indispensable, not just because of his captaincy skills, but also for his ability to play spin and send down medium pace deliveries. |
Beneath his pleasant exterior, there is a hard edge to his personality and a ruthless side to his captaincy. |
This time around, perhaps reinvigorated by his assistant captaincy at the Ryder Cup, he has performed, well, like a man possessed. |
During the first half of the 16th century, 12 captaincies were established. |
He nominated men for naval captaincies, often with comments on their godly qualities. |
The captaincies created there functioned under a centralized administration in Salvador which reported directly to the Crown in Lisbon. |