Clarke stripped Lindros of his captaincy after openly questioning his toughness.
From the businessweek.com
No Vettori, no Taylor and now no Southee, a mix of injury and captaincy fallout.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Among them is Vettori's captaincy, allied to his role as one of three selectors.
From the nzherald.co.nz
When contracts are being sorted out, the captaincy is taken out of the equation.
From the nzherald.co.nz
As soon as Terry was relieved of the captaincy much of the media blitz subsided.
From the guardian.co.uk
On this evidence Clarke cannot be promoted to the vice-captaincy of his country.
From the smh.com.au
I look at Ponting and sense the similarities with the final days of my captaincy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He is in those first-flush days of captaincy when it is a stimulus, not a drag.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The media have nurtured the idea that KP has failed since losing the captaincy.
From the independent.co.uk
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Captainship: the post of captain
A captaincy is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. Each was governed by a captain general.
A grant of dominion in the overseas territorial empire of Portugal to a private individual, a donatorio, who is given the authority to govern, assign land, and profit from the territory.