appears to know what he is doing

Followers of fashion,

So, what to make of MJ Clarke's first test series as Captain of his country?
1-0 speaks for itself, of course, but all reports coming in on the bush telegraph from Ol' Ceylon suggest he deported himself most satisfactorily both on and off the field.
Skippered a comprehensive win in the first test on a featherbed that turned into a Death Valley dust bowl, found himself a rain victim in the second test through no fault of his own while well placed, and played out a sensible draw to secure the series win in the third test, while scoring a century himself on the last day of the last match to put the issue beyond doubt.
Pulled off a couple of strokes to genius, most notably putting on that formidable strike weapon MEK Hussey to bowl, and pick up the crucial wicket of Sangers on the opening day of the second test.
Huss said "he couldn't believe" that he'd been asked to warm up the bowling arm, but afterwards described Pup as "the thinking man's Captain".
The poo-bah's down at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo suggest Clarke followed all the local customs to the letter, was very gracious towards his hosts, got on well enough with officialdom, and commanded the confidence of his men.
They say he appears to know what he is doing.
All in all, a debut that can't be faulted, and above all resisted singing his own praises.
Respect.