"It's great for Manchester United to have one of our players captaining England, " said Ferguson.
He also suggested that Pietersen may be a candidate for captaining the Royal Challengers.
Watson was captaining the Farley, a rusty North Sea trawler built in Norway in 1958.
Llanelli-born Nigel Davies, 43, won 29 caps at centre between 1988 and 1997, captaining his country against France in 1996.
Llanelli-born Davies, 43, won 29 caps at centre between 1988 and 1997, captaining his country against France in 1996.
Despite playing for some of the world's top clubs, Beckham singled out captaining his country as one of his "proudest achievements".
Teesside-born Murty played 339 times for the Royals over an 11-year period, captaining them to promotion to the Premier League in 2006.
The 30-year-old has had the honour of captaining his country and starring for the British and Irish Lions on tour to New Zealand.
He missed last year's Tri-Nations Series because of a knee problem when he should have been captaining Great Britain for the first time.
He has scored 21 centuries in 81 Test matches for his country and was given the honor of captaining England's one-day team in 2008.
Captaining your country is something that any player longs to do.
The only defectors were a few top stars, such as Michel Platini, who played for Italy's Juventus while captaining France's international team in the 1980s.
Martin Johnson, now England team manager, lead the 1997 side to a 2-1 series win from second row, despite not captaining his country at the time.
Jones, however, is a double Grand Slam winner and led Wales to the 2008 clean-sweep before captaining the Ospreys to the Magners League title in 2010.
His father, Cha Bum-Kun, is arguably Korea's greatest player, with 121 caps and captaining the side at the 1986 World Cup, before coaching them at France '98.
In response to the problem, the U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) has charged Patrick McEnroe with developing its elite young players, combining this role with captaining their Davis Cup team.
After winning quick ball off the top at a line-out they fired it into midfield and Andy Farrell, captaining Saracens for the first time, crashed it up the middle.
In the meantime, Alex Cornelissen was captaining the Farley, and he decided to take the ship out to sea for a couple of days to patrol for illegal long-lining within the reserve.
He played 98 times for France after making his debut against Wales in 1996, and reached the World Cup final in 1999 as well as captaining the 1998 Grand Slam winning side.
He has made rapid progress since captaining the England Academy on their successful tour to Australia two years ago and has appeared in 10 of Saints' 12 League games so far this year.
BBC: Paul won 24 caps for New Zealand before switching codes
"Aquilani has long been recognised as a top class talent in Italy, captaining his country at both Under 19 and Under 21 levels before establishing himself in the senior national side, " said Benitez.
West Ham played a lead role in England's success, with Moore captaining the side, forward Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick (still the only player to do so in a World Cup final) and midfielder Martin Peters grabbing the home side's only other goal.
Two minutes later O'Driscoll, captaining the Lions for the first time since being carried off with a dislocated shoulder in the opening stages of the first Test in New Zealand in 2005, profited from Bowe's break to open his account for the tour.
Drogba narrowly beat Eto'o to the 2009 award but the Inter Milan forward is favourite to win this year's accolade having won the UEFA Champions League and Serie A title, while also setting a new goal scoring record in captaining Cameroon at the African Nations Cup finals in Angola.
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