Douglas Jardine

Jardine's plan for the 1932-33 Ashes was to stop Don Bradman by having Harold Larwood bowl fast and short at the body with a packed leg-side field, which Australians called Bodyline. England won the series, but the tactic caused a diplomatic row and led to law changes limiting leg-side fielders. He is the extreme example of a captain designing a whole method around one opponent.