Given the following situation, your insight would be valued.I am the captain of my cricket team at my school. Last month, I made specifications for...

In my mind, I sense a couple of issues here at play.  The
first is one of leadership.  I think that we confuse "leadership" with "infallibility." 
Good leaders, the very best of leaders, are quick to recognize and understand their own
limitations and their own mistakes.  As the leader of this team, I don't think you would
lose credibility if you were able to go to your team and say that your original
calculations were not entirely accurate.  Part of being a great team is recognizing when
adjustments are made and part of being a great leader is being able to pull your
teammates and ask them to help you help them.  If leaders were perfect and above
reproach, they would not be human.  The reality is that leadership, specifically sports
leadership, is not so much about technical provisions, or what is known as "X's and
O's."  Rather, it's about self actualization and merging the subjective into the
collective.  Pat Riley writes about this in his book, Showtime,
regarding his own coaching of the Los Angeles Lakers.  In much the same way, I think
that going to your teammates, individuals who naturally trust you by virtue of being
captain, and telling them what needs to be done is an important step in being able to
help all of you out and being able to solidify your own leadership.  The best leaders I
have seen in the sports arenas are the ones who can look their teammates in the eyes and
ask for their help as they all strive for a common end.  Something happens at that
moment, for the recognition of something larger is understood and this is when greatness
becomes a unit.  As their leader, opening this dialogue and asking them to keep the
larger goal, your cricket team's success, in mind only helps all of you.  Silence or
trying to pass something off when it is not authentic does not enhance leadership. 
Rather, it takes from away from collective success because it is not evidence of self-
actualization, something that all sports units and captains require in order to find
their success.