Alastair Cook is expected to be appointed as England's One Day Internationals captain, with Andrew Strauss set to stand down from his post. Strauss will continue leading the English Test side though.
The ECB is expected to meet on Thursday and formally announce this, alongwith a new Twenty20 captain. Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad are the contenders for the T20 job, which would make this the first time that England have three separate captains in all three forms of the game.
The Twenty20 captain will be needed because Paul Collingwood - who recently announced his Test retirement - is reportedly going to give up the Twenty20 captaincy.
The decision of Strauss to step down doesn't come as much of a surprise, with the batsman having indicated the possibility of his stepping down right after the World Cup, in which England crashed out in the quarter-finals after having a series of close finishes in the league stages.
Cook, who has played only 3 ODIs since December 2008, had an outstanding Ashes series in Australia, scoring 766 runs in England's historic triumph. He did captain England in the three ODIs he played in - which were all against Bangladesh in 2010 when Strauss was rested, and gave a good account of himself. England won all three ODIs, with Cook scoring 64, 60 and 32.
The ECB is expected to meet on Thursday and formally announce this, alongwith a new Twenty20 captain. Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad are the contenders for the T20 job, which would make this the first time that England have three separate captains in all three forms of the game.
The Twenty20 captain will be needed because Paul Collingwood - who recently announced his Test retirement - is reportedly going to give up the Twenty20 captaincy.
The decision of Strauss to step down doesn't come as much of a surprise, with the batsman having indicated the possibility of his stepping down right after the World Cup, in which England crashed out in the quarter-finals after having a series of close finishes in the league stages.
Cook, who has played only 3 ODIs since December 2008, had an outstanding Ashes series in Australia, scoring 766 runs in England's historic triumph. He did captain England in the three ODIs he played in - which were all against Bangladesh in 2010 when Strauss was rested, and gave a good account of himself. England won all three ODIs, with Cook scoring 64, 60 and 32.
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