Ravi Bopara believes Eoin Morgan is the perfect man to lead England into the World Cup.
Morgan, 28, will captain England in January’s Tri-Series against Australia and India before the tourmament begins in February, after replacing Alastair Cook as one-day skipper following a meeting of the selectors on Friday.
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Bob Willis believes England have made the right decision in dropping Alastair Cook now rather than risk looking like a laughing stock at the World Cup.
Despite ECB managing director, Paul Downton, saying as recently as Monday that he’d be surprised if Cook wasn’t captain come the tournament’s start on February 14, the selectors have made the change.
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis will be looking for a pre-World Cup boost when his side take on New Zealand in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
The five-match one-day international series is tied at 2-2 after the Black Caps’ seven-run victory in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, and Waqar is keen to wrap up a series win in the decider ahead of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand which starts on February 14.
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After falling to a 5-2 series defeat in Sri Lanka, we asked our team of pundits to pick apart what is going wrong for England in ODI cricket and if any positives could be taken from the series ahead of the World Cup in February.
Sir Ian Botham
“I don’t think he should be nailed down as captain and from his interview it seems that if he doesn’t score runs in the warm-up games he probably won’t be considered for the World Cup. He is a lovely lad but is he one of our best one-day players? I don’t think he is. So the selectors have to start thinking.”
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Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara is interested in joining Surrey next season.
The 37-year-old is set to retire from one-day internationals after this February’s World Cup, although he has indicated he intends to carry on playing Test cricket.
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Somerset and England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter will probably miss the 2015 season after suffering a setback in his recovery from a critical eye injury.
Somerset said that Kieswetter, who had been recently named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup that begins in February, has “fought to recover perfect eyesight”.
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Zimbabwe bowler Prosper Utseya continues to be cleared to bowl in international cricket yet again, providing he doesn’t bowl whirl.
The 29-year old was suspended by the International Cricket Council in October but the verdict has been overturned enabling him to play in the World Cup which begins in February.
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Jesse Ryder’s choice to pull away in the recent New Zealand ‘A’ tour of the Middle East cost him his possibility of playing at next year’s World Cup, in accordance with a national selector.
The 30-year old allrounder hasn’t played international cricket since being dropped in February for disciplinary reasons.
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Australia have added Shaun Marsh to their squad for the rescheduled first Test against India.
The Western Australia batsman – blown off to get some of ducks in the most recent of his nine Tests against South Africa in February – joins brother Mitch Marsh in the squad.
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Alastair Cook to step down as captain of the one day side carrying out a humbling eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
Pietersen, 34, was lost in the squad from the England and Wales Cricket board in February and later released an autobiography claiming the England dressing room were beset with a bullying culture.
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has encouraged Alastair Cook to step down as captain of the one day side carrying out a humbling eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka.
Pietersen, 34, was lost in the squad from the England and Wales Cricket board in February and later released an autobiography claiming the England dressing room were beset with a bullying culture.
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England captain Alastair Cook insists his team have moved on from the Kevin Pietersen era and are looking ahead to their one-day series in Sri Lanka.
England fly out on Sunday for seven ODIs as they begin preparations for February’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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