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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Gary Ballance is set for a recall to England’s one-day squad this morning as the Eoin Morgan era begins.
Morgan will be confirmed as the replacement for outgoing captain Alastair Cook when a 15-man squad is named for January’s three-team series against Australia and India.
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It’s crunch time for England’s selectors as they meet to pick their one-day squad for the Tri- Series against Australia and India and the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
But our expert panel of Sir Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton have already decided who should be on the plane come January 6 when the 15-man party flies out.
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Gloucestershire and director of cricket John Bracewell have agreed to go their separate ways at the end of next month.
New Zealander Bracewell will be replaced by a head coach, who Gloucestershire expect to be in place before the end of January.
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Sam Billings has replaced Craig Kieswetter in England’s provisional World Cup squad.
Kent’s uncapped wicketkeeper-batsman is a part of an organization of 30 which will probably be cut into a final 15-man squad in early January.
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Allrounder Jesse Ryder continues to be omitted from New Zealand’s first 30-man squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup.
Ryder, who last played for New Zealand in January, was seen with an outside potential for choice after powerful performances in national limited overs matches and for Essex near the close of the English summer.
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Middlesex have declared that former Zimbabwe captain David Houghton will be to replace Mark Ramprakash as their new batting coach.
Houghton, who held the exact same place at Somerset last season having formerly been head coach at Worcestershire and manager of cricket at Derbyshire, has signed a two-year contract and can begin work on January 1.
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Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns has appeared in court in London charged with perjury linked into a libel action he brought in great britain in 2012.
Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi, creator of the Indian Premier League, over an accusation of matchfixing made on Twitter in January 2010.
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Tom Harrison has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the England and Wales Cricket Board.
The ECB has announced that Harrison will officially begin his new role in mid-January after being selected to succeed David Collier, who announced in July that he was stepping down at the end of the domestic season after 10 years in the role.
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Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns has appeared in court to face a charge of perjury linked to a libel action he brought in the UK in 2012.
Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi, founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, over an accusation of match-fixing made on Twitter in January 2010.
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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns will appear in court next week to face one count of perjury linked into a libel action he brought in great britain in 2012.
Cairns won £90,000 in damages after he sued Lalit Modi, creator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, over an accusation of matchfixing made on Twitter in January 2010.
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