Jason Gillespie says new England one-day captain Eoin Morgan has every chance of playing himself into form for the World Cup while on Big Bash League duty for the Sydney Thunder.
Morgan – confirmed as Alastair Cook’s successor in the 50-over format on Saturday – made the most of a brief bat in the Thunder’s 56-run win over Brisbane Heat, striking 12no off five balls.
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Kevin Pietersen remains determined to reclaim his place in the England set-up despite comments made by England officials over the weekend.
After Alastair Cook was replaced by Eoin Morgan as skipper of England’s ODI side on Saturday, Paul Downton and James Whitaker both made it clear that the change of captaincy did not pave the way for Pietersen to rejoin the team.
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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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Eoin Morgan’s first act as England captain should be to push himself back up the ODI order, says Bob Willis.
Morgan was the regular incumbent at No 5 prior to the recent tour of Sri Lanka but dropped below Ravi Bopara during the 5-2 series loss Angelo Mathews’ side.
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Alastair Cook says it will take him a long time to get over his removal as England’s one-day captain.
A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board on Saturday confirmed Eoin Morgan’s appointment as the new skipper ahead of next year’s World Cup.
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Gary Ballance has been recalled to a 15-man England World Cup squad that includes neither Ben Stokes nor outgoing captain Alastair Cook.
Cook’s fate was sealed once Eoin Morgan’s appointment as the new one-day skipper was decided at Friday’s selection meeting, while all-rounder Stokes pays the price for a recent record of four wickets and 84 runs in eight games.
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Alastair Cook says it will take him a long time to get over his removal as England’s one-day captain.
A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board on Saturday confirmed Eoin Morgan’s appointment as the new skipper ahead of next year’s World Cup.
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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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Kevin Pietersen has paid tribute to England’s prospective one-day captain Eoin Morgan and revealed he hopes to play under him one day.
Sky sources revealed on Friday afternoon that Alastair Cook is to be removed as captain of England’s 50-over side and replaced by Morgan ahead of the World Cup – a move due to be confirmed at an ECB press conference on Saturday morning.
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Eoin Morgan is the right man to revitalise England’s World Cup bid if he is named as the new one-day captain, say Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton.
Morgan is the favourite to succeed Alastair Cook, who according to Sky Sources will no longer lead his country in the 50-over format following a selectors’ meeting on Friday.
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Alastair Cook will not captain England at the World Cup, according to Sky sources.
Eoin Morgan, the Middlesex batsman, will captain England in the forthcoming tri-series with Australia and India, and then at the World Cup, which takes place in Australia and New Zealand.
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Jacques Rudolph will captain Glamorgan in all formats of the game after he was announced as club captain.
South African Rudolph, who joined Glamorgan in September 2013, takes on the captain’s responsibilities after an impressive run of form in the 2014 season.
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England stand in captain Eoin Morgan was left to rue the lack of another specialist spinner after his side lost the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Morgan filled the emptiness left as routine skipper Alastair Cook served a one-match suspension and he nearly oversaw a second consecutive victory in the seven-match series.
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England stand in captain Eoin Morgan considers the defeat of Sri Lanka in the third one-day international has given his side a much needed confidence boost for the remaining series .
Jos Buttler’s 55 not outside led England into a five-wicket success however they still trail the hosts 2-1 in the seven-match series.
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Alastair Cook will continue as captain, says Bob Willis, therefore it is time for England to rest Ian Bell and Eoin Morgan to give Notts pair a go…
England must ring the changes for the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
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England must lose Alastair Cook for Wednesday’s third one-day international against Sri Lanka and provide the captaincy to Eoin Morgan, says Ian Botham.
Is it time to modify the England batting line up?
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Glamorgan have signed South Africa batsman Colin Ingram on a three-year deal under the Kolpak ruling.
Ingram, whose deal is subject to clearance from Cricket South Africa, has played 31 one-day internationals for his country, although the last of those was more than a year ago against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Glamorgan all-rounder Jim Allenby has been released from his contract to join Somerset, with Craig Meschede heading in the opposite direction.
Meschede leaves Somerset to replace Allenby at the SWALEC Stadium on a season-long loan deal.
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Glamorgan all-rounder Jim Allenby has been released from his contract to join Somerset, with Craig Meschede heading in the opposite direction.
Meschede leaves Somerset to replace Allenby at the SWALEC Stadium on a season-long loan deal.
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James Tomlinson took six wickets as Hampshire beat Glamorgan to seal promotion and the LV= County Championship Division Two title.
Tomlinson returned amounts of 6-48 as Glamorgan were whittled out for 152 in their second innings in the SWALEC Stadium as well as the visitors won by 291 runs.
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