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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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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Alastair Cook is not guaranteed to be England’s captain for the World Cup, says ECB managing director Paul Downton.
Cook has scored just 87 runs from five innings as England slipped to a series defeat in Sri Lanka, with one ODI left to play.
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Paul Collingwood says he cannot wait for Scotland’s clash with England at next year’s Cricket World Cup.
With 100 days to attend the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, Collingwood, who continues to be drafted in as Scotland’s trainer, has started plotting England’s downfall.
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Former England all rounder Paul Collingwood has consented to come back to Scotland’s coaching staff for next year’s World Cup.
The 38-year old Durham captain, who’s England’s most capped one-day player and World Twenty20 winning captain, formerly worked with Scotland as combined-interim head coach when they booked their spot in the tournament from the beginning of the entire year.
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Paul Allott reckons Glen Chapple is improbable to be both player and trainer for Lancashire next season.
Chapple, 40, took on the training duties in the Red Rose county when Peter Moores was named as England supremo before in 2013, and joined that function with skippering his side, together with bowling essential overs.
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