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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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 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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Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal made his return to competitive cricket on Friday and hopes to play in next year’s World Cup.
Ajmal has spent the last three months remodelling his action after being suspended by the International Cricket Council.
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Nottinghamshire have signed South Africa Test star Vernon Philander and Australia’s Ben Hilfenhaus as their overseas players for the 2015 season.
Philander, 29, a key component of South Africa’s feared pace attack, has previous county experience with Kent, Middlesex and Somerset.
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Andrew Flintoff has urged the ECB to fully explain the reason for Kevin Pietersen’s sacking.
“It’s time the ECB told us, the paying public who are missing out on watching Kevin, what went on.”
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Steven Smith heaped praise on Mitchell Johnson after the left-hander’s brutal 88 helped Australia secure a first-innings lead over India in the second Test.
“I said before the Test match that I wanted to lead from the front with my performances, so hopefully I’ve done that.”
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