Opener Alastair Cook named England ODI skipper

London: In a major leadership reshuffle, opening batsman Alastair Cook was today named England’s new ODI skipper and young paceman Stuart Broad was appointed Twenty20 captain.
Cook took over from Andrew Strauss, who has retired from ODI cricket while Broad replaced Paul Collingwood, who had led the national side to World Twenty20 title last year.
Strauss had quit ODI captaincy after the World Cup to concentrate on Test cricket and it left Andy Flower and the ECB with no choice but to go for a new captain.
Now England have three different captains for all three formats of the game.
Collingwood was keen to continue as T20 skipper but ECB opted for 24-year-old Broad.