England appoint Harry Brook as white-ball captain following Jos Buttler’s resignation – regardless of speak of Check skipper Ben Stokes being lined up for the 50-over job

Harry Brook has been named as England’s new white-ball captain following the resignation of Jos Buttler – ending hypothesis that Ben Stokes is likely to be persuaded to tackle the 50-over job.

Brook, who has been vice-captain of the ODI and T20 sides for the previous 12 months, and stepped in for the injured Buttler through the house 50-over sequence in opposition to Australia final September, described the job as a ‘actual honour’. 

He now has the possibility to guide England to the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka subsequent 12 months, and the 50-over version in southern Africa in 2027.

Mail Sport revealed final month that Brook was in line for the T20 position, with managing director Rob Key eager to influence Stokes to tackle the one-day job – regardless of his retirement from the format in 2022. He answered an emergency name to play on the 2023 World Cup in India, however has since centered on his position as Check captain.

However Stokes’s newest damage scare – tearing a hamstring in New Zealand in December – drew into sharper focus the necessity to guarantee his health for this 12 months’s two huge Check sequence in opposition to India and Australia, leaving Brook to imagine each roles and make a transparent break with the previous.

‘It’s an actual honour to be named England’s white-ball captain,’ mentioned Brook, who remains to be discovering his ft in ODI cricket, with only one hundred from his first 26 video games and a mean of 34.

It ends hypothesis that Check skipper Ben Stokes is likely to be persuaded to tackle the 50-over job

Brook, who labelled the chance as a ‘actual honour’, has been vice-captain for the previous 12 months

‘Ever since I used to be a child taking part in cricket at Burley in Wharfedale, I dreamed of representing Yorkshire, taking part in for England, and possibly at some point main the crew. To now be provided that likelihood means an amazing deal to me.

Key mentioned: ‘I’m delighted that Harry Brook has accepted the position as England’s white-ball captain throughout each codecs. He’s been a part of our succession planning for a while, albeit this chance has come barely sooner than anticipated.’

Brook’s first sequence in cost might be in opposition to West Indies, with the primary of three ODIs starting at Edgbaston on Could 29, adopted by three T20s.