- Jos Buttler resigned as England white-ball captain after practically three years in position
- Vice-captain Harry Brook is predicted to exchange him as skipper of the T20 facet
- Brook may even be named one-day skipper if Ben Stokes doesn’t return to outfit
Harry Brook is ready to be unveiled as England’s new T20 captain, with Ben Stokes nonetheless the popular selection as one-day skipper following the resignation of Jos Buttler.
Mail Sport first revealed 4 weeks in the past that managing director Rob Key was planning the audacious double appointment.
It might see the 26-year-old Brook – who led England’s one-day facet in opposition to Australia final September – stepping as much as take cost of the T20 staff forward of subsequent yr’s World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Key additionally needed to influence Stokes out of one-day retirement.
Nevertheless, England are nonetheless making an attempt to work out whether or not his physique can stand as much as the pressure in a yr that features five-Check sequence in opposition to India and Australia.
In the event that they go for warning, Brook may very well be take cost of the 50-over staff too.
Harry Brook – who led England’s one-day facet in opposition to Australia final September – is ready to be unveiled because the facet’s new T20 captain
Mail Sport first revealed 4 weeks in the past that managing director Rob Key (left) was planning the audacious double appointment following the resignation of Jos Buttler (proper)
Key additionally desires to influence Ben Stokes out of one-day retirement however England are nonetheless making an attempt to work out whether or not his physique can stand as much as the pressure
Stokes is at the moment on the mend after present process surgical procedure on the hamstring he tore in New Zealand in December.
He’s not anticipated to play for Durham earlier than England’s Check summer time begins with a four-day sport in opposition to Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge in late Could.
