It is now a matter of formality on the face of things. Ironically the man not picked for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 now stands to inherit England's ODI captaincy. Alastair Cook is set to joint he ranks of England's captain in the footsteps of his predecessor, Andrew Strauss.
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Cook was overlooked for the fifty overs format for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. But it now seems that he has been the frontrunner for the captaincy for quite some time, which may be a startling fact in itself.
However, Cook staged a phenomenal act in the Ashes down under prior to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 but was not considered as his runs has come in the Test format. Now Cook has a tremendous opportunity not only to revive his own ODI career but also, to realize his ambition of captaincy the England team.
There is even speculation that Cook has been given a second chance in the one day cricket format not only for his speculator run making in the Ashes but also, because England are viewing a plan to maintain a single captain for the Test and ODIs. Paul Collingwood is currently England's Twenty20 captain, a format that has also seen England pass Cook up.
With the decision to hand over the ODI reins to Cook, Andrew Strauss may be making a double calling of giving up ODI cricket altogether following England's defeat to Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarterfinal following a tumultuous tournament following the Ashes victory fraught with injuries, fatigue to name a few.
Cook has previously captained England briefly on the tour of Bangladesh. But this will be a more formal passing of the baton, if it were to happen on Thursday.
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