Morgan to captain England at the World Cup

Not a surprise to me that Cook has been dropped from ODI cricket & removed as ODI Captain.

Cook is NOT an ODI player, never has been & never will be. He has had his few moments of success in ODI Cricket

Cook should focus long term on his Test Cricket because that is his natural game & that where has had large parts of success from.

I believe now that Cook has been relieved from the ODI cricket - it will not burden him anymore.
He is still a class Test batsman (albeit a bit of help from that Ravi Jadeja dropped catch)

If India have shown a fraction more fight in the final 3 test matches in England - Cook would have been out of international cricket but he capitulation of India in those 3 test matches has eternalized Cook International Test future.

fraction more fight? India were demolished in the last 3 tests. at one stage in one test match they were 25 for 6. or there abouts.

Anyway it was the right call for Cook to be kicked out.. You cant have a poor leader also not scoring runs.
we may see better form from Morgan now. But that is just a maybe. he aint that good himself.

England have picked the best bunch they could. Looks (on paper) a strong squad compared to many other teams.. Although, why they don't pick Rashid is beyond me

Persecution?

My thoughts on morgan is form is temporary. He's a class act at odi level. Would have thought they would line up like this:
Ali
hales
ballance
root
morgan
bopara
butler
woakes
broad
finn
anderson.

I think it's been a bit unfar how Cook has been treated. 2 months before the World Cup and they decide to make a decision like this. It's going to unsettle the team and put a lot of pressure on Morgan. Should have waited until the after the World Cup.

I would have liked Jim Allenby in our T20 and one day teams.He has been consistently good batting and bowling over the past two/three seasons and has been qualified to play for england for a while now.Matthew Maynard rates him enough to bring him into the Somerset squad.Excellent strike rate with bat and ball and gets runs and wickets.

I am regularly watching 20-20 matches in Australia. Tell you what, Morgan is awful in batting ...so far.

comment by MafiaBoy (U8613)
posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
I am regularly watching 20-20 matches in Australia. Tell you what, Morgan is awful in batting ...so far.
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Yeah he was terrible....oh hang on

Mind you...as for the rest of them...we are going to get totally embarrassed in this WC