Alastair Cook to lead England at World Cup

[kumar713]

England captain Alastair Cook will lead the side at next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand after being named on Wednesday as skipper for an upcoming one-day international series in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, national selector James Whitaker confirmed. "He will be our leader at the World Cup," Whitaker told Sky Sports after the 16-man squad for a seven-match ODI series in Sri Lanka in November and December was announced.

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[Proudindian]

Thank you ECB.

[JaFanatic]

Thank you ECB.

:giggle:

[kumar713]

Thank you ECB.

:haha:

[kira]

In other words ,England to be knocked out in the first QF or even before :))

[GoldenSun]

That's one less team for us all to be worry about then :). :yay:

[G_B_]

i think people are wrong to write off england they did reach the finals in 1992. with the format being the way it is, anything can happen in qf-semi-final. Like it or not but England wont have to worry that much about the spinners in Aus which is their weak point.

[bowl_out]

England was never a worry for us... A bigger worry is Ireland... They are in our group and have the potential to do a Bangladesh of 2007 to us... In fact they themselves chucked out Pakistan in 2007

[gaurav92]

They will be semi finalists. Mark my words !

[Sidhoni]

Thank you ECB.

:hysterical:

[Sidhoni]

They will be semi finalists. Mark my words !

Marked.

[kira]

England was never a worry for us... A bigger worry is Ireland... They are in our group and have the potential to do a Bangladesh of 2007 to us... In fact they themselves chucked out Pakistan in 2007

We are not pakistan, We don't lose to a non test team in a World Cup:two_thumbs_up::clap:

[kira]

They will be semi finalists. Mark my words !

And I will be the President of USA :giggle:

[YCCC]

What annoys me is the omission of Ballance. England do not know the real Gary Ballance. They think he's some sort of Trott clone, but many Yorkshire supporters would tell you his LO cricket is actually better than his longer form cricket, and that's for a county not renowned for it's limited overs success. If he can do it for Yorkshire's pathetic LO side, he can do it for England's

[skindia]

now england will win the cup:((

[Chalks]

We are not pakistan' date=' We don't lose to a non test team in a [b']World Cup:two_thumbs_up::clap:

Sri Lanka didn't have test status when they beat India in 1979 WC. #justsayin

[Cricket_Hacker]

Sri Lanka didn't have test status when they beat India in 1979 WC. #justsayin

Ireland still isnt't

[diga]

scores of 32/1/20/34/22/10 wont help Cook establish himself in the ODI team

[brendan07]

They will be semi finalists. Mark my words !

If Cook is suspended for slow over rates in the QF they might:hysterical:

[StriKe]

Alastair Cook is now clinging onto power with less dignity than an African dictator.