England appoint Harry Brook as white-ball captain following Jos Buttler's resignation - despite talk of Test skipper Ben Stokes being lined up for the 50-over job

Harry Brook has been named arsenic England’s caller white-ball skipper pursuing the resignation of Jos Buttler – ending speculation that Ben Stokes mightiness beryllium persuaded to instrumentality connected the 50-over job.

Brook, who has been vice-captain of the ODI and T20 sides for the past year, and stepped successful for the injured Buttler during the location 50-over bid against Australia last September, described the occupation arsenic a ‘real honour’. 

He present has the accidental to pb England to the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka adjacent year, and the 50-over variation successful confederate Africa successful 2027.

Mail Sport revealed past period that Brook was successful enactment for the T20 role, with managing manager Rob Key keen to transportation Stokes to instrumentality connected the one-day occupation – contempt his status from the format successful 2022. He answered an exigency telephone to play astatine the 2023 World Cup successful India, but has since focused connected his relation arsenic Test captain.

But Stokes’s latest wounded scare – tearing a hamstring successful New Zealand successful December – drew into sharper absorption the request to guarantee his fittingness for this year’s 2 large Test bid against India and Australia, leaving Brook to presume some roles and marque a wide interruption with the past.

‘It’s a existent honour to beryllium named England’s white-ball captain,’ said Brook, who is inactive uncovering his feet successful ODI cricket, with conscionable 1 100 from his archetypal 26 games and an mean of 34.

‘Ever since I was a kid playing cricket astatine Burley successful Wharfedale, I dreamed of representing Yorkshire, playing for England, and possibly 1 time starring the team. To present beryllium fixed that accidental means a large woody to me.

Key said: ‘I’m delighted that Harry Brook has accepted the relation arsenic England’s white-ball skipper crossed some formats. He’s been portion of our succession readying for immoderate time, albeit this accidental has travel somewhat earlier than expected.’

Brook’s archetypal bid successful complaint volition beryllium against West Indies, with the archetypal of 3 ODIs opening astatine Edgbaston connected May 29, followed by 3 T20s.