Alastair Cook to quit ODI captaincy?

Will the England skipper give up his captaincy?

It is being speculated that England skipper Alastair Cook is looking to step down from his captaincy duties in the limited-overs format. After the Ashes whitewash, England have also lost the ongoing One-Day international series against Australia. The seven-wicket loss at Sydney on January 19 meant, they are now 3-0 down in the five-match series, with two more matches to go.

The 29-year-old has been quoted as saying by TheGuardian: “I think I’m going to have to make a decision on that after you take stock of the next two games. We’ll sit down and talk over a lot of things. I think there will be some changes. I think English cricket needs a little bit of a change as well.”

“The last few months we haven’t played the cricket we are capable of. We have to look at the reasons why.”

“I don’t really want to get dragged into my position. I think it’s been two weeks since someone asked me that question – it’s been a long two weeks.

“We have kept losing games of cricket and I haven’t been able to turn it around.”