England take risks with captaincy choices

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The news that Alastair Cook has replaced Andrew Strauss as England one-day international captain comes as a bit of a shock as the Essex left-hander failed to make the World Cup squad. Broad was a long shot in terms of free bets placed at least, and so his appointment to the role caused its fair [...]   See the complete post here

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