England Captaincy
Alec Stewart for Test matches
Adam Hollioake for One-Day Series
William Turrell (william@cricinfo.com) reports
At 10.30am on Tuesday 5th May the ECB announced the name of the next English cricket
captain at a Lord's Press Conference.
Alec Stewart will lead England in the Test series against the
South Africans.
He will also be in charge of the side in a one-off Test match against
Sri Lankan in
August, before heading off for the Australian tour.
Meanwhile Adam Hollioake
has been appointed as the one-day captain; the Texaco
Trophy matches with South Africa begin in just a few weeks time.
The decision comes after Atherton (who led England for a record 52 Test
matches) resigned following the disappointing
England tour of the West Indies.
Nasser Hussain
was the other most likely candidate for the position - Chairman of Selectors
David Graveney has consulted the
previous captain on who he thinks should replace him; and what qualities he believes most
important for the job.
Now the decision has been announced, you can send your comments to the
England forum on our online magazine, CricInfo Interactive.
Do you agree with the selectors' decision?
Who should captain the One-Day team?
Was Michael Atherton right to resign?
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Date-stamped : 05 May1998 - 21:48