Alastair Cook has been named England's one-day international captain following the resignation of Andrew Strauss.
Cook led England to one-day success in Bangladesh in 2010
Cook, 26, has played in just three ODI games since November 2008, leading England's victorious tour of Bangladesh in 2010 when Strauss was rested.
Strauss, 34, who has announced his retirement from one-day internationals, continues as Test skipper.
Stuart Broad, 24, replaces Paul Collingwood over as captain of England's Twenty20 side.
The Nottinghamshire seamer succeeds Durham all-rounder Collingwood, who guided England to a seven-wicket victory over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 final last May.
Strauss's decision was not unexpected after England's disappointing showing in the recent World Cup in India.
The Middlesex opener was arguably England's best batsman in the tournament, highlighted by his ODI career-best 158 in the thrilling tied match with eventual winners India, but his side bowed out in the quarter-finals following a 10-wicket defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka.
Essex opener Cook, the Test vice-captain, was the outstanding batsman during the winter's Ashes success in Australia when he scored 766 runs in the series, but he was not included in the squad for the subsequent one-day series against Australia or the World Cup.
Despite having played 65 Tests since his debut in 2006, the Essex opener has only featured in 26 ODIs (scoring one century, against India in 2007) and four Twenty20 internationals.
However, he impressed as stand-in skipper in Bangladesh last year, scoring 64, 60 and 32 to help win the one-day international series 3-0 and he hit centuries in both Tests to guide England to a 2-0 victory.
More to follow.
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