Taking up England's lead role
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
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Andrew Strauss must feel that he is suddenly in with a chance of securing the captaincy in all three forms of the game, after the way he batted in the fourth ODI in Barbados. With the announcement of England's World Twenty20 squad imminent, one can't write him off, especially as there's no obvious captaincy candidate to replace him, writes former England coach Duncan Fletcher in his blog on the Guardian website.
Strauss is an intelligent cricketer who isn't scared to move out of his comfort zone...any captain can perform in easy conditions, but it takes the best to go out there and do it when it counts. Strauss has done a very good job all tour.
He has support from Richard Hobson in the Times, who believes the England captain should be named in the 30-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20, even though Rob Key is an alternative.
Back to the Guardian, Mike Selvey says England's blueprint for Ashes success should start with Andy Flower as coach. Appointing a new director of cricket, finding a fast bowler and sorting out the No. 3 slot also feature on the list.
At the previous World Twenty20, England went in with a good handful of specialists at the shortest form and flopped, winning one game out of five, but that does not mean that it would be wrong to chuck in a few people who have excelled in the Twenty20 Cup but who have not been in the Caribbean. Patrick Kidd presents his thoughts on the initial squad of 30 in his blog Line and Length on the Times website.