article_snippet.sent: Cook is sacked as one-day captain and replaced by Eoin Morgan, marking the end of a sorry year for England in which they won just 18 of they 48 matches across all formats.
article_snippet.sent: ‘director of England Cricket’ also had to back the decision to replace Alastair Cook as one-day captain on the brink of World Cup even though it was the selectors who drove it.
article_snippet.sent: captain Alastair Cook .
article_snippet.sent: Downton was a supporter of captain Alastair Cook as Test captain but was persuaded to sack a supporter of Cook as Test captain as one-day captain three weeks before the disastrous World Cup campaign.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Director of England cricket’ might think captain Alastair Cook needs to go back to scoring runs at the top of the order after failing to convince as a tactician .
article_snippet.sent: captain Alastair Cook was suppoerted by Downton before being sacked as one-day captain before the World Cup .