England's captain Alastair Cook reacts during their final ODI (One Day International) cricket match against Sri Lanka in Colombo December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
LONDON (Reuters) - With the World Cup two months away the England and Wales Cricket Board's decision to sack Alastair Cook as one-day captain was very much a case of better late than never.
Cook's dismissal had become inevitable despite ECB managing director Paul Downton saying this week that he would be "very surprised" if the Essex batsman was replaced as captain before the World Cup starts in Australia on Feb. 14.
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