LONDON (Reuters) - Alastair Cook has been dropped from the England squad for next year's 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with Eoin Morgan taking over as captain, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Saturday.
Opener Cook, who has been woefully out of form with the bat but will remain as test captain, had widely been expected to lose the one-day captaincy but would have had hopes of retaining his place in the squad, which will be named later on Saturday.
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