Boycott says 'not too late to drop' Cook as England's ODI team captain

Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has said that it is not too late to drop Alastair Cook as the captain of their ODI team.

England lost to Sri Lanka and India at home this summer, but Cook wants to lead them in the World Cup, starting in February.

Referring to the sacking of David Moyes after 10 months as Manchester United manager, Boycott said that it is never too late, adding that look what happened at United. He said that if it is not working it is not working, The BBC reported.

Cook's captaincy has come under scrutiny this year, although England overturned an early deficit to beat India 3-1 in the Test series.

Former England spinner Graeme Swann said Cook should not play one-day cricket, while ex-captain Michael Vaughan, who admitted he was wrong to call for Cook to be replaced as Test captain, said that he should not lead the 50-over team.

Former England limited-overs coach Ashley Giles had said last week that it was too late to appoint a new captain.

Cook is 13th on the list of England's all-time ODI run-scorers, with 3,085 at an average of 37.62 and strike rate of 77.57.

Boycott said that Cook can bat in one-dayers but there are better people, and added that the modern game has changed and is so high-scoring now that maybe they need somebody who is a faster scorer up front. So, he said that if England picked their best team Cook might not be in it.

England lost heavily to India in three matches before winning the final game of a ODI series in which they used 15 players, the report added.