Nasser Hussain said that star batter Harry Brook would be his choice to replace Jos Buttler as England’s next white-ball skipper but he also admitted that they will need to be careful with him as well. However, England faced another blow as they are out of another ICC event following their loss to Afghanistan. This would raise questions about Jos Buttler’s captaincy as well.

Hussain, in his column for the Daily Mail, wrote, “Harry Brook would be my choice as England’s next limited-overs captain now it’s clearly time to move on from Jos Buttler. If you’re having to think about being England captain, as Buttler said he would be after Champions Trophy elimination earlier this week, you probably know you’re done. The truth is though that as far as future leaders go, the cupboard is pretty bare and some of that is simply because not enough domestic 50-over cricket is being played.”

However, Harry Brook has had experience of leading England in ODIs as he was the captain of the side for the series against Australia last year as well. Hussain added that the major issue with appointing Harry Brook is that he is a regular in the Test team and England has a packed schedule this year in the red-ball cricket as well.

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“And there would be issues with appointing Brook. Namely whether, in such an important year that includes a home Test series against India and ends with the Ashes, you want to pass on all the burdens associated with leading a struggling side onto a young man and make his life a bit more difficult as a result.”

“England are trying to go in a direction where they’re playing a lot of their Test players in the limited-overs sides. Do they want that with the captain as well? That is another question. The months ahead are very important in red-ball cricket and that would be something to consider if Brook took over. I enjoyed watching him captain last year, whether it be in the Hundred or against Australia, when he got a hundred in one of the games – which suggested he was quite happy balancing the two roles. But you’ve still got to be careful. You don’t want to be weighing down a very talented young player with it all,” concluded Nasser Hussain.

England play their final match of the Champions Trophy against South Africa on March 1 as well.