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Top Stories Strauss named as England captain  The England selectors today named Andrew Strauss as captain of a 15-man One Day squad for the forthcoming ODI against Ireland and The NatWest Series and The NatWest International Twenty20 against Sri Lanka. Strauss, who led the One-Day side in two matches in India, takes over as skipper after Flintoff was advised to rest from cricket for four weeks before having his ankle injury re-assessed. Five players uncapped at international level have been named in the squad: Tim Bresnan, Glen Chapple, James Dalrymple, Ed Joyce and Alex Loudon. A sixth, Alastair Cook, has yet to make his ODI debut. Kabir Ali, Gareth Batty, Matthew Hoggard, Matt Prior, Owais Shah and Vikram Solanki are the players to miss out on selection after touring India with the One-Day squad earlier this year. James Anderson, Ian Blackwell, Ashley Giles and Simon Jones are all unavailable through injury Commenting on the selection, Chairman of Selectors, David Graveney said: “Michael Vaughan is making good progress with his recovery and we will continue to monitor his situation closely. We do not want to take any unnecessary risks with Michael and will wait until he is fully match fit before considering him for selection. “This will be a tough test for the team. Our first choice captain is injured and his nominated replacement Andrew Flintoff is also unavailable through injury as are a number of senior players. “Andrew Strauss will again deputise as captain. He did an excellent job captaining the team in difficult circumstances in India, securing our only win in the series and will bring his experience of leading Middlesex to the role. “There are significant changes in personnel from the One-Day squad which toured India and this will be an exciting opportunity for the new players in the squad to make an impression. “All the uncapped players have performed well for their Counties this season and will bring different qualities to the squad. The selection of Tim Bresnan and Glenn Chapple in particular is designed to provide the captain and coach with more flexibility in the bowling attack both at the beginning and the end of an innings.”
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