LONDON: Andrew Strauss will captain England for their entire tour of the West Indies, including One-day Internationals and the lone Twenty20, it was announced here on Friday.

Strauss, who hasn’t played an ODI since the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, was confirmed on Thursday by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as England’s new Test captain.

Current assistant coach Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe international, and Phil Neale, England’s team operations manager, will lead the existing backroom staff when the squad departs on Jan 21.—AFP

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