Cricket: Paul Collingwood is England's new one-day captain and will lead a new-look squad including two uncapped players into next week's series against West Indies.
The 31-year-old Durham all-rounder was officially appointed as the successor to Michael Vaughan, who earlier this week resigned to concentrate on Test cricket.
Collingwood will start his role by leading England into two Twenty20 and three one-day internationals.
He was given the job having been established as the outstanding candidate with Kevin Pietersen withdrawing his interest, Andrew Strauss out of form and Andrew Flintoff recovering from an ankle operation.
"The selectors believe that Paul's experience and performances in the one-day game make him the ideal candidate to lead the side," explained chairman of selectors David Graveney.
"He has been a key member of the one-day team for a while and we believe he is ready to take on the additional responsibility of captaincy."
He will lead a new-look squad, including Hampshire all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas and Warwickshire's South African-born Ian Trott who are both named in the England set-up for the first time as the selectors start to build a new team capable of competing in major tournaments.
Neither Flintoff, Sajid Mahmood (hernia) or Ravi Bopara (thigh) were fit enough for consideration and a further five players from the World Cup squad have been overlooked — Vaughan, Strauss, Jamie Dalrymple, Paul Nixon and Jon Lewis.