Cook should be dropped as England captain - Botham

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Alastair Cook should be dropped as England one-day captain after 統括するing over another "flat and tedious" 陳列する,発揮する in an eight-wicket 敗北・負かす by Sri Lanka on Saturday, によれば former all-rounder Ian Bothsm.

The hosts easily chased 負かす/撃墜する England's paltry 185 in the second match of the series, reaching their 的 with more that 10 overs to spare thanks to Mahela Jayawardene (77 not out) and Kumar Sangakkara (67 not out).

Cook, who 普通の/平均(する)s いっそう少なく than 30 in 14 one-dayers in 2014, managed a meagre 22 runs before 落ちるing to part-time spinner Tillakaratne Dilshan and 申し込む/申し出d little attacking 意図 in the field.

England's seventh loss in their last eight one-day games 誘発するd Botham to call for 緊急の change ahead of next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

"England do need to make changes and they've got to make them quickly," Botham told Sky Sports.

"本人自身で, I would bring in Alex Hales at the 最高の,を越す of the order with Moeen Ali - so that means that the captain has to step 負かす/撃墜する.

"I would make (Eoin) Morgan captain because I think that's just what he needs - I think he thinks a bit more out of the box.

"We are 説 that the players that are here have a chance to 証明する their 価値(がある) for the World Cup. But from what we've seen so far, if we are not careful, we won't make the latter 行う/開催する/段階s of the World Cup.

"So we need to make changes - we need to liven it up and freshen it up. The whole thing looked very flat and very tedious out there today.

"It was pretty lacklustre. I don't think there's any way that England can say that they can take anything out of that game 前向きに/確かに."

England 追跡する the seven-match series 2-0 ahead of the third game on Wednesday.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Tom Hayward, editing by Ed Osmond)

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