captaincy

Eight years on and Heather Knight has found herself in the same unfortunate position around the captaincy.

Key has wisely decided that, with the first Test in Perth seven months away, adding the white-ball captaincy to his injury-ravaged talisman's workload was one risk he was not willing to take.

Brook will take charge in both one-day internationals and T20s - ending speculation England could split the captaincy for the two formats.

Any return to the limited-overs format would be an increase in workload in a defining year for the 33-year-old's Test captaincy, with a home series against India followed by the Ashes in Australia.

There have been six captaincy changes across the County Championship over the winter.