At his team's media unit, he praises Harry Brook as the new white-ball captain, where team chief Rob Key speaks of his "excellent cricket brain". The England and Wales Cricket Board announced Monday that Brook would captain both the one-day international and T20 sides. The 26-year-old Yorkshire batsman was the frontrunner to replace Jos Buttler, who stepped down in December, with England's dismal Champions Trophy run in Pakistan ending without reaching the semifinals. Buttler presided over a failure to defend either their T20 or 50-over World Cup