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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">London, May 12 (IANS) England director of cricket Andrew Strauss on Tuesday named young batsman Joe Root as the Test vice-captain and confirmed that Jason Gillespie will be a candidate to take over as the national coach.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Strauss revealed it was the right time for Root to take over vice-captaincy of the Test side in the build-up to Test series against New Zealand and Australia this summer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 24-year-old has excelled in England&rsquo;s middle-order, averaging 55 from 25 Tests so far.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&rsquo;s the right time for Joe Root to take more of a leadership position and I&rsquo;ve asked him to be the new vice-captain of the team,&quot; Strauss said at a press conference.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He&rsquo;s got outstanding leadership capabilities and we need him to start thinking more as a captain. It&rsquo;s in no way a reflection on the job Ian Bell has done. He has been excellent in that role by all accounts, but it&rsquo;s time for Joe to step up in that regard,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The former England captain also confirmed that former Australia fast bowler Gillespie, who has been linked with the role ever since Peter Moores was sacked over the weekend, will be one of the candidates other than former Australia opener Justin Langer and Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody for the coach&#39;s job.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Moores was sacked following a dismal World Cup campaign and drawn Test series with the West Indies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He&#39;s (Gillespie) one of the candidates, absolutely. At the moment I have just been concerning myself with the process and how we go about it. Over the next few days we&#39;ll start approaching candidates,&quot; Strauss was quoted as saying by skysports.com.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I need to go and meet them, speak to them and see their philosophy on cricket, their philosophy on coaching and whether it&#39;s aligned with what I think is in the best interests of England cricket. I think there will be one over-arching coach (for Tests and one-day cricket). I think you need one person in control and in charge of that environment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;The execution of strategy is over to the captain and coach as it always has been. It&#39;s the right way to go. My job is to plan for the future,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Strauss also revealed there is a need for a change in strategy between England&#39;s Test and one-day structure, saying there will be a specialised captain for T20&#39;s and One-Day Internationals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It is my belief that we need far more separation between the Test and one-day side going forward. That&#39;s going to give us the flexibility to play very differently in one-day cricket and we all know that&#39;s what we need to do,&quot; Strauss added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;We&#39;ve got to do things differently, look at things differently and come up with new ideas. In order to do that I think we will benefit from a specialised one-day captain.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Eoin Morgan led England during their low-key World Cup campaign in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, but Strauss said the 28-year-old remains an &quot;excellent candidate&quot; for the role of one-day skipper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Eoin Morgan took over that role for the World Cup and I think it&#39;s very harsh to judge him on what went on in that campaign.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He&#39;s an excellent candidate to lead England in one-day and Twenty20 cricket. He&#39;s playing these Twenty20 competitions all around the world and is gaining knowledge from different sources and he can apply that to the England team,&quot; he concluded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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