London: Despite a much needed win over India in the just concluded ODI series, England captain Alastair Cook's future as an ODI captain still is in doldrums. He has yet to receive an assurance from ECB on being retained captain through their World Cup which is just six months away from now.
The eventual margin of 41 runs did not flatter the hosts, who were significantly the better team throughout at Headingley - if not so overwhelmingly as India have been elsewhere on their way to their 3-1 Royal London Series victory.
Cook therefore concludes his eventful, and often stressful, summer by avoiding a whitewash with a consolation win.
