England delay naming one-day skipper

Chairman of selectors David Graveney refused to be drawn on whether Michael Vaughan would captain England in the one-day series in Australia after the Yorkshire player was included in the squad.

The 32-year-old England captain has not played international cricket since being forced home from the tour of India in March with a recurrence of his knee injury, which required surgery. In his absence Andrew Strauss and Andrew Flintoff have captained the team.

Graveney told Sky Sports: "We have announced the squad without a captain, with various reasons for that. We want to make sure everything is clearly focused on the task in Melbourne (fourth Test) which will be enormous. So we will deal with the captaincy at the conclusion of the Sydney Test match."

When asked if it would be difficult for Strauss and Flintoff if Vaughan was to return as captain, Graveney added: "I don't know if it will be difficult or not but again I've stressed the fact we want to focus on what happens in Melbourne.

"This is the announcment of the squad, we will monitor Michael's fitness and then make a decision about who will captain at the end of the Sydney Test match."