No runs are not runs. It is at the rate at which you score those runs - which determines whether a player can be adaptable across formats & Cook has fundamentally shown he poor at doing that in his career.
Do you remember the last time Cook was recalled to the ODI team in 2009/2010 for series in South Africa & Bangladesh. On the back of a so called transformation & improved technique in his batting with the help of Graham Gooch in a few domestic limited overs game at the end of the 2009 season?. Read here
Gooch fine-tunes his young protege | Cricket Features | England v Australia 2009 | ESPN Cricinfo
Do you remember then how when he actually played in those international ODI games vs BANG & ZIM we then saw nothing had changed & the selectors immediately dropped him?.
Now you are advocating him being recalled to ODI set-up when he hasn't even played a domestic ODI - but based on runs he made in test cricket @ a snails pace in era of power-play cricket?. My my friend you logic doesn't add up.
Recalling Cook would be even worse that the recent brain failure of making Prior open the batting in ODIs recently. Plus how do you explain Cook getting the ODI captaincy over KP or Swann in the event he gets picked?. I thought your skipper needs to be a fixture in the side?. Cook isn't that & regardless if you support his recall, he would be coming back needing to prove to MANY doubters that he could handle ODIs after years of struggles - how can you compound captaincy on person who has to prove himself with that bat?
On Trott. He is not slow in ODIs at (although at times he can be slow), people just get the illusion because he doesn't hit alot of boundaries/sixes compared to your typical dynamic/aggressive ODI # 3 like Ponting. But if Strauss was to retire from ODIs - Cook tactically is not the type of opener ENG would need at all, given that ENG have a history since the 1992 world cup (outside Trescothick & Knight) of finding aggressive quality opener who can take advantage of the 1st 15 overs/powe-play overs. Strauss himself had to transform himself into a aggressive ODI opener in recent years - so picking Cook takes us back to square 1, since a top 3 of Cook/Kieswetter or Davies/Trott is very vulnerable. Since
1. You putting pressure of the potential on the returning Kieswetter/Davies to give England all the impetus in the power-play overs (since Cook is going play an anchor man role) - in area where ENG for 20 years always have a problem. Why do you want to put two young but talented players under so much pressure in such a historically stagnant position?. They need an experienced proven opener like Strauss next to them for the time being.
2. You wil have two slowish players in your top 3 in the ODI side (Cook & Trott). Which is poor tactically for modern ODIs, having Trott @ # 3 is enough.
Their is so much wrong with picking Cook i can write a book about it.
