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Graeme Swann: 'Alastair Cook should quit one-day internationals'

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Graeme Swann believes that the likes of Alastair Cook are holding the England one-day international side back.

Former England spin-bowler Graeme Swann has urged Alastair Cook to retire from one-day international cricket.

Cook rediscovered some positive batting form during the recent Test series with India and he has been included in the ODI squad to face the same opposition, as well as being expected to feature at next year's World Cup.

However, Swann believes that with the likes of Cook involved, England don't have a "cat in hell's chance" of being successful at a tournament that is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

"The good Test form has made it easier for the selectors to have a more conservative selection than most people want to see. Alastair Cook is the most stubborn man in the world. He has almost backed himself into a corner where he's got to carry on. I don't think we've got a cat in hell's chance of winning the World Cup," he told BBC Sport.

"I used to sit in the changing room and I always felt we were so far behind other teams because we play such an old-fashioned brand. Some of my best mates - Cook, Bell, Ballance - are not one-day players who are going to win you a World Cup.

"I love Alastair Cook dearly but I don't think he should be bothering playing ODI cricket anymore. He doesn't need to. He has proved a very good point in Tests. Enjoy being England Test captain. Let young people play, people who want to smash it everywhere and win you the World Cup."

England's first ODI with India was abandoned earlier today because of the wet conditions in Bristol.

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