Former England captain Mike Atherton has welcomed England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)'s decision to split captaincy at the international level between Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad.
Strauss remains at the helm of the Test side, but his decision to step away from the one-day cricket has led to Cook being put in charge of the 50-over team and Broad being given the Twenty20 job instead of Paul Collingwood.
The decision makes England the first nation in world cricket to name different captains for the three formats of the game.
"England's decision to proceed with three captains is born of necessity, but that doesn't mean it isn't a good thing," Atherton wrote in an article for Fox Sports.
"Splitting leadership responsibilities may be a sign of uncertainty to some, but as Andrew Strauss himself suggested, it is in fact the best use of England's resources given the volume of cricket on the modern-day agenda."
"There is no reason to over-complicate this matter; indeed, other teams may eventually copy England's approach as a precursor to employing separate coaches for the Test, one-day and Twenty20 teams," he added.
Strauss wants to stay in charge of the Test side until the back-to-back Ashes series at home in 2013 and in Australia in 2014.
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