World Cup: Peter Moores says England must 'move on' from the Alastair Cook era

Coach Peter Moores says England must “move on” from the Alastair Cook era in one-day cricket.

Cook was dropped from the ODI squad for the forthcoming tri-series with Australia and India and the World Cup – a decision Moores said was “brave".

The squad flew out to Australia on Tuesday morning with Middlesex batsman Eoin Morgan their captain.

And Moores, who was part of the selection panel which opted to dispense with Cook, said: "We'd got to a position where it felt like it was the right thing to do. It was a braver decision to change it.

"I'm comfortable with that and I think we've got the right people on the plane. We've got to go out there now and we've got to perform. We've got to perform well as a team.

"It’s a tough one on Alastair. I think we can look back and say Alastair had every chance to get on the plane there, and he was committed to that personal ambition and to the team’s.

"All that work is not lost. We’ve got a very good set of players an Alastair understands that.

"We've got to go there with a strong focus. We go there with a strong ambition to go and win a World Cup."

Cook’s reign as one-day skipper was not a success – the Essex opener averaged just 25.45 in 23 ODIs in 2014, and he went 20 innings without making a century, while victories were few and far between.

He's a fantastic one-day player, he has got a one-day mindset in how he goes about his cricket.

They were well beaten by India last summer, and lost the recent series in Sri Lanka 5-2.

Morgan’s form has been poor too, but on the few occasions he has stepped in to captain the team before, he has usually flourished.

Moores said of Morgan: "He will know that form can vary – he will be desperately keen to make sure that he fires as captain. Form is always a tough one for a player. He a had fantastic time on his last trip to Australia.  

"He's a fantastic one-day player, he has got a one-day mindset in how he goes about his cricket and I think he'll certainly be up for the challenge."

Moores has no doubt that he will be able to form a successful working relationship with the new captain.

"He's been very involved in all the decisions anyway because Alastair's close to Eoin and he's got a very good cricket brain," Moores added.

"It'll be exciting to work with Eoin, I think he'll bring a lot to the team. (He's a) very straight forward captain, which will be a good thing for us, and has a very strong desire to go out there and show how well how he can play."

Cook, meanwhile, will spend the winter at home, but Moores said the left-hander has much to ponder ahead of a massive summer of Test cricket in the shape of the Ashes.

Moores said: "It's time for us to move on and also for Alastair to refocus. He's got lots of Test match cricket to come up this year - he's got a huge role to play in that - so he's got a clear focus over the next few months to get ready, to prepare, both for himself and for us as a team."