World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan has named his favorite candidates to to captain England after Jos Buttler announced his resignation as a captain. Morgan has identified current Test captain and star all-rounder Ben Stokes, along with batting sensation Harry Brook, as his top contenders for the role.

Morgan said, "I think it's imperative that you will always have a target in mind."

“With the recent form the side, particularly in white-ball cricket, has had, you can't go out and all of a sudden try and win absolutely everything. You need to paint a picture moving forward as to what you're driving all of your energy towards."

"I think a bit of a left-field call would be to ask Ben Stokes to consider the role, not necessarily on a full-time basis.

Morgan continued, ""You would have to create an environment where Ben would slip in and out seamlessly in preparation for big tournaments and then sit on the backburner and focus on Test match cricket until those big tournaments came up."

Morgan also supported Brook for the role, acknowledging that the 26-year-old demonstrated strong leadership qualities while captaining the team during England’s home series against Australia last year. 

"If you highlight something that's in three years, four years, somebody like Harry Brook would do a magnificent job," Morgan said.

"He had the captaincy at the end of our summer last year against a really strong Australian side and I thought he was impressive.

"We know Harry Brook as this incredibly talented player that we're seeing grow and get better year on year, which is just a joy to watch. But the leadership role didn't seem to weigh on him.

"The testing element for me was after they lost a game in which I thought England played well, was just to see how they bounced back as a team

"The test is always when the team gets pushed back and for me they bounced back terrifically. Came back fighting, came back punching and it wasn't reckless. It was clear, confident, calculated. For me, that's a really good sign."