Strauss set to hear one-day fate
 Strauss has not been part of England's one-day side |
Andrew Strauss is expected to find out on Friday whether he will be appointed as England's new one-day captain.
Strauss, 31, has succeeded Kevin Pietersen as skipper of the Test side, but the batsman has not played one-day international cricket for 18 months.
"Strauss hasn't played one-day internationals for a while but that's not to say he's not capable," chief selector Geoff Miller told the BBC.
It is also thought the interim coaching team for the tour will be revealed.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will not name a permanent coach until after the tour to the Caribbean.
But Western Australia coach Tom Moody, who was thought to be a contender before Peter Moores was appointed, is again in the running, although he says he has not been formally approached by the ECB.
The Australian said: "It's a bit like 2007, a similar thing happened. There was no formal approach but I was one of the favourites for the job.
 | If we feel he could play one-day cricket again and it is necessary for unity we will go in that direction Chief selector Geoff Miller |
"I enjoying what I'm doing and until anything formal comes through, if it ever does, I'll worry about it then."
Meanwhile, Australian spinning legend Shane Warne has laughed off speculation that he is set to take on the role.
He admitted he had received a text message from Pietersen, who he captained at Hampshire, but wrote in his column for the Times: "Yes, KP dipped his toe in the water jokingly.
"(But) I could not give a full-time position the time required to do the job. In any case, following a team around the world is what I have given up.
"If that is what I wanted, I would still be a player."
However, Warne did back his former Australian team-mate Darren Lehmann as a contender for the role.
"As a player, he did wonders for Yorkshire and had the respect of everyone," said Warne.
"Now he has moved into coaching. He would be great at installing confidence right across the board, through the players, the ECB, sponsors, supporters, everybody."
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Before Pietersen unified the two roles, England had Michael Vaughan as Test captain with Paul Collingwood skippering the one-day side.
And Collingwood could be called upon again to step in, while Andrew Flintoff also has experience.
"We've got to have the discussion, it's a difficult decision as there is no obvious case for who should be one-day captain," added Miller.
"We know where we are going on the five-day situation as Andrew is captain.
"Whatever decision is made will affect Andrew one way or another. If he wasn't in the side it would still affect him as there would have to be a good rapport between him and one-day captain.
"If we feel he could play one-day cricket again and it is necessary for unity we will go in that direction, but we will discuss that (on Friday).
"It's a difficult situation that's been created and we have to work round it. It will be another case of working out the best way forward."
Strauss has played 78 one-day internationals, scoring two centuries and 14 half centuries in 77 innings at an average of 31.98.
His last one-day international was in Barbados against the West Indies, when England chased down 301 to win a thrilling game by one wicket with one ball remaining, although he contributed just seven runs.
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