Hussain is still a highly-motivated leader of England

Thursday's announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board comes as little surprise, but the ECB also said they would not name a new one-day captain until the end of April.

Hussain gave up the one-day captaincy after England's early World Cup exit.

Speaking to BBC Sport, Hussain said: "My dedication and efforts towards England have not altered one bit.

"The reason I gave up the one-day job was to give me more opportunity to work on my game and continue playing for England for a long while yet."

In the same interview, he named left-arm spinner Ashley Giles as a possible candidate to replace him as the one-day captain.

Giles is named by Hussain as a possible one-day captain

But he also said there were "two or three" other strong candidates who had been mentioned.

That trio, in most people's minds, comprises current players Michael Vaughan and Marcus Trescothick, plus former captain Adam Hollioake.

Hussain said he had spoken to England coach Duncan Fletcher and selectors David Graveney and Geoff Miller about potential successors to his crown.

"I've had my input and they've had theirs," said Hussain.

"They've got a very difficult decision to make because the two or three candidates who've been mentioned are very fine men.

"I've played with all of them and it's a difficult decision to try to separate them.

"There could be other ones - I see Ashley Giles has been made captain of Warwickshire.

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"Whoever gets the job I know will do a good job and I wish them well."

Giles was named captain at Edgbaston for the first four weeks of the season after Michael Powell broke a toe in pre-season training.

The 30-year-old has played in just 24 one-day matches in an international career that started late and has been interrupted by injuries.

Hussain also said a number of youngsters would be handed debuts as England's one-day squad gets a shake-up following the retirements of himself, Alec Stewart and Andy Caddick.

Stewart had been a particularly fine servant to English cricket, he said.

"He'll be missed definitely. He's one of our best batsmen, if not one of the best batsmen of the last 10 years and one of our best keepers.

"But what me, Caddick and him have done is open the door for a lot of young lads out there to come into a very fine triangular series [against Zimbabwe and South Africa] and a one-day series against Pakistan.