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There are no immediate plans to change the captaincy of Englands Test or limited-overs team, according to Andrew Strauss. Strauss, the managing director of England cricket, has said he has every faith that Alastair Cook will continue as Test captain into the English summer and promised no recriminations against Eoin Morgan for his decision not to tour Bangladesh.While Strauss admits to some disappointment that Morgan did not feel able to commit to the Bangladesh tour - Morgan suggested his focus and, as a consequence, his performance might be compromised by the security issues - he defended Morgans long-term record and confirmed that he would lead England in the limited-overs series in India after Christmas. Alex Hales also pulled out of the Bangladesh tour.Im disappointed that we didnt take a full squad out to Bangladesh, Strauss said. But if Im honest weve moved on and it is right to move on. That was a tour that could have derailed us and undermined a lot of the good work that has gone on. Im confident it hasnt done that and that is a relief.We told the players there wouldnt be any recriminations for pulling out and when I look back on it I am very grateful that the vast majority of the team thought it was the right thing to do. Those that did go probably strengthened their opinions that it was the right thing to do.I stand by what I said and there is every reason to expect Eoin Morgan will come back in as captain against India. Hes done a great job with the one-day team over the last 18 months and it has been a phenomenal transformation. He has to take a lot of credit for that and we look forward to him continuing that.Whether there are long-term consequences for Morgan remains to be seen. While it is clear England are reluctant to make a change to the captaincy ahead of the Champions Trophy in June - they have been down that path before, not least at the 2015 World Cup - it may be that Morgans authority has been eroded to the point where he cannot withstand any sustained loss of form. Its not just that his relationship with his ECB employers is a little more strained than before, it is that Jos Buttler and Joe Root have emerged as viable candidates as leadership replacements.It all means Morgan will arrive in India under more pressure to deliver, in terms of runs and results, than for some time.Cooks future lies within his own hands. Strauss is clear that he wants him to continue but respects that, after several turbulent years in the job and with a young family to consider, Cook will look no further into the future than the end of each series. As things stand, though, Strauss has received no indication from Cook that his resignation as captain is imminent.Hes given me no indication that he is thinking of standing down, Strauss said. But one thing weve consistently done is find time at the end of series to have a conversation about what direction the team is going in, what challenges there are and for him personally and how much the captaincy is taking out of him. Weve done that a couple of times and it is guaranteed that well have a similar conversation at the end of this series.From what Ive seen he is in a really good place. I think he is very comfortable leading this team as he has been for a while now, so it probably takes less out of him now than it used to. Hes batting well, which is a big part of it, and hes still young. It is quite scary how young his is really and I have every faith that he will carry on past this series and into the summer.Whether that includes the Ashes remains to be seen. Once the India series is over, Cook will have six months away from the glare of international cricket and, in that time, he will have plenty of time to reflect on his motivations and priorities. There is no indication at all that he is considering retiring as a player: he has said often that he likes the idea of a future as a specialist batsman and without the responsibilities of captaincy.It is always dangerous to look too far ahead in this game, Strauss said. My gut feeling at the moment is that there is benefit in him carrying on past this series definitely. But a lot of it comes down to where he is at and what his motivation is and how the team is developing. Were sitting here right now and it looks to be in a good place but who knows where we will be in three Tests time or in seven Tests time.Alastair has still got a lot of cricket left in him whether he is captain or not. Every indication he has given me is, he is driven, hes passionate, hes motivated, hes loving this environment and hes excited about some of the young players coming through and that is not a bad place for him to be.Ultimately the decision is about whether Alastair is the right person to take the team forward and if we decide that is not the case then we think about who his replacement is. The first thing we need to ask ourselves is whether it is right to continue and as Ive said he is in a really good place at the moment.Strauss also suggested that Saqlain Mushtaq could be offered a much greater coaching role with England. Saqlain, the former Pakistan offspinner, is currently in the middle of a short-term consultancy role which has garnered effusive praise from the team and his fellow coaches. The ECB has already extended the role, and Saqlain is also thought likely to return to India to work with the limited-overs team in January, with Strauss hinting that they are effectively using this series as an extended trial period.Clearly the development of spin bowlers is really important, Strauss said. Weve got a couple of guys here who are quite young and making their way in the game and weve tried to provide them with some support along the way.We hadnt worked much with Saqlain before. He did some work in the summer and we wanted to see more of him over the course of this tour.The indication is that hes done a good job. Hes a very good people person and he connects well with the bowlers, so that is great and why we want him to work more with us over the winter. 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The 21-year-old has three goals, four assists and a plus-5 rating in 24 games with the American Hockey Leagues Oklahoma City Barons this season.Who has the youngest Premier League squad this season and how many times have Spurs been above Arsenal heading into the north London derby?Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler has been busy looking into your questions and has come up with the answers.Scroll down the page to see them and dont forget to have a go at this weeks Tylers Teaser! How to send your questions to Martin:1: Email your posers to skysportsclub@bskyb.com2. Tweet @SkyFootball using the hashtag #TylersTeasersMartins starting statsI was at Manchester United versus Arsenal on Sunday to see Marcus Rashford score with his first Premier League shot and his first Premier League header.Old Trafford had only seen 20 league goals in 12 games before Sunday - 15 for and five against - so I was lucky to witness the most goals in a game there this season.Danny Welbeck and Mesut Ozil became the sixth and seventh away goalscorers this season at Old Trafford after Christian Benteke, Cameron Jerome, Alex Tettey, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Charlie Austin.Arsenal scored two at Old Trafford in the Premier League for only the second time - the other was that famous 8-2 defeat in 2011.Ozil got his 18th Premier League assist meaning he is only two behind Thierry Henrys record for a season.Theo Walcott played in his 250th career league appearance. At the other end of the scale were Premier League debuts for Rashford, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and James Weir - which makes it 33 players used by Manchester United in the league this season.Young at heartWhat is the average age of Tottenhams Premier League squad and is it the youngest in the top flight? Mark Tottenhams squad has the youngest average age in the Premier League this season MARTIN SAYS: Mauricio Pochettino has received great plaudits for giving youth a chance at White Hart Lane this season.And with good reason given that the average age of Spurs league squad this campaign is just 24 years and 295 days, making them the youngest in the top flight.Second in the list are Liverpool, with an average squad age of 25 years and 267 days, slightly younger than Newcastle Uniteds (25 years and 364 days).Completing the top five are Manchester United, with an average squad age of 26 years and 57 days - and that could drop if a few of their youngsters start a few more games - and Southampton, whose squads average age is just 26 years and 287 days.Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, West Bromwich Albions squad has the oldest average age in the Premier League this season at 29 years and 236 days, ahead of Manchester Citys (28 years and 233 days). Youngest average age of Premier League squads this season Team Age Days Tottenham 24 295 Liverpool 25 267 Newcastle 25 364 Man Utd 26 57 Southampton 26 287 * This takes into account starting line-ups only and players who have appeared in at least six Premier League gamesStuttering title defencesChelsea won back-to-back games for the first time this season. What is the longest time it has taken the reigning Premier League champions to do that? Simon Chelseas 2-1 win at Southampton on Saturday was the first time the champions had registered successive Premier League wins this season MARTIN SAYS: Yes, incredibly it has taken the champions until their 26th and 27th matches of this campaign to record successive Premier League wins: 5-1 over Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge, followed by Saturdays 2-1 victory at Southampton. They then followed it up by beating Norwich on Tuesday night.However, the record is actually held by Leeds United who had to wait until their 31st and 32nd games of the inaugural Premier League season in 1992/93 to register consecutive victories over Ipswich Town and Manchester City.In fact, Howard Wilkinsons side finished 17th that campaign, just two points from safety, in what was a disastrous title defence by Leeds.The current title holders are second on this list, with Blackburn Rovers third after taking until games 20 and 21 before managing two league victories in a row, a year after winning the Premier League for the first time in 1995.Elsewhere, Arsenal had to wait until the 10th and 11th fixtures of the 1998/99 season to win back-to-back Premier League encounters, although Arsene Wengers side ended up just a point behind eventual champions Manchester United come the end of that campaign.Completing this top five are United, who did not register two straight Premier League wins until matches nine and 10 of the 2013/14 season, David Moyes debut campaign at Old Trafford.Rashford at the doubleIs Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford the youngest-ever player to score two goals on his Premier League debut? Mike Marcus Rashford became the youngest player to score two goals on their Premier League debut after his brace against Arsenal on Super Sunday MARTIN SAYS: Yes, Marcus Rashfords double against Arsenal on Sunday now makes him the youngest player to score twice on his full Premier League debut at the age of just 18 years and 120 days.Rashford has overtaken the previous record held by another United player, James Wilson, who at the age of age of 18 years and 157 days netted two goals in a 3-1 win against Hull City on his Premier League bow in May 2014.There are two other teenagers, Robbie Keane and Kevin Nolan, who have also scored twice on their full Premier League debuts. The former achieved his feat while playing for Coventry City against Derby County in August 1999 at the age of 19 years and 44 days.Meanwhile, the latter recorded his double on his Bolton Wanderers debut in a game against Leicester City in August 2001, when aged 19 years and 55 days.However, the youngest player ever to score a Premier League double was Liverpool striker Michael Owen, who netted twice in a 3-2 home defeat to Southampton in February 1998, aged 18 years and 55 days. Later that week he became the youngest England debutant of the 20th Century against Chile and the following Saturday scored his first Premier League hat-trick - and he remains the youngest Premier League hat-trick scorer! Teenagers to have scored two goals on their full Premier League debuts Date Name Club Opponent Age 28/02/2016 Marcus Rashford Man Utd Arsenal 18y 120d 06/05/2014 James Wilson Man Utd Hull City 18y 157d 21/08/1999 Robbie Keane Coventry City Derby County 19y 44d 18/08/2001 Kevin Nolan Bolton Wanderers Leicester City 19y 55d Spurs capital gainsHave Tottenham ever gone into a north London derby after New Years Day ahead of Arsenal in the table? Craig Spurs head into Saturday lunchtimes north London derby with Arsenal at White Hart Lane ahead of their city rivals in the Premier League MARTIN SAYS: Spurs head into Saturdays home game with Arsenal ahead of their city rivals, a scenario which has happened on five previous occasions in the Premier League.ddddddddddddThe first time it occurred, in the 1994/95 season, it actually happened twice in the second half of that campaign. On the first occasion in January 1995, Gerry Francis team went into the north London derby five points clear of the Gunners and they had extended that lead to 10 points by the time the two rivals met again at Highbury on April 29. Spurs finished in seventh - five places above Arsenal.In April 2006, Martin Jols side occupied the fourth and final Champions League berth prior to a trip to fifth-placed Arsenal, who at the time were four points adrift of Spurs.The match ended in a 1-1 draw, but Wengers men went on to pip Tottenham to the final place in Europes premier club competition by just two points come May.Harry Redknapps Tottenham, third at the time, enjoyed a healthy 10-point cushion over fifth-placed Arsenal going into the north London derby in February 2012.However, a comprehensive 5-2 defeat at the Emirates helped provide the momentum for Arsenal to end that campaign in third position.Spurs did manage to finish fourth in the table, although they missed out on a place in the Champions League after Chelsea won the trophy against Bayern Munich (and I well remember commentating on that day).Finally, the following season Andre Villas-Boas team were four points clear of the Gunners heading into Marchs derby at White Hart Lane, with the hosts claiming a memorable 2-1 victory to further extend their lead.However, despite that seven-point advantage, Arsenal again managed to overtake Tottenham in the closing stages of the season to claim fourth position by a single point, and with it a place in the Champions League. When Spurs were ahead of Arsenal heading into a derby after Jan 1st Date Team Opponent For Against Venue Result Season Tottenham position at start of day Arsenal position at start of day Points clear ahead of fixture 02-Jan-95 Spurs Arsenal 1 0 H W 1995 6 13 5 29-Apr-95 Spurs Arsenal 1 1 A D 1995 7 10 10 22-Apr-06 Spurs Arsenal 1 1 A D 2006 4 5 4 26-Feb-12 Spurs Arsenal 2 5 A L 2012 3 5 10 03-Mar-13 Spurs Arsenal 2 1 H W 2013 4 5 4Also See:Premier League videoFixturesTableLive on Sky ' ' '