England are expected to name new one-day and Twenty20 captains at a news conference at Lord's on Thursday.
Andrew Strauss is reportedly set to stand down as 50-over captain and it has been suggested Test vice-captain Alastair Cook will take his place.
It is also expected Paul Collingwood will give up the Twenty20 captaincy.
Strauss' decision to hand over the captaincy would not be unexpected after England's disappointing showing in the recent World Cup in India.
Test captain Strauss and team director Andy Flower, who will be at Thursday's 11am conference, said after the World Cup they would review the Middlesex opener's role in the 50-over side.
Strauss, 34, was arguably England's best batsman at the World Cup, highlighted by his career-high 158 in the drawn match with eventual winners India.
However, it is thought he will give up the 50-over game to prolong his Test career.
While Strauss' resignation as skipper would not be a surprise, Cook's elevation would be a slightly left-field promotion because he was not chosen in the World Cup squad that bowed out in the quarter-finals.
Cook was the outstanding batsman during last winter's Ashes success, when he scored 766 runs, but was not included for the subsequent one-day series against Australia or the World Cup.
Indeed, the 26-year-old has made just three ODI appearances in the past two-and-a-half years, all of which were during last year's tour of Bangladesh when Strauss was rested.
Former skipper Kevin Pietersen could return to the Twenty20 captaincy, although seamer Stuart Broad is also a contender.
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