Ben Stokes is expected to be named England's Test captain later in the day.
All-rounder Ben Stokes, 30, has scored 5,061 runs and taken 174 wickets in 78 Tests and had been vice-captain across two spells.
The man who led England to a record 64 Tests stepped down after five years.
The first Test as permanent England captain will be against New Zealand on June 2.
He captained England in the first Test defeat by West Indies in 2020 when he missed the match to attend the birth of his second child.
The Covid outbreak forced England to name a completely new squad for the one-day internationals against Pakistan.
He took a break from cricket in July to recover from a finger injury and return to the England squad for the series against Australia.
After England's tour of the West Indies in March, Ben Stokes has been suffering from pain in his left knee, but is hoping to return to Durham in May.
Rob Key, the new managing director of England men's cricket, has appointed Ben Stokes as captain in his first major act since taking over the role from Andrew Strauss, who had stepped in on an interim basis.
Chris Silverwood was sacked as England's head coach in February after the team lost to Australia in the winter.
The recent set-up of England's coaching staff will be changed to include separate coaches for the Test and white-ball sides.
The job had on him, after a 1-0 series defeat by the West Indies, that's why he stepped down as captain earlier this month.
In the past 17 matches, England has only won one of them.
After three Tests against New Zealand in June, England will face India in July and South Africa in August and September.
The left-handed batter hit his maiden Test century in his second match in Perth, after making his Test debut in Australia.
He missed the World Twenty20 with a broken hand and the 50-over World Cup with England after punching a locker on a tour of the West Indies.
He returned to hit the fastest century seen at Lord's, 101 from 85 balls against New Zealand in 2015, before smashing England's fastest double century against South Africa in January 2016
The Test vice-captain was appointed when Root took over the captaincy.
The vice-captaincy of the Australian cricket team was taken away from him after he was arrested for a fight outside a Bristol nightclub. He was found not guilty of affray and was reinstated as a vice-captain.
After saving England in the final of the Men's World Cup, he went on to score an amazing 135 not out against Australia in the 5th Test of the series. He was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December of that year.
In 2020 he missed England matches for compassionate leave after his father died of brain cancer.
In the winter of 2020-21, after breaking his finger in the Indian premier league, he missed the entire series against India and then announced an indefinite break.
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