England’s one-day series defeat in Sri Lanka was their fourth in a row under Cook, who scored 119 runs in six games. England went down to the islanders 2-5 in the seven-match series that ended Tuesday.
“It would not be too much of a gamble. It should have happened months ago,” Hussain wrote in the Daily Mail.
Left-handed opening batsman Cook, who turns 30 Dec 25, has not scored a half-century in his last 22 ODI innings.
“We put Test cricket first in this country and that means that predominantly Test batsmen in myself, Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss have been in charge for the last three World Cups,” said Hussain, who led England during the 2003 tournament in South Africa.
“The fact that Cook is still having to work out his best way to play spin in one-day cricket is a disgrace,” he added.
England have a maximum of five ODIs before their opening World Cup game against Australia Feb 14.
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