Tim Paine will shepherd Australia through their first assignment since the ball-tampering crisis but it appears likely to be a temporary posting, with national selectors yet to settle on a permanent one-day international skipper.
Paine, who took over as Australia's Test captain during the tour of South Africa, will lead a 15-man squad for five ODIs in June.
Aaron Finch has been named as vice-captain for the first assignment under new coach Justin Langer while offspinner Nathan Lyon has earned a long-awaited ODI recall, having last represented Australia in white-ball cricket in August 2016.
Paine's steady leadership is likely to prove crucial with the English press certain to drill down on the ball-tampering incident in Cape Town which led to heavy suspensions for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
But the 33-year-old's future is uncertain beyond that tour.
He will take no part in Australia's upcoming Twenty20 matches and is no certainty to retain the ODI captaincy for the 2019 World Cup.
"Tim is a strong leader and will captain the (ODI) side for this series, supported by Aaron," chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said on Tuesday.
"A decision on a permanent one-day captain will be made in due course."
Australia will play one T20 game in England followed by a T20 tri-series in July in Zimbabwe, which also involves Pakistan.
Finch will captain the T20 side with Alex Carey named as his deputy in a major endorsement for the young wicketkeeper.
"I wasn't really expecting it to be honest," Carey told reporters in Adelaide.
"As a wicketkeeper in T20s, you've probably got the best eyes to see what's going on. Hopefully I can learn and keep growing as a leader."
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins have been ruled out for both tours in the hope they will be available for the Test series against Pakistan later this year.
Both quicks sustained injuries in South Africa.
"Mitchell is going to undertake a prolonged rehabilitation period for his tibial bone stress injury and we are aiming for a return to play for the Pakistan Test series in the UAE," team physiotherapist David Beakley said.
"Pat is still recovering from a lumbar bone stress injury; the good news is that it has not progressed to a fracture but he still requires a period of rehabilitation with an aim for him to return to play for the Pakistan Test series along with Starc."
Adam Zampa's stocks have taken another fall with the legspinner dropped from both the ODI and T20 squads. Queensland tweaker Mitchell Swepson has been called up for the T20s while Ashton Agar has been named in both squads.
D'Arcy Short is in the frame for an ODI debut after an impressive T20 campaign in New Zealand.
AUSTRALIAN ODI SQUAD TO FACE ENGLAND: Tim Paine (capt), Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye.
T20 SQUAD TO FACE ENGLAND, ZIMBABWE AND PAKISTAN: Aaron Finch (capt), Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth.
