Jos Buttler mentioned on Friday (February 28, 2025) he’s to step down as England’s white-ball captain after a disastrous Champions Trophy marketing campaign ended with them failing to succeed in the semi-finals.
“I’m going to stand down as England captain, it’s the right decision for me and the team,” the 34-year-old mentioned at a press convention.
“And hopefully somebody else can come in and work closely alongside (Brendon McCullum) to take the team back to where it needs to be.”
Buttler mentioned: “It was quite clear that this tournament was going to be important results-wise for my captaincy” and felt he had “reached the end of the road”.
England have misplaced 15 of their final 21 one-day internationals.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) mentioned Buttler “will continue to make himself available for selection” as a participant.
Buttler will lead England for the final time of their ultimate group match towards South Africa in Karachi on Saturday (March 1, 2025).
England did not retain both their T20 and 50-over World Cup titles beneath Buttler’s captaincy.
The crew misplaced their first two matches and the defeat by Afghanistan in Lahore on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) ended their hopes of reaching the knockout levels of the 50-over match.
Chasing 326 for victory, England got here up simply quick regardless of Joe Root’s valiant 120 and fell to 317 all out.
The opening defeat was towards Ashes rivals Australia after England did not defend 351 following a batting onslaught by Josh Inglis, who hit an unbeaten 120.
Buttler has been unable to copy England’s success as captain of the white-ball crew since he led them to a T20 World Cup title in 2022 shortly after taking on from Eoin Morgan.
England received solely three of their 9 matches as defending champions on the 50-over World Cup in India in 2023.
The crew exited within the semi-final of final yr’s T20 World Cup and lately suffered a 3-0 ODI whitewash in India forward of the Champions Trophy.
Published – March 01, 2025 07:29 am IST
