England had suffered a humiliating 69-run loss to Afghanistan within the group stage of the 2023 World Cup in New Delhi.
Embattled England captain Jos Buttler will spend the following few weeks analysing whether or not he’s a “part of the problem or the solution” earlier than taking a name on his future as the staff’s chief following its Champions Trophy ouster due to a surprising loss to Afghanistan.
England misplaced by eight runs in a chase of 326 as Afghanistan rode on the mixed brilliance of Ibrahim Zadran (177) and Azamatullah Omarzai (41 and 5/58) to file a memorable win Lahore on Wednesday (February 26, 2025).
“I think I’ve got to work out personally am I part of the problem or am I part of the solution?” an “obviously gutted” Buttler stated within the post-match press convention when a number of questions had been thrown at him on his future as captain.
This was the third successive failed ICC match marketing campaign by England underneath Buttler after the 2023 World Cup in India and the 2024 T20 World Cup within the Americas.
England had suffered a humiliating 69-run loss to Afghanistan within the group stage of the 2023 World Cup in New Delhi.
“I think obviously the results aren’t where they need to be and I personally need to consider all possibilities. And like I said, obviously, we need to get us as a team back to where England cricket needs to be in the white ball formats,” Buttler conceded.
The batter, whose kind hasn’t been significantly encouraging as properly, has dominated out any knee-jerk reactions to the debacle. The staff nonetheless has a recreation to play, towards South Africa, on Saturday (March 1, 2025).
“I’m not going to make any emotional decisions right here, right now. You’re probably not the first people I’d discuss that with. And take a little bit of time to just work out personally what I think is right,” Buttler stated.
But he acknowledged that it hasn’t been simple being in cost of an outfit that’s struggling to log wins for some time. The Champions Trophy disappointment was preceded by a hammering by the hands of India in a limited-overs’ sequence.
“Results are tough and they weigh heavy at times. And, of course, you want to be leading a winning team and we haven’t been that for a while now so obviously that brings some difficult moments,” he stated.
Buttler rued the missed alternatives through the recreation however gave credit score to the Afghans for his or her perseverance. He additionally paid tribute to the prolific Joe Root, who as soon as once more made a mark with an excellent 111-ball 120 solely to be let down by his teammates, “…obviously a more firing, confident team would have got over the line tonight. As I said, we had our chances, and it’s up to us as individuals, as a team,…to find ways to get ourselves back where we need to be,” he stated.
“Credit to Ibrahim, played a really fantastic innings, but to go for 113 in the last 10 was obviously a few too many, and that added a few extra obviously onto the chase.
“…and within the chase Joe Root performed typical Joe Root innings full of class and composure and character and ability and it wanted one of us within the high six to go along with him for longer,” he added.
Published – February 28, 2025 06:15 am IST
