Jos Buttler Steps Down As Englands White-Ball Captain After Early Exit From Champions Trophy 2025
Jos Buttler has resigned as England’s white-ball captain following his aspect’s early exit from the continued Champions Trophy. Buttler introduced his choice forward of the group’s final league recreation in opposition to South Africa.
Underneath Buttler’s captaincy, England misplaced to Australia and Afghanistan in Champions Trophy 2025 to finish their event early.The 34-year-old will lead England for the final time of their final group match in opposition to South Africa on Saturday in Karachi.
“It is the appropriate choice for me, it is the appropriate choice for the group and hopefully any individual else who can are available in and work intently alongside Baz [Brendon McCullum] to take the group again to the place it must be,” Buttler mentioned in a press convention on Friday, February 28.
Buttler admitted that his choice was pressured by his group’s early elimination from the Champions Trophy.
“Yeah, I feel it is fairly clear that this event was going to be essential results-wise for my captaincy and clearly two losses and being out of the event with a little bit of a hangover of some tournaments earlier than, I feel I simply most likely reached the top of the street for me and my captaincy, which is a disgrace,” he mentioned.
“I feel overriding feelings are nonetheless disappointment and disappointment, however I am certain in time that can go and I can get again to actually having fun with my cricket and likewise be capable of mirror on what an immense honour it’s to captain your nation and all of the particular issues that include that,” he added.
Buttler was appointed captain in 2022 after the worldwide retirement of Eoin Morgan and he immediately gained the T20 World Cup in Australia that 12 months. However leads to the 2 codecs declined thereafter as England have been knocked out within the group phases of the 2023 ODI World Cup. They then crashed out on the semifinal stage within the 2024 T20 World Cup after shedding to India in Guyana.
Thereafter, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) bought Brendon McCullum to educate the white-ball sides beginning 2025 along with his Check match duties. However his partnership with Buttler did not give the specified end result.
“I am unhappy about that and clearly with Brendon coming in solely just lately, I used to be actually excited to work intently alongside him and hope for a really fast turnaround and take the group ahead, however it’s not fairly labored out that means. It simply feels prefer it’s the appropriate time for me and likewise for the group to have a change,” Buttler mentioned.
