England white ball format captain Jos Buttler has stepped down after England were knocked out of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with a shocking defeat vs Afghanistan.
“This is the right decision for me and it’s the right decision for the team. Hopefully someone else can come in and work closely alongside Baz (McCullum) to take the team back to where it needs to be,” Buttler said.
“It was quite clear that this tournament was going to be important, results-wise for my captaincy. Two losses and being out of the tournament with a bit of a hangover from tournaments before, I think I just probably reached the end of the road for my captaincy, which is a shame. I am sad about that”.
“With Brendon coming in only recently, I was really excited to work alongside him and to hope for a very quick turnaround and to take the team forward. It has not quite turned out that way. It just feels like it’s the right time for me and the team to have a change”.
“My over-riding emotions are sadness and disappointment. I’m sure in time that will pass and I can get back to enjoying my cricket. I’ll be able to reflect on what an immense honour that it is to captain your country and the things that come with that.”
Buttler was appointed captain of England Men’s white-ball teams in June 2022, succeeding Eoin Morgan under whom he had acted as vice-captain.
By the end of tomorrow’s match, in total he will have been captain of his country on 96 occasions, leading England in 45 ODIs and 51 IT20s. He is the third England Men’s captain to have won an ICC tournament.
