Jos Buttler resigns as England ODI, T20I captain after Champions Trophy 2025 exit
Jos Buttler has stepped down as England’s white-ball captain following his team’s Champions Trophy 2025 group-stage exit on Friday.
Buttler announced his decision on the eve of the team’s final league stage match against South Africa, confirming that the match at the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday will be his last as the leader of the white-ball setups.
After suffering a defeat to Australia in their group-stage opener last week, Buttler’s men suffered a harrowing defeat to Afghanistan in Lahore. England came up eight runs short as Afghanistan put on an inspired performance to pile on 325 runs on the back of opener Ibrahim Zadran’s 177 and held their nerves to see off the 2019 World Cup winners. The loss marked England’s seventh successive loss under Buttler’s captaincy starting f...