Jos Buttler to step down as England's white-ball captain
Jos Buttler has announced he will step down as England's white-ball cricket captain after Saturday's clash with South Africa.
It comes after England crashed out of the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy at the hands of Afghanistan.
Wednesday's defeat in Lahore followed a loss to Australia in the opening game and made it six straight ODI defeats under Buttler's leadership.
Buttler, 34, who succeeded Eoin Morgan in June 2022 and led England to T20 World Cup glory later that year, has come to a quick resolution about his future and he will step aside after their last Group B contest in Pakistan.
Announcing his decision at a news conference on Friday, Buttler said: "I'm going to stand down as England captain, it's the right decision for me and the team.
"Hopefully somebody else can come in and work closely alongside Baz [head coach Brendon McCullum] to take the team back to where it needs to be."
Buttler has led the team to 22 defeats in 34 ODIs since taking over as skipper, a highly disappointing record for a team not long ago viewed as the leaders in limited-overs cricket.
T20 results have been inconsistent, too, and England were flattered to reach the semi-finals of last year's World Cup, before being thrashed by India.
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