Delhi: Captain Jose Butler has announced to leave the captaincy after a poor performance in the England cricket team’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (ICC Champions Trophy). England’s last match in the tournament (vs South Africa) will also be the final ODI of Butler as captain.
Prior to the Champions Trophy, England’s visit to India was also disappointing. The team led by Butler had suffered a 3-0 crushing defeat in the ODI series, which raised questions on his leadership.
Not only this, England did not expect such a weak performance under the captaincy of Jose Butler. In the first match, the English team lost by 5 wickets despite scoring 351 runs against Australia. After this, there was a big upset when Afghanistan defeated England by 8 runs and dropped it out of the tournament. After this shameful defeat, Butler decided to leave the captaincy.
Butler made a big statement about his captaincy in a press conference on Friday, 28 February 2025. He said, “This is the right decision for both me and the team. Hopefully someone else will come and with Brendon McCullum will take the team to the height where it should be. ” Butler also admitted that this tournament was very important for his captaincy in terms of results.
Breaking: jos buttler has stepped down as england white-ball captain
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