Buttler won the T20 2022 World Cup, its first ICC tournament as a captain, but England has underreveled since. They lost six nine games at the ODI 2023 World Cup, India was beaten in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in 2024, and now left the Champions Trophy with a remaining group match, after consecutive defeats against Australia and Afghanistan.
Matthew Mott lost his job as a coach of England after the T20 World Cup of last year and buttler admitted that he had feared for his own job at the time. He has had the team from Captain during a difficult tour in India where she won only once in eight games, and seemed to concede that his time in charge was probably following the match on Wednesday evening.
“It’s hard to say, held here right now, and I don’t want to make emotional statements,” said Buttler Sky Sports. “But I think it’s just to say that you have to consider all the possibilities.
“I appreciated him (the captain). I saw a lot of people say that it doesn’t suit me, but I appreciate. I appreciate the challenge. Obviously, I don’t like to lose cricket games and the results. And of course, when they are not doing well, you look at yourself in the mirror and say: “Do I be part of the problem or am I part of the solution?” I think that’s what I have to work.
Buttler admitted during his post-match press conference that his future was perhaps not in his hands. “You (the press) are probably not the first people I would discuss,” he said. “I’m going to take a little time to train, personally, what I think is fair, and obviously guys at the top are in charge, and they will also have their own opinions.
“I like to direct. Even before, when I was not captain, I would like to consider myself a leader in the team, but the results are difficult and they sometimes weigh heavy. Of course, you want to lead a winning team, and we haven’t been it for some time now, so obviously, it brings difficult times. »»
Harry Brook was captain of England in his ODI series against Australia in September and is their official vice-captain in the Champions Trophy, while Liam Livingstone (ODI) and Phil Salt (T20i) also deputy in the absence of a buttler. After Saturday’s match against South Africa, the next white ball matches of England are against the Antilles in June.
In Lahore, England has failed just in pursuit of the objective of 326 points set by Afghanistan despite the first ODI of Joe Root since 2019. Buttler declared that their inability to reach the target on flat land was a reflection of the wider struggle of the team.
“I think that a confident team would have hugged the house tonight,” he said. “This is how sport takes place sometimes. When you run out of results in these 50 to 50 games, you probably find ways to lose rather than winning when you are a really confident flying team.
“The last 10 letters with the ball have moved away from us: they scored 113 points in this phase. If we had limited them, it would have made the pursuit much easier. Joe Root played an incredible round, full of class and character as usual, and we needed one of the first six to go longer with him.
“Everyone is going to be very disappointed and it will be raw … You must allow things like this to push you forward and to advance in your future – as an individual, as a team and, as a white ball team in England, to return to the level where we want to be, in competition in these tournaments and winning.”
Buttler fell for 38 at a critical time of the continuation of the race after a support of 83 points with Racine, opening an end so that Afghanistan targets. He has been running out of the 50 -year crickets for some time, with 352 ODI points at 10:00 p.m. since the 2023 World Cup start.
“I think when I am my best, I am one of the best players in the world,” he said. “I am not playing at this level at the moment. I felt in touch well, but I do not get the scores that I was used to over time, so it’s frustrating. “”